The mechanisms between illness representations of COVID-19 and behavioral intention to visit hospitals for scheduled medical consultations in a Chinese general population.
J Health Psychol
; 27(8): 1846-1860, 2022 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1195905
ABSTRACT
Testing the Common-Sense Model, this random telephone survey examined the associations between illness representations of COVID-19 and behavioral intention to visit hospitals for scheduled medical consultations (BI-VHSMC), and the mediations via coping and fear of nosocomial infection among 300 Chinese adults. The prevalence of BI-VHSMC was 62.3%. Mediation analysis found that maladaptive coping (rumination and catastrophizing) and fear of nosocomial infection mediated the associations between various dimensions of illness representations of COVID-19 (e.g. consequence and controllability) and BI-VHSMC, both indirectly and serially. Illness representations, coping, and fear should be considered when planning related health promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cross Infection
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Health Psychol
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
13591053211008217
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