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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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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Ana
dc.contributor.authorNobre, Joana Rita
dc.contributor.authorLuis, Henrique
dc.contributor.authorLuis, Luis Soares
dc.contributor.authorAlbacar-Riobóo, Núria
dc.contributor.authorPinho, Lara Guedes
dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T15:51:35Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T15:51:35Z
dc.date.issued2022-11-03
dc.description.abstractThe 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 pandemicand 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 shortperiod 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.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationOliveira, A., Nobre, J., Luis, H., Luis, L., Albacar-Riobóo, N., Pinho, L., & 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(21), 14393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114393pt_PT
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114393pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1660-4601
dc.identifier.other14393
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/8509
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/21/14393pt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectLiteracypt_PT
dc.subjectHigher education studentspt_PT
dc.subjectHealth promotion strategiespt_PT
dc.subjectConfinementpt_PT
dc.titleLiteracy and Mental Health of Portuguese Higher Education Students and Their Use of Health Promotion Strategies during Confinement in the COVID-19 Pandemicpt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthpt_PT
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