1. The role of risk perception, risk communication, and demographic factors in COVID-19 preventive behaviors: an online survey in Iran .
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Rezaei, Mansour, Gilan, Nader Rajabi, Almasi, Ali, Khezeli, Mehdi, Nazar, Fatemeh Jamshidi, Shushtari, Zahra Jorjoran, Salimi, Yahya, Najafi, Farid, Sarabi, Neda, Saeidi, Shahram, and Saeidi, Saeid
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COVID-19 ,ATTITUDE (Psychology) ,MULTIPLE regression analysis ,RISK perception ,PEARSON correlation (Statistics) ,SURVEYS ,TEST validity ,HEALTH behavior ,COMMUNICATION ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,EMPLOYMENT ,SOCIAL classes ,RESEARCH funding ,SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors ,DATA analysis software ,STATISTICAL models ,PUBLIC opinion - Abstract
Objectives: This study investigated preventive behaviors toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related factors in a Kurdish Iranian sample. Methods: This online survey was conducted among the population aged 18 and above in Kermanshah Province, in western Iran, in April 2020. Samples were invited and recruited through social media. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 4 sections (questions on demographic variables, risk perception, risk communication, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors) and analyzed using Stata ver. 8. Results: The Pearson correlation test showed that risk communication was significantly correlated with COVID-19 preventive behaviors (r=0.320, p<0.01). In the final model, where the explanatory power increased with the entry of the risk communication variable, the variables explained a total of 14% of variance in COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Sex (β=−0.482), risk perception (β=0.047), and risk communication (β=0.662) were significant determinants. Conclusion: Risk communication and risk perception related to COVID-19, as well as being a woman, were determinants of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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