0039/2024 - Compreensão e tomada de decisão de pessoas idosas frente às informações sobre a COVID-19: Estudo de Caso no sul do Brasil Understanding and decision-making of older people in face of the information about COVID-19: a case study in southern Brazil
As informações sobre a pandemia de COVID-19, passaram a ser foco de atenção na saúde da população. Nesse sentido, pessoas idosas, além de classificadas como grupo de risco, são vulneráveis aos impactos da quantidade e qualidade das informações recebidas, por necessitarem passar por um processo de letramento digital. Objetivo: compreender como pessoas idosas ativas utilizam as informações sobre a COVID-19. Metodologicamente, foi realizado um Estudo de Caso do tipo único de abordagem teórico metodológica qualitativa, fundamentado na teoria do Comportamento Informacional de Thomas Wilson. Entrevistas semidirigidas foram realizadas, buscando atingir a saturação teórica dos dados. Assim, 31 pessoas idosas foram entrevistadas, obtendo-se média de idade de 69 anos, majoritariamente de alta escolaridade. Como resultados observou-se que as informações foram utilizadas para assimilar o fenômeno vivenciado, na busca por compreender como agir e tomar decisões sobre o cuidado em saúde. Considera-se que o caso apresentou pessoas idosas que passaram a sentir-se mais capacitadas a selecionar as notícias no decorrer do período de pandemia. Os achados podem contribuir na construção de materiais instrutivos em relação às informações sobre saúde, visando tomadas de decisões adequadas.
Palavras-chave:
saúde do idoso; competência em informação; infodemia;
Abstract:
Information about the COVID-19 pandemic has become the focus of attention in the population\'s health. In this sense, older people, in addition to being classified as a risk group, are vulnerable to the impacts of the quantity and quality of information received, as they need to go through a digital literacy process. Objective: to understand how active older people use information about COVID-19. Methodologically, a Case Study of a unique type of qualitative methodological theoretical approach was carried out, based on Thomas Wilson\'s theory of Information Behavior. Semi-structured interviews were carried out, seeking to reach theoretical saturation of the data. Thus, 31 elderly people were interviewed, obtaining an average age of 69 years, mostly with high education. As a result, it was observed that the information was used to assimilate the phenomenon experienced, in the search for understanding how to act and make decisions about health care. It is considered that the case presented elderly people who started to feel more able to the news during the pandemic period. The findings can contribute to the construction of instructional materials in relation to health information, aiming to make appropriate decisions.
Keywords:
health of the elderly; information literacy; infodemic
Understanding and decision-making of older people in face of the information about COVID-19: a case study in southern Brazil
Resumo (abstract):
Information about the COVID-19 pandemic has become the focus of attention in the population\'s health. In this sense, older people, in addition to being classified as a risk group, are vulnerable to the impacts of the quantity and quality of information received, as they need to go through a digital literacy process. Objective: to understand how active older people use information about COVID-19. Methodologically, a Case Study of a unique type of qualitative methodological theoretical approach was carried out, based on Thomas Wilson\'s theory of Information Behavior. Semi-structured interviews were carried out, seeking to reach theoretical saturation of the data. Thus, 31 elderly people were interviewed, obtaining an average age of 69 years, mostly with high education. As a result, it was observed that the information was used to assimilate the phenomenon experienced, in the search for understanding how to act and make decisions about health care. It is considered that the case presented elderly people who started to feel more able to the news during the pandemic period. The findings can contribute to the construction of instructional materials in relation to health information, aiming to make appropriate decisions.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
health of the elderly; information literacy; infodemic
Severo, M. B., Rocha, K. B., Argimon, I. I. de L., Gerhardt, T. E., Cavalcante, R. B., Bulgarelli, A.F.. Compreensão e tomada de decisão de pessoas idosas frente às informações sobre a COVID-19: Estudo de Caso no sul do Brasil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/fev). [Citado em 03/07/2025].
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