COVID-19-Related Information Sources and the Relationship With Confidence in People Coping with COVID-19: Facebook Survey Study in Taiwan

Peng-Wei Wang   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, PhD ;   Wei-Hsin Lu   ^{3, 4 *} , MD ;   Nai-Ying Ko   ⁵ , RN, PhD ;   Yi-Lung Chen   ^{6, 7} , PhD ;   Dian-Jeng Li   ^{8, 9} , MD ;   Yu-Ping Chang   ¹⁰ , RN, PhD ;   Cheng-Fang Yen   ^{1, 2 *} , MD, PhD

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

² Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

³ Department of Psychiatry, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

⁴ Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan

⁵ Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

⁶ Department of Healthcare Administration, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

⁷ Department of Psychology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

⁸ Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

⁹ Department of Addiction Science, Kaohsiung Municipal Kai-Syuan Psychiatric Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

¹⁰ School of Nursing, The State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States

*these authors contributed equally