Psychosocial Factors Associated With Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures in Low-Middle- Income Countries, December 2020 to February 2021.
Journal: International journal of public health
Volume: 67
Issue:
Year of Publication: 2022
Affiliated Institutions:
Department of Health Education and Behavioral Sciences, Faculty of Public Health Mahidol University, Ratchathewi, Thailand.
Department of Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa.
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand.
FETP Division, Department of Diseases Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Disease Control Coordination, São Paulo State Health Department, São Paulo, Brazil.
Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
School of Medicine, Health Sciences Unit, Federal University of Jataí, Jataí, Brazil.
School of Social Science, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia.
Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Health Science and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, VIC, Australia.
Public Health Foundation, Bangladesh (PHF, BD), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Research Unit on Communicable Diseases, Polytechnic School of Abomey-Calavi, University of Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin.
Kinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
University of North Carolina UNC Project Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
International Center of Excellence in Research, Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technology of Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Abstract summary
To investigate psychosocial factors associated with adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This online cross-sectional survey included 10,183 adults (median age 45 years) from nine LMICs. Participants were asked about adhering to four COVID-19 preventive measures (physical distancing, wearing a face mask, hand, and cough hygiene); a composite adherence score was calculated, ranging from 0-4 positive responses. Psychosocial measures included worry, anxiety, depression, social and demographic, and COVID-19 related factors. Factors associated with adherence to more preventive measures included being a participant from Malaysia or Bangladesh, older age, higher education, belonging to the healthcare sector (either as or worker), having health personnel as a trusted source of COVID-19 information/advice, possessing correct COVID-19 knowledge, worry or fear about being (re)infected with COVID-19, and screening negative for general anxiety symptoms. Moderate to high adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures was found, with significant variations across countries. Psychosocial factors (worry, anxiety, knowledge, education, age, and country) seemed determinant in predicting the number of measures to which participants adhered.
Authors & Co-authors:
Pengpid Supa S
Peltzer Karl K
Sathirapanya Chutarat C
Thitichai Phanthanee P
Faria de Moura Villela Edlaine E
Rodrigues Zanuzzi Tamara T
de Andrade Bandeira Felipe F
Bono Suzanna A SA
Siau Ching Sin CS
Chen Won Sun WS
Hasan M Tasdik MT
Sessou Philippe P
Ditekemena John D JD
Hosseinipour Mina C MC
Dolo Housseini H
Wanyenze Rhoda K RK
Nelson Siewe Fodjo Joseph J
Colebunders Robert R
Study Outcome
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