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General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions
OBJECTIVES: This research aimed at investigating the general public perception of social media (SM), impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, and related misconceptions among the Pakistani population. METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional study conducted during the peak of COVID-19 in Pakistan between May a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8446590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34261567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.229 |
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author | Ali, Rabiya Jawed, Shireen Baig, Mukhtiar Azam Malik, Ahmad Syed, Fatima Rehman, Rehana |
author_facet | Ali, Rabiya Jawed, Shireen Baig, Mukhtiar Azam Malik, Ahmad Syed, Fatima Rehman, Rehana |
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description | OBJECTIVES: This research aimed at investigating the general public perception of social media (SM), impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, and related misconceptions among the Pakistani population. METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional study conducted during the peak of COVID-19 in Pakistan between May and June, 2020 comprised of 2307 Pakistani male and female participants. Subjects under 18 years of age and nationality other than Pakistani were excluded. An online questionnaire was administered via the Internet using various kinds of social media. RESULTS: The study was comprised of 2307 male and female participants; 2074 (89.90%) used SM for seeking COVID-19 information, 450 (20%) used both Facebook (FB) and WhatsApp (WA), and 267 (11.6%) used FB, WA, Twitter, and Instagram. Respondents’ perceptions showed that: 529 (23%) believed in SM information and 1564 (67.8%) stated that COVID-19 affected their social and mental wellbeing. Respondents’ knowledge revealed that: 1509 (65.40%) had poor knowledge (≤ 50% score), and 798 (34.6%) had good knowledge (> 50% score) (P < 0.001) about COVID-19. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that higher-earning positively correlated, while private jobs were negatively associated, with good knowledge. CONCLUSION: FB and WA were the 2 common social media used by study participants (a third had good knowledge). COVID-19 affected the social, mental, and psychological well-being of individuals. Good knowledge was greater in individuals with higher earning and less with private job involvements. |
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spelling | pubmed-84465902021-09-17 General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions Ali, Rabiya Jawed, Shireen Baig, Mukhtiar Azam Malik, Ahmad Syed, Fatima Rehman, Rehana Disaster Med Public Health Prep Original Research OBJECTIVES: This research aimed at investigating the general public perception of social media (SM), impact of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic, and related misconceptions among the Pakistani population. METHODOLOGY: Cross-sectional study conducted during the peak of COVID-19 in Pakistan between May and June, 2020 comprised of 2307 Pakistani male and female participants. Subjects under 18 years of age and nationality other than Pakistani were excluded. An online questionnaire was administered via the Internet using various kinds of social media. RESULTS: The study was comprised of 2307 male and female participants; 2074 (89.90%) used SM for seeking COVID-19 information, 450 (20%) used both Facebook (FB) and WhatsApp (WA), and 267 (11.6%) used FB, WA, Twitter, and Instagram. Respondents’ perceptions showed that: 529 (23%) believed in SM information and 1564 (67.8%) stated that COVID-19 affected their social and mental wellbeing. Respondents’ knowledge revealed that: 1509 (65.40%) had poor knowledge (≤ 50% score), and 798 (34.6%) had good knowledge (> 50% score) (P < 0.001) about COVID-19. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that higher-earning positively correlated, while private jobs were negatively associated, with good knowledge. CONCLUSION: FB and WA were the 2 common social media used by study participants (a third had good knowledge). COVID-19 affected the social, mental, and psychological well-being of individuals. Good knowledge was greater in individuals with higher earning and less with private job involvements. Cambridge University Press 2021-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8446590/ /pubmed/34261567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.229 Text en © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Ali, Rabiya Jawed, Shireen Baig, Mukhtiar Azam Malik, Ahmad Syed, Fatima Rehman, Rehana General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions |
title | General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions |
title_full | General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions |
title_fullStr | General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions |
title_full_unstemmed | General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions |
title_short | General Public Perception of Social Media, Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic, and Related Misconceptions |
title_sort | general public perception of social media, impact of covid-19 pandemic, and related misconceptions |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8446590/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34261567 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2021.229 |
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