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Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research

Date Submitted: Aug 3, 2020
Open Peer Review Period: Aug 3, 2020 - Oct 3, 2020
Date Accepted: Jan 28, 2021
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The final, peer-reviewed published version of this preprint can be found here:

Quality of Information and Future Directions. Comment on “Influence of Mass and Social Media on Psychobehavioral Responses Among Medical Students During the Downward Trend of COVID-19 in Fujian, China: Cross-Sectional Study”

Sasikumar S, Sulaiman H, Bedi S, Zaman S, Rundell C, Nozdrin M

Quality of Information and Future Directions. Comment on “Influence of Mass and Social Media on Psychobehavioral Responses Among Medical Students During the Downward Trend of COVID-19 in Fujian, China: Cross-Sectional Study”

J Med Internet Res 2021;23(2):e23168

DOI: 10.2196/23168

PMID: 33599623

PMCID: 7899646

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A Response to Lin and colleagues: What about the quality of information?

  • Smriti Sasikumar; 
  • Hafsa Sulaiman; 
  • Simran Bedi; 
  • Sadia Zaman; 
  • Caroline Rundell; 
  • Michael Nozdrin

ABSTRACT

A reply to Lin and colleague’s article on the effect of mass and social media on the psycho behavioral responses of medical students. As medical students, we questioned the quality of the information consumed by our Chinese counterparts to further understand the results. We suggest a further analysis of the data, and suggest possible future directions to strengthen the correlations found in the study.


 Citation

Please cite as:

Sasikumar S, Sulaiman H, Bedi S, Zaman S, Rundell C, Nozdrin M

Quality of Information and Future Directions. Comment on “Influence of Mass and Social Media on Psychobehavioral Responses Among Medical Students During the Downward Trend of COVID-19 in Fujian, China: Cross-Sectional Study”

J Med Internet Res 2021;23(2):e23168

DOI: 10.2196/23168

PMID: 33599623

PMCID: 7899646

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