The effect of health literacy, psychological resilience, and internet addiction levels on the fear of COVID-19 in healthcare professionals.
Background: Healthcare professionals are known to make intensive use of the internet to improve their health literacy, preserve their psychological resilience, resolve uncertainties, and lessen their fear of COVID-19. Although several studies have addressed these concepts, we encountered none examin...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 82; no. 2; pp. 433 - 440 |
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Oct2025
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