scholarly journals Factors influencing the protective behavior of individuals during COVID-19: a transnational survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Chun Tang ◽  
Hsi Chen ◽  
Wei-Wen Wu
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Independent Behaviors

AbstractTo slow the spread of infectious disease, it is crucial to understand the engagement of protective behavior among individuals. The purpose of this study was to systematically examine individuals’ protective behaviors and the associated factors across countries during COVID-19. This causal-comparative study used a self-developed online survey to assess individuals’ level of engagement with six protective behaviors. Analysis of variance and McNemar’s test were employed for data analysis. Three hundred and eighty-four responses were analyzed. The majority of participants lived in three areas: Taiwan, Japan, and North America. Overall, the participants reported a high level of engagement in protective behaviors. However, engagement levels varied according to several demographic variables. Hand hygiene and cleaning/ventilation are two independent behaviors that differ from almost all other protective behaviors. There is a need to target the population at risk, which demonstrates low compliance. Different strategies are needed to promote specific protective behaviors.

scholarly journals Analisis Pengaruh Penggunaan Facebook Bagi Mahasiswa dan Hubungannya dengan Gangguan Kecanduan Facebook

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Ronal Watrianthos ◽  
Ibnu Rasyid Munthe ◽  
Rahma Muti’ah
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Facebook Addiction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All

Along with the rapid development of Social Networking Sites (SNS), social media, recently, has become a lifestyle for many people around the world, including in Indonesia. The data in January 2018 showed that in Indonesia out of 132.7 million internet users, almost all (131 million), or up 23% from the data in 2017, were Facebook users with the dominance of 18-24 years old, 35% of whom were the highest active users. The rapid growth of Facebook users annually in Indonesia, especially in the age of students and college students, encourages researchers to conduct many empirical studies of Facebook use among students. There is a tendency for using Facebook continuously to create FAD effects (Facebook Addiction Disorder) among students and can affect the spirit of learning. This study also discusses what is the motivation for using Facebook and seeing the potential for FAD to occur. In this study, an online survey over 375 respondents from several students in Labuhanbatu District was conducted. To explore respondents' motives in using Facebook, respondents were given questions that were divided into the following five motives: social interaction, leisure time, entertainment, friends, and communication. While to look for potential addiction, respondents were given questions using the Bergen Facebook Addiction (BFAD) scale. In getting a connection between the motives for using Facebook and Facebook Addiction, the data was tested by analysis of variants (ANOVA) and partial tests using SPSS software. The results obtained were 65.8% of participants were at a moderate level, while 20.3% were at a low level, and only 13.9% of participants were at a high level. While the most significant motive affecting respondents in using Facebook is the motive to fill the time and motives for communicating.

scholarly journals PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOR AGAINST COVID-19 AMONG VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN THE SOCIAL DISTANCING CAMPAIGN A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
AISDL
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Gender Knowledge

In the global fight against the rapid spread of COVID-19, a variety of unprecedented preventive measures have been implemented across the globe, as well as in Vietnam. How Vietnamese people respond to threats to their health and life remains unclear. For this reason, the current study aims to examine Vietnamese people’s protective behavior and its factors. Based on 1,798 online survey respondents’ data collected on the last three days of the nationwide social distancing campaign in mid-April, it is found that gender, knowledge of COVID-19 and preventive measures, and attitudes towards the COVID-19 prevention policies are the three main factors of participants’ protective behaviors. We also find that males are less likely than females to adopt precautionary measures. People who are knowledgeable about COVID-19 may have inappropriate practices towards it. Further research is needed to examine other determinants of protective behaviors to provide more useful information for authorities, public health policy-makers, and healthcare workers to deliver the best practices to control COVID-19 in our country.

scholarly journals The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 in Italy: Worry Leads to Protective Behavior, but at the Cost of Anxiety

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia Prete ◽  
Lilybeth Fontanesi ◽  
Piero Porcelli ◽  
Luca Tommasi
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Emotional Reactions ◽  
World Health ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost

The World Health Organization defined COVID-19 as a pandemic on March 11, due to the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in all continents. Italy had already witnessed a very fast spread that brought the Government to place the entire country under quarantine on March 11, reaching more than 30,700 fatalities in 2 months. We hypothesized that the pandemic and related compulsory quarantine would lead to an increase of anxiety state and protective behaviors to avoid infections. We aimed to investigate whether protective behaviors might have been enhanced or limited by anxiety and emotional reactions to previous experience of stressful conditions. We collected data from 618 Italian participants, by means of an online survey. Participants were asked to rate their level of worry for the pandemic, and to complete two questionnaires measuring the anxiety level: the state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI-Y) and the Pre-traumatic stress reaction checklist (Pre-Cl). Finally, the respondents were also asked to report about their compliance with protective behaviors suggested to avoid the spread of the virus (e.g., washing hands). Results show that respondents with higher levels of worry reported higher levels of anxiety and pre-traumatic reactions, with positive correlations among the three measurements, and that higher frequency of the three protective behaviors were put in place by respondents with higher levels of worry. Moreover, regression analysis showed that worry for COVID-19 was most predicted by age, anxiety levels, and Pre-traumatic stress. These results could be interpreted in an evolutionary framework, in which the level of worry leads persons to become more cautious (protective behaviors) maximizing long-term survival at the cost of short-term dysregulation (anxiety).

scholarly journals Early career women in construction: Are their career expectations being met?

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bee Lan Oo ◽  
Teck-Heng Benson Lim ◽  
Siyu Feng
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Career Women ◽  
Career Expectations ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Career Expectation ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Overall Job Satisfaction

The recruitment, retention and development of early career women have always been a challenge in the construction industry. With the focus on early career women or new female construction management degree graduate hires in construction, this study explores: (i) factors influencing their choice of career in construction; (ii) the extent of which their career expectations were met in their first few years of job experience; and (iii) how their met or unmet career expectations are related their overall job satisfaction. Data was collected using an online survey questionnaire. The results show that the top significant factors influencing the respondents’ career choice are career opportunities and belief of getting better pay. Their career expectations, on the other hand, were met or exceeded to a great extent for almost all the measurement items. The results also show that the respondents have a relatively high overall job satisfaction level. Although there is lack of evidence that their overall job satisfaction increased as met career expectations increased, there are statistically significant positive correlations among the career expectation measurement items. These findings have implications for human resource practices of construction employers that aimed to attract early career women into the industry, and to reinforce their met career expectations and job satisfaction.

scholarly journals Motives Influencing Facebook Usage By Students And Its Relationship With Facebook Addiction Disorder

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronal Watrianthos
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Leisure Time ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Facebook Addiction ◽  
High Level ◽  
Almost All

Along with the rapid development of Social Networking Sites (SNS), social media, recently, has become a lifestyle for many people around the world, including in Indonesia. The data in January 2018 showed that in Indonesia out of 132.7 million internet users, almost all (131 million), or up 23% from the data in 2017, were Facebook users with the dominance of 18-24 years old, 35% of whom were the highest active users. The rapid growth of Facebook users annually in Indonesia, especially in the age of students and college students, encourages researchers to conduct many empirical studies of Facebook use among students. There is a tendency for using Facebook continuously to create FAD effects (Facebook Addiction Disorder) among students and can affect the spirit of learning. This study also discusses what is the motivation for using Facebook and seeing the potential for FAD to occur. In this study, an online survey over 375 respondents from several students in Labuhanbatu District was conducted. To explore respondents' motives in using Facebook, respondents were given questions that were divided into the following five motives: social interaction, leisure time, entertainment, friends, and communication. While to look for potential addiction, respondents were given questions using the Bergen Facebook Addiction (BFAD) scale. In getting a connection between the motives for using Facebook and Facebook Addiction, the data was tested by analysis of variants (ANOVA) and partial tests using SPSS software. The results obtained were 65.8% of participants were at a moderate level, while 20.3% were at a low level, and only 13.9% of participants were at a high level. While the most significant motive affecting respondents in using Facebook is the motive to fill the time and motives for communicating

PROTECTIVE BEHAVIOR AGAINST COVID-19 AMONG VIETNAMESE PEOPLE IN THE SOCIAL DISTANCING CAMPAIGN: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoan Luong Cu Si
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Gender Knowledge

In the global fight against the rapid spread of COVID-19, a variety of unprecedented preventive measures have been implemented across the globe, as well as in Vietnam. How Vietnamese people respond to threats to their health and life remains unclear. For this reason, the current study aims to examine Vietnamese people’s protective behavior and its factors. Based on 1,798 online survey respondents’ data collected on the last three days of the nationwide social distancing campaign in mid-April, it is found that gender, knowledge of COVID-19 and preventive measures, and attitudes towards the COVID-19 prevention policies are the three main factors of participants’ protective behaviors. We also find that males are less likely than females to adopt precautionary measures. People who are knowledgeable about COVID-19 may have inappropriate practices towards it. Further research is needed to examine other determinants of protective behaviors to provide more useful information for authorities, public health policy-makers, and healthcare workers to deliver the best practices to control COVID-19 in our country.

scholarly journals Perceived threat, negative emotions and self-efficacy in relation to mental health and personal protective behavior among 4,087 Chinese pregnant women during the COVID-19 period: Results from an online survey (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phoenix Kit-Han Mo ◽  
Bo Song ◽  
Jiangli Di ◽  
Qian Wang ◽  
Linhong Wang
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Face Mask ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
High Level

BACKGROUND COVID-19 is one of the emerging infectious diseases that has confronted the world. Pregnant women are particularly affected. OBJECTIVE The present study assessed the level of perceived threat (susceptibility, severity, impact), negative emotions (fear, worry) and self-efficacy of COVID-19, and examined their association with mental health (depression and anxiety) and personal protective behavior (wearing face mask) among pregnant women in China. METHODS A total of 4,087 pregnant women from China completed a cross-sectional online survey between 3 to 10 March 2020. RESULTS The prevalence of probable depression and anxiety was 48.7% and 33.0% respectively; 23.8% reported always wearing face mask when going out. Between 32.1% to 36.4% of participants perceived themselves or their family members were susceptible to COVID-19 infection, between 78.7% to 86.1% agreed the disease would have various severe consequences. Between 54.7% to 55.7% showed self-efficacy in protecting themselves or their family members from contracting COVID-19; 31.8% reported a high level of fear to the disease, and 68% to 74.8% showed worries about various aspects of COVID-19. Results from multivariate logistic regressions showed that perceived severity, perceived impact, fear and worry were risk factors, while self-efficacy was a protective factor for probable depression and anxiety. Perceived susceptibility and perceived severity were associated with always wearing face mask. CONCLUSIONS Chinese pregnant women showed high level of mental distress but low level of personal protective behavior during the COVID-19 period. Interventions are needed to promote their mental health and health behavior.

scholarly journals 1948. Impact of @WuidQ, a Free Open-access Medical Education Twitter Resource, on Infectious Disease Learning and Teaching

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. S57-S58
Author(s):  
Gerome V Escota ◽  
Ige George ◽  
Emily Abdoler
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Disease ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
The United States ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Follower Satisfaction ◽  
Common Learning ◽  
Almost All

Abstract Background Free open-access medical education (FOAMed) is increasingly used as a web-based platform for learning/teaching, with Twitter emerging as a leading medium. However, FOAMed resources in infectious disease (ID) are limited. @WuidQ is the first FOAMed Twitter resource to provide review of ID through board-style, multiple-choice questions (MCQs). We describe its creation and impact to date. Methods Two ID faculties created MCQs, vetting them based on accuracy and clarity. MCQs were posted a few times weekly using Twitter’s poll function, with answers tweeted as “threads” linked to the MCQ (Figure 1). We reviewed followers’ profiles to determine their demographics. We also used Twitter metrics to assess participation, including the average number of poll voters, impression (number of tweet views), engagement (number of retweets, clicks), and engagement rate (engagement divided by impression). In order to gauge follower satisfaction, we posted an anonymous online survey that included both close-ended questions utilizing Likert scale and open-ended questions. Results Over its first 9 months, @WuidQ reached 1,339 followers (56% based in the United States, 47% healthcare professionals, 13% students/trainees) (Table 1). During this time, it earned 582,400 impressions and had a 3.1% mean engagement rate. We posted 103 MCQs, with a mean of 143 (range 70–316) poll voters per MCQ. Forty-five followers completed the survey; of whom, 49% were ID doctors, 22% were ID fellows, and 11% were medical residents. The vast majority of respondents were between 25 and 44 years of age. Almost all agreed that @WuidQ is engaging and accessible (Figure 2). The majority of respondents who were taking exams agreed that @WuidQ helped them with test preparation. Of those who indicated teaching was a relevant practice, 80% said it helped them teach ID. Lack of time to read and learners’ short attention span were the most common learning barriers addressed by @WuidQ (Figure 4). Conclusion @WuidQ is an effective Twitter resource for ID education, filling a gap in FOAMed resources for ID. It has a global reach and caters to learners/teachers across a spectrum of training levels. Given its success, more work is warranted to understand practices for engaging learners and teachers in FOAMed for ID. Disclosures All Authors: No reported Disclosures.

scholarly journals Handwashing Adherence and the Trajectory of COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from 14 Countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zofia Szczuka ◽  
Charles Abraham ◽  
Adriana Baban ◽  
Sydney Brooks ◽  
Sabrina Cipolletta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Health Policies ◽  
World Health ◽  
Protective Behavior ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Multilevel Regression ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Registration Date

Abstract Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected people’s engagement in health behaviors, especially those that protect individuals from SARS-CoV-2 transmission, such as handwashing/sanitizing. Associations between the pandemic’s trajectory and engagement in the protective behavior of handwashing are unclear. This study investigated whether adherence to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) handwashing guidelines is associated with (i) total cases of COVID-19 morbidity/mortality accumulated since the onset of the pandemic, (ii) recent cases (country-level COVID-19 morbidity/mortality in the 14 days prior to data collection), (iii) increases/acceleration in recent cases (country-level COVID-19 morbidity/mortality in the previous 14 days minus cases recorded 14-28 days earlier), and (iv) stringency of the national containment-and-health policies (in the 7 days prior to data collection).Methods: The observational study (#NCT04367337) enrolled 6,064 adults residing in Australia, Canada, China, France, Gambia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Malaysia, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, and Switzerland. Data on cross-situational handwashing adherence were collected via an online survey (March–July 2020). Individual data were matched with the WHO daily reports of COVID-19 and indices of containment-and-health policies. Country-level human development index and sociodemographic variables were controlled.Results: Multilevel regression models indicated that as the total cases of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality grew higher, handwashing adherence decreased. As increases in recent cases of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality occurred, handwashing adherence increased. Higher levels of containment-and-health policy index were associated with lower handwashing.Conclusions: Research investigating protective behaviors should account for indicators of fluctuations of COVID-19 morbidity/mortality, besides accounting for time since the beginning of the pandemic.Trial Registration: Clinical Trials.Gov, #NCT04367337, first registration date: 29/04/2020

scholarly journals A Study on Factors Influencing Purchase Intention of Natural Perfumes: Framework for Designing Promotional Strategies

2021 ◽  
pp. 437-443
Author(s):  
R. Sahana ◽  
S. Hemalatha ◽  
A. Rohini ◽  
S. Padma Rani
Keyword(s):  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Subjective Norms ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Purchase Decision ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Promotional Strategies

The purpose of this research is to identify the factors influencing purchase intention of natural perfumes and also aims at designing promotional strategies for natural perfumes. This study was examined through an online survey administered to the perfume buyers. Multiple regression was used to analyze the data. Results show that the demographic variables (education and annual family income), scheme characteristics, perceived quality, subjective norms and habit of using perfumes significantly influence and had an impact on purchase intention of natural perfumes. The purchase intention and its relationship with the buying behavior or purchase decision could be examined in the future research.

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