Analysis of Risk Perceptions and Related Factors Concerning COVID-19 Epidemic in Chongqing, China.
J Community Health
; 46(2): 278-285, 2021 04.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-616038
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To assess perceptions of risk and related factors concerning COVID-19 epidemic among residents in Chongqing city, China.METHODS:
With convenience sampling, a web questionnaire survey was conducted among 476 residents living in Chongqing on February 13rd to 14th in 2020, when citizens just started to get back to work.RESULTS:
Residents' estimated perceived risks were (4.63 ± 0.57), (4.19 ± 0.76), (3.23 ± 0.91) and (2.29 ± 0.96) for the infectivity, pathogenicity, lethality and self-rated infection possibility of COVID-19, respectively. Females (OR = 4.234), people with income ≥ 2000 yuan (2000-4999 yuan OR = 5.052, 5000-9999 yuan OR = 4.301, ≥ 10,000 yuan OR = 23.459), the married status (OR = 1.811), the divorced status, widows or widowers (OR = 3.038), people living with families including children (OR = 5.085) or chronic patients (OR = 2.423) had a higher perceived risk level, as well as people who used free media websites (OR = 1.756), community workers (OR = 4.064) or community information platforms (OR = 2.235) as main media information sources. The perceived risk increased by 4.9% for every one-year increase of age. People who used WeChat contacts (OR = 0.196) as the main media information source, reported a lower perceived risk.CONCLUSION:
Residents reported a high level of risk perception towards COVID-19 in Chongqing and it was impacted by the population demographic characteristics. Media information sources, including community information platforms and community workers may cause the increase of public risk perceptions.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anxiety
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Social Perception
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Health Behavior
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
J Community Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10900-020-00870-4
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