Cross-Verification of COVID-19 Information Obtained From Unofficial Social Media Accounts and Associated Changes in Health Behaviors: Web-Based Questionnaire Study Among Chinese Netizens

Peiyi Li   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD ;   Bo Chen   ⁴ , MSc ;   Genevieve Deveaux   ⁵ , BSc ;   Yunmei Luo   ⁶ , MSc ;   Wenjuan Tao   ⁴ , PhD ;   Weimin Li   ^{7, 8, 9} , PhD ;   Jin Wen   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Yuan Zheng   ^{10 *} , MSc

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

² Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Centre of Translational Medicine of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

³ The Research Units of West China (2018RU012)-Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁴ Institute of Hospital Management, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁵ Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States

⁶ West China Medical Publishers, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁷ Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁸ Institute of Respiratory Health, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

⁹ President's Office, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

¹⁰ Publicity Department, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

*these authors contributed equally