TY - JOUR JF - JRH JO - J Research Health VL - 12 IS - 1 PY - 2022 Y1 - 2022/1/01 TI - Information Resources Trust and Self-care Behaviors in Prevention of COVID-19 Among Health Workers in Gonabad City, Iran TT - N2 - Background: Today, information resources play a paramount importance role in providing information and public awareness. COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease and general precautions and identifying the factors influencing the self-care behaviors play an important role in the prevention of the disease. This study aimed to assess the relationship between trust in information resources and self-care behaviors in the prevention of COVID-19 on faculty members, staff, or students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This was an analytical cross-sectional study, conducted on 192 faculty members, staff, or students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences between May and April 2020. The sampling method was census. We used a valid and reliable questionnaire to assess our goals. Data on demographic variables, information resources trust and self-care behaviors to them were collected using online self-administered questionnaires. Data were analyzed using SPSS software v. 22 and Chi-square test and Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: In this study, 60.2% of the subjects were male. The Mean±SD age was 24.18±7.97 years (ranged: 18-59). The highest levels of trust in the information resources about COVID-19 were related to articles (37.8%) and faculty information (22.2%), and the lowest ones were related to national media (27.3%) and satellite channels (25.5%). The quality of self-care behavior in females was significantly higher than males (P=0.018). There was no significant relationship between the level of trust in any of the information resources and the quality of self-care behaviors in the prevention of COVID-19 (P>0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, there was no significant relationship between the level of trust in information resources and the quality of self-care behaviors to prevent COVID-19 and further investigations are needed to find possible associated factors. SP - 49 EP - 56 AU - Ziaee, Maliheh AU - Khajavi, Adoljavad AU - Najafzadeh, Alireza AU - Tavakolizadeh, Mitra AU - Karkon Shayan, Sepideh AD - Clinical Research Development Unit, Bohlool Hospital, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran. KW - Social Media KW - Trust KW - Self-Care KW - Information Services KW - SARS-CoV-2 UR - http://jrh.gmu.ac.ir/article-1-1980-en.html DO - 10.32598/JRH.12.1.1901.2 ER -