Agreement with COVID-19 disinformation among Portuguese-speaking older adults: an international study

OBJECTIVES: to assess agreement with COVID-19 disinformation among Portuguese-speaking individuals aged 50 years or older. METHODS: a descriptive and analytical study involving 1,214 older adults born in Portuguese-speaking countries. Data collection occurred through online information mining to rec...

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Autores principales: de Oliveira, Rodrigo Mota, Araújo, Agostinho Antônio Cruz, de Araújo, Pricila Oliveira, de Sousa, Anderson Reis, de Oliveira, Layze Braz, Sena, Inara Viviane de Oliveira, de Sousa, Álvaro Francisco Lopes, Mendes, Isabel Amélia Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10416726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37585924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0091
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Sumario:OBJECTIVES: to assess agreement with COVID-19 disinformation among Portuguese-speaking individuals aged 50 years or older. METHODS: a descriptive and analytical study involving 1,214 older adults born in Portuguese-speaking countries. Data collection occurred through online information mining to recognize COVID-19 and disinformation content, and the application of a structured questionnaire. RESULTS: agreement with disinformation content was 65.2%. Residing outside Brazil is a protective factor for agreement with disinformation content, and those who believe in the truthfulness of the information sources they receive were 31% more likely to agree with disinformation content. CONCLUSIONS: there is a high prevalence of disinformation among the older population in two Portuguese-speaking countries, which should raise the attention of healthcare professionals and guide coping strategies.

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