Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Ana Paula
Data de Publicação: 2022
Outros Autores: Nobre, Joana, Luis, Henrique, Luis, Luis, Albacar-Riobóo, Nuria, Pinho, Lara, Sequeira, Carlos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/33431
https://doi.org/Oliveira, A.P., Nobre, J.R., Luis, H., Luis, L.S., Albacar-Riobóo, N., Pinho, L.G.; Sequeira, C. (2022). Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 14393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114393
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114393
Resumo: The pandemic of COVID-19 caused significant changes in economies and societies with a major impact on the entire education process. However, these changes did not invalidate a constant effort of adaptation. This cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study used an online questionnaire administered to students from various study cycles at higher education institutions in Portugal, with the aim of exploring the influence of literacy and mental health on the use of mental health promotion strategies during COVID-19 confinement. A total of 329 students from higher education institutions participated in this study, mostly from the age group 18–24 years (n = 272; 82.7%) and female (n = 265, 80.5%). The most mentioned health promotion strategies during this period included studying (n = 170; 51.7%); physical activities (n = 151, 45.9%); social networking (n = 124, 37.7%); cooking activities (n = 120, 36.5%); and listening to music (n = 118, 35.9%). Academic success is self-reported, and it is weakly correlated with the MHI5 (r = 0.103, p = 0.063). Students in the pre-graduate programs studied more during the times of the pandemic and used this activity as a mental-health-promoting strategy with a statistically significant difference (p = 0.033). Although it was difficult to improve health literacy related to COVID-19 in such a short period of time, there was a very strong motivation to access, understand, evaluate, communicate, synthesize, and apply information and knowledge to maintain mental health through self-care using health promotion strategies.
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title Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic
spellingShingle Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Oliveira, Ana Paula
mental health
confinement
higher education students
literacy
health promotion strategies
title_short Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic
author Oliveira, Ana Paula
author_facet Oliveira, Ana Paula
Nobre, Joana
Luis, Henrique
Luis, Luis
Albacar-Riobóo, Nuria
Pinho, Lara
Sequeira, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Nobre, Joana
Luis, Henrique
Luis, Luis
Albacar-Riobóo, Nuria
Pinho, Lara
Sequeira, Carlos
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Oliveira, Ana Paula
Nobre, Joana
Luis, Henrique
Luis, Luis
Albacar-Riobóo, Nuria
Pinho, Lara
Sequeira, Carlos
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confinement
higher education students
literacy
health promotion strategies
topic mental health
confinement
higher education students
literacy
health promotion strategies
description The pandemic of COVID-19 caused significant changes in economies and societies with a major impact on the entire education process. However, these changes did not invalidate a constant effort of adaptation. This cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study used an online questionnaire administered to students from various study cycles at higher education institutions in Portugal, with the aim of exploring the influence of literacy and mental health on the use of mental health promotion strategies during COVID-19 confinement. A total of 329 students from higher education institutions participated in this study, mostly from the age group 18–24 years (n = 272; 82.7%) and female (n = 265, 80.5%). The most mentioned health promotion strategies during this period included studying (n = 170; 51.7%); physical activities (n = 151, 45.9%); social networking (n = 124, 37.7%); cooking activities (n = 120, 36.5%); and listening to music (n = 118, 35.9%). Academic success is self-reported, and it is weakly correlated with the MHI5 (r = 0.103, p = 0.063). Students in the pre-graduate programs studied more during the times of the pandemic and used this activity as a mental-health-promoting strategy with a statistically significant difference (p = 0.033). Although it was difficult to improve health literacy related to COVID-19 in such a short period of time, there was a very strong motivation to access, understand, evaluate, communicate, synthesize, and apply information and knowledge to maintain mental health through self-care using health promotion strategies.
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https://doi.org/Oliveira, A.P., Nobre, J.R., Luis, H., Luis, L.S., Albacar-Riobóo, N., Pinho, L.G.; Sequeira, C. (2022). Literacy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19, 14393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114393
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