COVID-19-related information sources and psychological well-being: An online survey study in Taiwan

Brain Behav Immun. 2020 Jul:87:153-154. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.019. Epub 2020 May 7.

¹ Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
² Department of Psychiatry, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi City, Taiwan; Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan.
³ Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan; Department of Psychology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan.
⁴ Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁵ Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
⁷ School of Nursing, The State University of New York, University at Buffalo, NY, USA.
⁸ Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan; Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Electronic address: chfaye@cc.kmu.edu.tw.

Abstract

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For the public, receiving information sources from medical staff and the Internet was associated with better and poorer psychological well-being, respectively.
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For health care workers, attending formal lessons was significantly associated with better psychological well-being in coping with COVID-19.
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People used a variety of sources of information on COVID-19, where Internet and traditional media were the most common used sources.