Effect of mobile application use on knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus among university students

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of using a mobile application on knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus among university students. METHOD: A before-and-after intervention study, with 196 university students, from August to December 2018. The intervention consisted of using the educ@aids mobi...

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Main Author: Soares, Yndiara Kássia da Cunha (author)
Other Authors: Araújo, Telma Maria Evangelista de (author), Borges, José Wicto Pereira (author), Andrade, Elaine Maria Leite Rangel (author), Oliveira, Adélia Dalva da Silva (author), Fronteira, Inês (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Medicine(all)
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/146728
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/146728
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Summary:OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of using a mobile application on knowledge about human immunodeficiency virus among university students. METHOD: A before-and-after intervention study, with 196 university students, from August to December 2018. The intervention consisted of using the educ@aids mobile application for 15 days. Univariate analyzes were performed using simple descriptive statistics and the McNemar test was used to compare knowledge before and after the intervention. RESULTS: There was an improvement in knowledge after using educ@aids in the variables related to knowledge about the transmission of the virus; knowledge about treatment, cure and prevention; knowledge of other information about human immunodeficiency virus. CONCLUSION: The use of educ@aids increased knowledge about the human immunodeficiency virus among health university students.

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