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Mahasing C, Kittikraisak W, Mott JA, Yoocharoen P, Piyaraj P, Tanathitikorn C, Punjasamanvong S, Wongrapee T, Suttha P, Rattanathumsakul T, Davis WW, Westercamp M, Chottanapund S. Changes in Personal Protective Equipment Usage Among Healthcare Personnel From the Beginning of Pandemic to Intra-COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand. Ann Work Expo Health 2023:7147884. [PMID: 37129889 DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxad015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Personal protective equipment (PPE) use is associated with reduced risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among healthcare personnel (HCP). There are limited data on the impact of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the PPE use of HCP. We describe the changes in PPE use from just before the widespread of community outbreaks ('pre-pandemic') to intra-pandemic time points, and examine factors associated with not changing in PPE use behavior among HCP in four Thai hospitals. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort evaluation using two-time points: (i) February-March 2020 (pre-pandemic period); and (ii) January-March 2021 (intra-pandemic period). Self-reported frequency of appropriate PPE use was measured by a Likert scale. We used multivariable logistic regression to identify factors associated with no increase in self-reported PPE use. RESULTS Of 343 HCP, the proportion of participants reporting 'always' using PPE rose from 66% during the pre-pandemic period to 80% during the pandemic. Factors associated with HCP who did not increase in PPE use included having high baseline reported PPE, being a non-registered HCP (e.g. nurse assistants, dental assistants, porters), being male, and having a low perceived risk of becoming infected with any respiratory virus while working in the hospital. CONCLUSION PPE education, training, and risk communication content should target all cadres of HCP, regardless of registered/non-registered status, with a focus on behavior change for improved prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses in healthcare settings.
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- Chayanit Mahasing
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
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- Influenza Program, Thailand Ministry of Public Health-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
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- Influenza Program, Thailand Ministry of Public Health-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
- Influenza Division, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
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- Parasitology Department, Phramongkutklao College of Medicine, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Internal Medicine Department, Phaholpolpayuhasena Hospital, Kanchanaburi 71000, Thailand
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- Internal Medicine Department, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
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- Influenza Program, Thailand Ministry of Public Health-U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Collaboration, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
- Influenza Division, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Georgia 30329, USA
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- Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
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Zeladita-Huaman JA, Franco-Chalco E, Zegarra-Chapoñan R, Iguiñiz-Romero R, Amemiya-Hoshi I. Development and validation of a COVID-19 risk perception scale in Peru. Rev Peru Med Exp Salud Publica 2023; 40:170-178. [PMID: 38232263 PMCID: PMC10953650 DOI: 10.17843/rpmesp.2023.402.12289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVES. Motivation for the study. Risk perception of COVID-19 is a construct that varies according to the characteristics of the population in each geographic area; however, there is no validated scale to measure this construct in the Peruvian population. Main findings. A COVID-19 risk perception scale composed of two dimensions (cognitive and emotional) was designed and validated using qualitative and quantitative techniques. Implications. Having a valid and reliable instrument will help identify the variation of risk perception of COVID-19 according to contextual and psychological factors in the Peruvian population. . To develop and validate a risk perception scale for COVID-19 (PR-COVID-19-PE) in the Peruvian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Psychometric cross-sectional study conducted in 2022. In phase 1, in order to design the scale, we carried out a theoretical review and a documentary review of scales, we also used focus groups as well as an expert panel. Phase 2 included expert judgment and a pilot test. A virtual survey was conducted among 678 Peruvian adults during phase 3. A confirmatory factor analysis was carried out as well. We used a correlational analysis (Pearson's r) with a valid risk perception scale and the COVID-19 fear scale to determine criterion validity. RESULTS. The PR-COVID-19-PE has two dimensions (cognitive and emotional) and showed good fit during construct validity (x2/gl=2.34, Comparative Fit Index=0.96, Tucker-Lewis Index=0.96, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation= 0.05 and Standardized Root Mean-Square=0.07) and optimal internal consistency (ώ=0.88). Likewise, the PR-COVID-19-PE showed correlation with another COVID-19 risk perception scale (r=0.70, p< 0.001) and a fear of COVID-19 scale (r=0.41, p<0.001). In addition, it presents metric and scalar invariance by both sex and educational level. CONCLUSIONS. The PR-COVID-19-PE scale showed adequate reliability and content, construct and criterion validity. It is an instrument that can measure COVID-19 risk perception in similar populations. However, further studies are required for different populations.
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- Jhon Alex Zeladita-Huaman
- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
- Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública - ENSAP, Lima, Perú
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- Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública - ENSAP, Lima, Perú
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú
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- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú
- Escuela Nacional de Salud Pública - ENSAP, Lima, Perú
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Pelupessy DC, Jibiki Y, Sasaki D. Exploring People's Perception of COVID-19 Risk: A Case Study of Greater Jakarta, Indonesia. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 20:336. [PMID: 36612662 PMCID: PMC9819896 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20010336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This study aims to understand people's perceptions of COVID-19 risk in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indonesian government enacted a health protocol campaign and highlighted the community as an important unit of protocol compliance. We hypothesized that people's perception of the likelihood of being infected with COVID-19 is associated with health protocol compliance at the community level and their perception of community resilience. As the number of infected persons drastically increased, the "family cluster" also became a significant issue in the pandemic response, especially in Indonesia. In this study, we explored both community and family aspects that influence people's perceptions. We conducted an online survey in March 2021 with 370 respondents residing in the Greater Jakarta area. The respondents were classified into four age groups (20s, 30s, 40s, and 50-and-over), with gender-balanced samples allocated to each group. We used a questionnaire to measure the perception of COVID-19 risk along with the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure (CCRAM). Multiple regression analysis revealed that family factors have a much larger influence on the individual perception of the likelihood of contracting COVID-19 than community factors. The results suggest that the link between family-level efforts against COVID-19 and individual-level perceptions cannot be separated in response to the pandemic.
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- Dicky C. Pelupessy
- Faculty of Psychology, Universitas Indonesia, Kampus UI Depok, Depok City 16424, West Java, Indonesia
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- International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba Aramaki, Aoba, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
- Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, 468-1 Aoba Aramaki, Aoba, Sendai 980-8572, Japan
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Siebenhofer A, Scott AM, Avian A, Terebessy A, Mergenthal K, Schaffler-Schaden D, Bachler H, Huter S, Zelko E, Murray A, Guppy M, Piccoliori G, Streit S, Jeitler K, Flamm M. COVI-Prim international: Similarities and discrepancies in the way general practices from seven different countries coped with the COVID-19 pandemic. Front Public Health 2022; 10:1072515. [PMID: 36600939 PMCID: PMC9806865 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1072515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Objectives General practitioners (GPs) are frequently patients' first point of contact with the healthcare system and play an important role in identifying, managing and monitoring cases. This study investigated the experiences of GPs from seven different countries in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design International cross-sectional online survey. Setting General practitioners from Australia, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. Participants Overall, 1,642 GPs completed the survey. Main outcome measures We focused on how well-prepared GPs were, their self-confidence and concerns, efforts to control the spread of the disease, patient contacts, information flow, testing procedures and protection of staff. Results GPs gave high ratings to their self-confidence (7.3, 95% CI 7.1-7.5) and their efforts to control the spread of the disease (7.2, 95% CI 7.0-7.3). A decrease in the number of patient contacts (5.7, 95% CI 5.4-5.9), the perception of risk (5.3 95% CI 4.9-5.6), the provision of information to GPs (4.9, 95% CI 4.6-5.2), their testing of suspected cases (3.7, 95% CI 3.4-3.9) and their preparedness to face a pandemic (mean: 3.5; 95% CI 3.2-3.7) were rated as moderate. GPs gave low ratings to their ability to protect staff (2.2 95% CI 1.9-2.4). Differences were identified in all dimensions except protection of staff, which was consistently low in all surveyed GPs and countries. Conclusion Although GPs in the different countries were confronted with the same pandemic, its impact on specific aspects differed. This partly reflected differences in health care systems and experience of recent pandemics. However, it also showed that the development of structured care plans in case of future infectious diseases requires the early involvement of primary care representatives.
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- Andrea Siebenhofer
- Institute of General Practice and Evidence-Based Health Services Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria,Institute of General Practice, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, QL, Australia
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria,*Correspondence: Alexander Avian
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- Department of Public Health-Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of General Practice, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute for General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Institute of General Practice, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute for General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Faculty of Medicine, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria
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- Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, QL, Australia
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- School of Rural Medicine and New England GP Research Network, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
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- Institute for Special Training in General Medicine, Institute of General Practice, Claudiana Bozen, Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute of Primary Health Care (BIHAM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institute of General Practice and Evidence-Based Health Services Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria,Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Documentation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Institute for General Practice, Family Medicine and Preventive Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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Ren J, Zhang Z, Mei Y, Wang W, Sun Q, Wang M, Hui Z. Risk perception of COVID-19 among college students in China: Latent profile analysis. Front Public Health 2022; 10:1041580. [PMID: 36408052 PMCID: PMC9674304 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1041580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Background The outbreak of the new coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) has had a significant impact on people's mental and physical health. Meanwhile, people's perceptions of risk may influence their emotional states and preventative behavior during an epidemic. Previous research have revealed the diversity and uniqueness of risk perception, and college students may have a different perspective on risk perception. The objective of this study was to describe the subtypes of risk perception for COVID-19 among college students in China, identify the subtypes' traits, and investigate their affecting variables. Methods College students from 10 Chinese provinces participated in a cross-sectional study (n = 2,000) that from January 16 to 30, 2022. The latent profiles and influencing factors for risk perception were investigated using latent profile analysis, one-way analysis of variance, and multinomial logistical regression. Results The sample group of this survey was 1,946 students, and the response rate was 97.3%. The best model was suggested to consist of three profiles: "neutral risk perception" (20.3%), "perception seriously without susceptible" (52.8%), and "low risk perception" (26.9%). Risk perception of COVID-19 was positively associated with attention to negation information (r = 0.372, p < 0.01), anxiety (r = 0.232, p < 0.01), and depression (r = 0.241, p < 0.01), and negatively associated with perceived social support (r = -0.151, p < 0.01). Logistic-regressions analyses mainly revealed that the risk perception of three profiles related to having chronic diseases (OR = 2.704, p < 0.01), medical major (OR = 0.595, p < 0.01; OR = 0.614, p < 0.05), without having COVID-19 confirmed cases around (OR = 0.539, p < 0.01), attention to negative information (OR = 1.073, p < 0.001; OR = 1.092, p < 0.001), and perceived social support (OR = 0.0.975, p < 0.01). Conclusions The level of risk perception for COVID-19 among Chinese college students was unsatisfactory, and the risk perception of COVID-19 had significant group characteristics and heterogeneity. Colleges and public health practitioners could have a theoretical and empirical basis to implement risk perception intervention efforts by identifying latent subgroups during the COVID-19 epidemic.
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- Juanjuan Ren
- School of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China,*Correspondence: Zhenxiang Zhang
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- School of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- School of Nursing and Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xian, China
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- College of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xian, China
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Haier J, Beller J, Adorjan K, Bleich S, de Greck M, Griesinger F, Heppt M, Hurlemann R, Mees ST, Philipsen A, Rohde G, Schilling G, Trautmann K, Combs SE, Geyer S, Schaefers J. Decision Conflicts in Clinical Care during COVID-19: A Multi-Perspective Inquiry. Healthcare (Basel) 2022; 10:healthcare10101914. [PMID: 36292361 PMCID: PMC9602416 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare10101914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background: The early COVID-19-pandemic was characterized by changes in decision making, decision-relevant value systems and the related perception of decisional uncertainties and conflicts resulting in decisional burden and stress. The vulnerability of clinical care professionals to these decisional dilemmas has not been characterized yet. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire study (540 patients, 322 physicians and 369 nurses in 11 institutions throughout Germany) was carried out. The inclusion criterion was active involvement in clinical treatment or decision making in oncology or psychiatry during the first year of COVID-19. The questionnaires covered five decision dimensions (conflicts and uncertainty, resources, risk perception, perception of consequences for clinical processes, and the perception of consequences for patients). Data analysis was performed using ANOVA, Pearson rank correlations, and the Chi²-test, and for inferential analysis, nominal logistic regression and tree classification were conducted. Results: Professionals reported changes in clinical management (27.5%) and a higher workload (29.2%), resulting in decisional uncertainty (19.2%) and decisional conflicts (22.7%), with significant differences between professional groups (p < 0.005), including anxiety, depression, loneliness and stress in professional subgroups (p < 0.001). Nominal regression analysis targeting “Decisional Uncertainty” provided a highly significant prediction model (LQ p < 0.001) containing eight variables, and the analysis for “Decisional Conflicts” included six items. The classification rates were 64.4% and 92.7%, respectively. Tree analysis confirmed three levels of determinants. Conclusions: Decisional uncertainty and conflicts during the COVID-19 pandemic were independent of the actual pandemic load. Vulnerable professional groups for the perception of a high number of decisional dilemmas were characterized by individual perception and the psychological framework. Coping and management strategies should target vulnerability, enable the handling of the individual perception of decisional dilemmas and ensure information availability and specific support for younger professionals.
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- Joerg Haier
- Hannover Medical School, Comprehensive Cancer Center Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Correspondence:
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- Hannover Medical School, Comprehensive Cancer Center Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
- Medical Sociology Unit, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Hospital, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Pius-Hospital Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky University, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Erlangen University Hospital, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
- Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN (CCC ER-EMN), 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Carl von Ossietzky University, 26121 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Friedrichstadt General Hospital, 01067 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology, University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt, 60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology, Palliative Care and Rheumatology, Asklepios Tumorzentrum, 22763 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Klinikum rechts der Isar, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Medical Sociology Unit, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Comprehensive Cancer Center Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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Caycho-Rodríguez T, Ventura-León J, Valencia PD, Vilca LW, Carbajal-León C, Reyes-Bossio M, Delgado-Campusano M, Rojas-Jara C, Polanco-Carrasco R, Gallegos M, Cervigni M, Martino P, Palacios DA, Moreta-Herrera R, Samaniego-Pinho A, Elías Lobos Rivera M, Figares AB, Puerta-Cortés DX, Corrales-Reyes IE, Calderón R, Tapia BP, Arias Gallegos WL, Petzold O. Network analysis of the relationships between conspiracy beliefs towards COVID-19 vaccine and symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of latin american countries. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022:1-16. [PMID: 36090914 PMCID: PMC9449951 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03622-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Revised: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The present study examined how conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines specifically relate to symptoms of fear of COVID-19 in a sample of four South American countries. A total of 1785 people from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru participated, responding to a sociodemographic survey, the Fear of COVID-19 scale (FCV-19 S) and the Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs Scale-COVID-19 (VCBS-COVID-19). Network analysis identified the most important symptoms of fear and conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 vaccines (nodes) and the associations between them (edges). In addition, the robustness of the network of these indicators of centrality and the possible differences in the structure and connectivity of the networks between the four countries were evaluated. The results suggest that the nodes with the highest centrality were items 2 and 5 of the FCV-19 S and item 2 of the VCBS-COVID-19. Likewise, item 6 is the belief that most predicts conspiracy beliefs about vaccines against COVID-19; while item 6 was the symptom that most predicts fear of COVID-19. The findings strongly support cross-cultural similarities in the networks across the four countries rather than differences. Although it was expected that a higher presence of symptoms of fear of COVID-19 may lead people to compensate for their fear by believing in conspiratorial ideas about vaccines and, consequently, rejecting the COVID-19 vaccine, the results do not clearly show this relationship. This could lead other researchers to generate evidence to explain the differences between Latin American countries and countries in other contexts in terms of vaccination rates. This evidence could be useful to develop policies favoring vaccination against COVID-19 that are more contextualized to the Latin American region, characterized by social instability and economic recession during the pandemic.
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- Tomás Caycho-Rodríguez
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Peru
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Av. Alfredo Mendiola, 6062 Lima, Los Olivos Peru
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Privada del Norte, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Tlanepantla de Baz, State of Mexico Mexico
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- South American Center for Education and Research in Public Health, Universidad Norbert Wiener, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile
- Pontificia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud y del Comportamiento, Universidad Adventista del Plata, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Rosario, Argentina
- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Carrera de Psicología, Facultad de Filosofía, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Escuela de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
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- Servicio de Cirugía Maxilofacial, Hospital General Universitario Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Granma, Bayamo, Granma, Cuba
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- Carrera de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Valle de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Carrera de Psicología, Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Lone Star College-Conroe Center, Conroe, TX USA
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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Bronfman N, Repetto P, Cisternas P, Castañeda J, Cordón P. Government Trust and Motivational Factors on Health Protective Behaviors to Prevent COVID-19 Among Young Adults. Int J Public Health 2022; 67:1604290. [PMID: 35496944 PMCID: PMC9045398 DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2022.1604290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of government trust on young adults’ adoption of health behaviors to prevent infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Method: We tested the hypothesis that government trust would directly and indirectly (through worry/fear and subjective norms) influence the adoption of health-protective behaviors. A sample of 1,136 university students completed a web survey after Chile’s first wave of infections. Results: The results indicate that low government trust only indirectly (through subjective norms) influenced health-protective behaviors. Conversely, worry/fear was the primary motivating factor for adopting health-protective behaviors in young adults, followed by subjective norms. Conclusion: In scenarios where people perceive low government trust, emotions and social norms are the motivational factors with the most significant predictive power on the adoption of health-protective behaviors.
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- Nicolás Bronfman
- Engineering Sciences Department, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile
- Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management ANID/FONDAP/15110017, Santiago, Chile
- *Correspondence: Nicolás Bronfman,
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- Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management ANID/FONDAP/15110017, Santiago, Chile
- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management ANID/FONDAP/15110017, Santiago, Chile
- Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management ANID/FONDAP/15110017, Santiago, Chile
- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Adachi M, Murakami M, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Hashizume M, Sakamoto H, Eguchi A, Ghaznavi C, Gilmour S, Kaneko S, Kunishima H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Tanoue Y, Yamamoto Y, Miyata H, Nomura S. Factors associated with the risk perception of COVID-19 infection and severe illness: A cross-sectional study in Japan. SSM Popul Health 2022; 18:101105. [PMID: 35493404 PMCID: PMC9040447 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Understanding COVID-19 risk perception may help inform public health messaging aimed at encouraging preventive measures and improving countermeasures against the pandemic. We conducted an online survey of 29,708 Japanese adults in February 2021 and estimated the associations between COVID-19 risk perception and a broad array of individual factors. Two logistic regressions were constructed to estimate factors associated with the risk perception of COVID-19 (defined as responding that one might become infected within the next 6 months), and of severe illness among those who responded that they might become infected (defined as responding that one would become severely ill). After adjusting for covariates, those with a higher perceived risk of the COVID-19 vaccine had higher odds of risk perception for both infection and severe illness. Interestingly, those with higher odds of risk perception of being infected were more likely to report obtaining their information from healthcare workers whereas those with lower odds were more likely to report obtaining their information from the Internet or the government; those with lower odds of risk perception of being severely ill were more likely to report obtaining their information from the Internet. The higher the trust level in the government as a COVID-19 information source, the lower the odds of both risk perception of being infected and becoming severely ill. The higher the trust levels in social networking services as a COVID-19 information source, the higher the odds of risk perception of becoming severely ill. Public health messaging should address the factors identified in our study. Perceived risks of a COVID-19 vaccine was related to risk perception of COVID-19 infection and severe illness. Getting information from healthcare workers was related to higher risk perception of infection. Higher trust in SNS was related to higher risk perception of COVID-19 of severe illness.
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Affiliation(s)
- Megumi Adachi
- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Scientific Information and Public Policy, Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Mathematical and Computing Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Medical Education Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Saint Louis, USA
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- Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke's International University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ecoepidemiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute for Business and Finance, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Corresponding author. Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
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