Behavioural changes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a nationwide survey in Singapore
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
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: 222-231, 2021.
Artículo
en Inglés
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| ID: wpr-877763
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION@#As part of infection control measures for COVID-19, individuals have been encouraged to adopt both preventive (such as handwashing) and avoidant behavioural changes (e.g. avoiding crowds). In this study, we examined whether demographics predicted the likelihood that a person would adopt these behaviours in Singapore.@*METHODS@#A total of 1,145 participants responded to an online survey conducted between 7 March and 21 April 2020. We collected demographic information and asked participants to report which of 17 behaviour changes they had undertaken because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Regression analyses were performed to predict the number of behavioural changes (preventive, avoidant, and total) as a function of demographics. Finally, we sought to identify predictors of persons who declared that they had not undertaken any of these measures following the outbreak.@*RESULTS@#Most participants (97%) reported at least one behavioural change on account of the pandemic, with changes increasing with the number of local COVID-19 cases (@*CONCLUSION@#Our characterisation of behavioural changes provides a baseline for public health advisories. Moving forward, health authorities can focus their efforts on encouraging segments of the population who do not readily adopt infection control measures against COVID-19.
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Asunto principal:
Asunción de Riesgos
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Singapur
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Factores Socioeconómicos
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Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud
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Factores Sexuales
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Desinfección de las Manos
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Estudios de Seguimiento
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Encuestas Epidemiológicas
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Factores de Edad
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Autoinforme
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Investigación cualitativa
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Adulto
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Anciano
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Aged80
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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