Covid-19 in the State of Ceará: behaviors and beliefs in the arrival of the pandemic. / COVID-19 no estado do Ceará, Brasil: comportamentos e crenças na chegada da pandemia.
Cien Saude Colet
; 25(5): 1575-1586, 2020 May.
Article
in English, Portuguese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-910837
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to evaluate the behavioral aspects and beliefs of the population of Ceará in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. An online questionnaire was conducted on sociodemographic aspects and opinions related to the pandemic. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated, the association between variables was performed with Chi-square, and the level of significance was 5%. The final sample had 2,259 participants, and an association was observed between females and perceiving themselves with a high risk of infection (p = 0.044) and males with non-performance of voluntary quarantine (p < 0.001). People aged 80 years and over were partially quarantined due to the flow of people at home (p < 0.001). Participants with elementary school education had a lower risk of infection than participants with a higher level of education (p < 0.001). This group includes people who did voluntary quarantine the least (p < 0.001). Participants living in the inland region of the state had less direct contact with someone tested positive for the Coronavirus (p = 0.031) and are less reclusive (p < 0.001). We can conclude that the approach to the COVID-19 pandemic varies by social aspects, such as gender, age, education, and place of residence, as well as the belief system of the population of the State of Ceará.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Cien Saude Colet
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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