Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00211-5
Title: The impact of health education videos on general public’s mental health and behavior during COVID-19
Authors: Yang, Qian
Wu, Zhihua
Xie, Ying
Xiao, Xiaohua
Wu, Jinnan
Sang, Tian
Zhang, Kejun
Song, Haidong
Wu, Xifeng
Xu, Xin 
Keywords: COVID-19
Health education
Health-related behavior
Public health
Issue Date: 30-Sep-2021
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
Citation: Yang, Qian, Wu, Zhihua, Xie, Ying, Xiao, Xiaohua, Wu, Jinnan, Sang, Tian, Zhang, Kejun, Song, Haidong, Wu, Xifeng, Xu, Xin (2021-09-30). The impact of health education videos on general public’s mental health and behavior during COVID-19. Global Health Research and Policy 6 (1) : 37. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41256-021-00211-5
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
Abstract: Background: COVID-19 has seriously affected people's mental health and changed their behaviors. Previous studies for mental state and behavior promotion only targeted limited people or were not suitable for daily activity restrictions. Therefore, we decided to explore the effect of health education videos on people’s mental state and health-related behaviors. Methods: Based on WeChat, QQ, and other social media, we conducted an online survey by snowball sampling. Spearman’s non-parametric method was used to analyze the correlation related to mental health problems and health-related behaviors. Besides, we used binary logistic regression analyses to examine mental health problems and health-related behaviors' predictors. We performed SPSS macro PROCESS (model 4 and model 6) to analyze mediation relationships between exposure to health education videos and depression/anxiety/health-related behaviors. These models were regarded as exploratory. Results: Binary logistic regression analyses indicated that people who watched the health education videos were more likely to wear masks (OR 1.15, p < 0.001), disinfect (OR 1.26, p < 0.001), and take temperature (OR 1.37, p < 0.001). With higher level of posttraumatic growth (PTG) or perceived social support (PSS), people had lower percentage of depression (For PSS, OR 0.98, p < 0.001; For PTG, OR 0.98, p < 0.01) and anxiety (For PSS, OR 0.98, p < 0.001; For PTG, OR 0.98, p = 0.01) and better health behaviors. The serial multiple-mediation model supported the positive indirect effects of exposure to health education videos on the depression and three health-related behaviors through PSS and PTG (Depression: B[SE] = ? 0.0046 [0.0021], 95% CI ? 0.0098, ? 0.0012; Mask-wearing: B[SE] = 0.0051 [0.0023], 95% CI 0.0015, 0.0010; Disinfection: B[SE] = 0.0059 [0.0024], 95% CI 0.0024, 0.0012; Temperature-taking: B[SE] = 0.0067 [0.0026], 95% CI 0.0023, 0.0013). Conclusion: Exposure to health education videos can improve people's self-perceived social support and inner growth and help them cope with the adverse impact of public health emergencies with better mental health and health-related behaviors. © 2021, The Author(s).
Source Title: Global Health Research and Policy
URI: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/231911
ISSN: 2397-0642
DOI: 10.1186/s41256-021-00211-5
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International
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