Misinformation about COVID-19 among middle-aged and older migrants residing in Brazil and Portugal.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-08-14 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2022-0401en

Rodrigo Mota de Oliveira, Álvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Anderson Reis de Sousa, Agostinho Antônio Cruz Araújo, Vinícius de Oliveira Muniz, Inês Fronteira, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of COVID-19 misinformation among migrants aged 50 or older residing in Brazil and Portugal.

Method: This was a cross-sectional analytical study conducted among migrants from Portuguese-speaking countries living in Brazil and Portugal, who were 50 years of age or older. The prevalence ratios (PR) were estimated using the Poisson regression model.

Results: Out of the 304 participants included in the study, 188 (61.8%) agreed with at least one piece of misinformation. Factors such as having a religious affiliation (aPR: 1.24), higher educational attainment (aPR: 1.17), knowing someone who died from COVID-19 (aPR: 1.78), and having no intention to get vaccinated (aPR: 1.36) were associated with a higher likelihood of agreeing with COVID-19 misinformation.

Conclusion: The findings suggest that access to misinformation was influenced by social, economic, and religious factors among elderly migrants with low digital literacy, thus contributing to the dissemination of false content within this population.

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目的：本研究的目的是评估居住在巴西和葡萄牙的50岁或50岁以上移民中新冠肺炎错误信息的流行率。方法：这是一项在居住在巴西或葡萄牙的葡萄牙移民中进行的横断面分析研究，这些移民年龄在50岁或以上。使用泊松回归模型估计患病率（PR）。结果：在纳入研究的304名参与者中，188人（61.8%）同意至少一条错误信息。宗教信仰（aPR:1.24）、高等教育程度（aPR:0.17）、认识死于新冠肺炎的人（aPR=1.78）和无意接种疫苗（aPR1.36）等因素与同意新冠肺炎错误信息的可能性较高有关。结论：研究结果表明，在数字素养较低的老年移民中，获得错误信息受到社会、经济和宗教因素的影响，从而助长了虚假内容在这一人群中的传播。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.