Mass Media Influence on Changing Healthy Lifestyle of Community People During COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: A Cross-Sectional Survey

We aimed to assess mass media influence on changing the healthy lifestyle behavior of people during the early phase of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Principal component analysis and stepwise multiple regression model showed that knowledge level, media credibility, and media check-in had the most considerable contribution to influencing community people's healthy lifestyle.

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The study found that during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, media knowledge level, credibility, and fact-checking had the most significant impact on influencing community people's healthy lifestyle behaviors.