سنجش شیوع باورهای اطلاعات سلامت درباره بیماری کووید 19 در دوره پساکرونا

نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، پردیس بین‌المللی کیش، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران.

2 گروه علم اطلاعات و مدیریت دانش، دانشکده مدیریت دولتی و علوم سازمانی، دانشکدگان مدیریت، دانشگاه تهران، تهران، ایران.

3 گروه علم اطلاعات و دانش‌شناسی، دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روانشناسی، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران.

4 گروه اقتصاد. دانشکده اقتصاد و علوم سیاسی، استاد مدعو، دانشگاه کارلتون، کانادا.

10.22059/jlib.2026.409820.1810

چکیده

هدف: این پژوهش با هدف شناسایی میزان شیوع باورهای درست و نادرست در دوران پسا کرونا که اضطراب این بیماری به اتمام رسیده است و میزان آگاهی افراد افزایش یافته است، انجام شده است.
روش پژوهش: ابتدا باورهای درست و نادرست مرتبط با بیماری کرونا به‌واسطه مطالعه کتابخانه‌ای به دست آمد. سپس، پرسشنامه محقق ساخته شامل 5 بخش بیماری کرونا و ابتلا به آن، داروها و مکمل‌ها، راهکارهای خانگی، واکسن کرونا و بهداشت در محیط ساخته شد. جامعۀ آماری پژوهش دانشجویان رشته داروسازی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تبریز در مجموع 500 نفر بوده‌اند. حجم نمونه براساس فرمول کوکران 218 نفر بود که پرسشنامه به‌صورت تصادفی ساده بین آنها توزیع شد. داده‌ها پس از گردآوری توسط نرم‌افزار اس‌پی‌اس‌اس و اسمارت‌پی.اِل.اس. مورد تجزیه و تحلیل قرار گرفتند.
یافته‌ها: یافته‌ها نشان داد که اگرچه سطح آگاهی دانشجویان داروسازی درباره بیماری کووید–۱۹ در برخی ابعاد قابل‌قبول است؛ اما وجود درصد قابل‌توجهی از باورهای نادرست در زمینه‌های «داروها و مکمل‌ها» و «راهکارهای خانگی» بیانگر استمرار نوعی خلأ در سواد سلامت و درک انتقادی از اطلاعات علمی است. باور اشتباه نسبت به اثربخشی داروهایی نظیر ایورمکتین و کلروکین در درمان کرونا همچنان بین قشر تحصیل‌کرده حوزۀ سلامت وجود دارد. درزمینة واکسن، آگاهی پاسخ‌دهندگان نسبتاً بالا بوده است. راهکارهای خانگی نظیر غرغره نمک و خوردن سیر و تأثیر گرمای خورشید هنوز در بین افراد مورد توجه است.
نتیجه‌گیری: با توجه به داده‌های حاصل از پژوهش حاضر نشان داده شد که دانشجویان داروسازی، به‌رغم نقش بالقوه خود به‌عنوان منابع غیررسمی اطلاعات سلامت در جامعه، ممکن است خود تحت تأثیر اینفودمیک قرار گیرند. تداوم باورهای نادرست اطلاعات سلامت، می‌تواند در شرایط بحران‌های آینده به بازتولید اطلاعات ناصحیح در سطح جامعه منجر شود. بنابراین، تقویت مهارت‌های ارزیابی انتقادی اطلاعات و تشخیص منابع معتبر، باید به‌عنوان یکی از اولویت‌های آموزش علوم پزشکی مورد توجه قرار گیرد.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Measuring the Prevalence of Health Information Beliefs about COVID-19 in the Post‑Pandemic Era

نویسندگان [English]

  • Elyar Mehdizadeh Aghdam 1
  • Sepideh Fahimifar 2
  • Hamid Keshavarz 3
  • Yadollah Dadgar 4
1 Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Kish International Campus, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
2 Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies, Faculty of Psychology and Education, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
3 Department of Information Science and Knowledge Studies, Faculty of Education & Psychology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
4 Department of Economics, School of Economics and Political Sciences, Visiting Professor, Carleton University, Canada.
چکیده [English]

Objective: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of accurate and inaccurate beliefs about COVID-19 during the post-COVID era, a period characterized by reduced disease-related anxiety and heightened public awareness.
Method: In the beginning, a literature review was conducted to identify common correct and incorrect beliefs about COVID-19. Based on that, researchers developed the relevant questionnaire, consisting of five sections: COVID-19 and its transmission, medicines and supplements, home remedies, the COVID-19 vaccine, and environmental hygiene. The target population comprised 500 pharmacy students at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Using the statistical formula, a sample size of 218 students was calculated. Participants were selected through simple random sampling. Following data collection, responses were analyzed using SPSS and SmartPLS software.
Results: The findings revealed that, while pharmacy students demonstrated an acceptable level of awareness about COVID-19 in certain aspects, a notable proportion of false beliefs persisted, particularly in the domains of medicines and supplements, and home remedies. This indicates an ongoing gap in health literacy and critical evaluation of scientific information. Specifically, misconceptions regarding the efficacy of drugs such as ivermectin and chloroquine for treating COVID-19 remained prevalent even among educated individuals in the health sector. Reversely, respondents showed relatively high awareness regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, beliefs in home remedies (including gargling with salt water, consuming garlic, and relying on sunlight exposure), continued to be widespread within this population.
Conclusions: Based on this study it can be suggested that pharmacy students (who may serve as informal sources of health information in their communities), are themselves susceptible to infodemics. The persistence of false beliefs about health-related information among this group could contribute to the spread of misinformation at the community level during future public health crises. Hence, strengthening critical appraisal skills for evaluating health information and identifying reliable sources, should be prioritized in medical education.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • covid-19
  • health information
  • true and false beliefs
  • post- corona
  • infodemics

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