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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

dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Ana
dc.contributor.authorNobre, Joana
dc.contributor.authorLuis, Henrique
dc.contributor.authorLuis, Luis
dc.contributor.authorAlbacar-Riobóo, Núria
dc.contributor.authorPinho, Lara
dc.contributor.authorSequeira, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-27T15:26:03Z
dc.date.available2023-03-27T15:26:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractAbstract: 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 strategiespt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.citationInt. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 14393pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph192114393pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1660-4601
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/44364
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-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMental healthpt_PT
dc.subjectHigher education studentspt_PT
dc.subjectHealth promotion strategiespt_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
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue21pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage14393pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healthpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume19pt_PT
person.familyNameCruz Sequeira
person.givenNameCarlos Alberto
person.identifierK-5026-2013
person.identifier.ciencia-idEC12-73D4-420B
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-5620-3478
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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