Community Risk Perception and Compliance with Preventive Measures for COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia.
Community Risk Perception and Compliance with Preventive Measures for COVID-19 Pandemic in Ethiopia.
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DOI：
10.2147/rmhp.s279907
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Andualem M
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作者：
Asnakew Z;Asrese K;Andualem M
这项研究评估了社区对COVID-19的风险认知水平，他们对建议预防措施的遵守情况以及影响遵守行为的因素。这项研究是一个横截面的在线调查管理使用谷歌表格。数据收集自521名受访者使用各种社交媒体渠道，包括电子邮件，Facebook，Messenger，电报和IMO。约十分之九的受访者（90. 4%）认为他们易受COVID-19影响。近90%（87.5%）的参与者认为COVID-19是一种严重的疾病。大多数受访者（81%）从电视和社交网站获得有关COVID-19的信息。回归分析显示，受访者的社会人口学特征不同，预防行为的遵守。女性（β：对推荐的预防措施的有效性感知（β：0.367，P<0.001）和对媒体的可靠性感知（β：0.189，P<0.001）更有利于预防措施的依从性。另一方面，年龄增长（β：-0.096，P<0.05）、单身（β：-0.127，P<0.01）、教育水平较低（β：-0.168，P<0.01）和生活在较低的行政级别是遵守预防措施的障碍。大部分受访者已采取一项或多项建议的预防措施，以避免感染COVID-19。大多数受访者从电视和社交网站获得有关COVID-19的信息。鉴于约80%的埃塞俄比亚人口生活在没有电视的农村地区，且使用社交网站的文盲率较高，有关机构应引入量身定制的干预措施，以传授有关COVID-19感染和缓解措施的知识。尽管在线系统的抽样程序是随机的，但由于规模较小，在国家层面研究人们对COVID-19预防措施的看法和遵守情况可能不具有代表性。因此，对研究结果的解释需要考虑这一局限性。
This study assessed the community’s level of risk perception of COVID-19, their compliance with recommended precautionary measures, and factors that influence compliance behavior. This study is a cross-sectional online survey administered using google forms. Data were collected from 521 respondents using various social media channels, including e-mail, Facebook, messenger, telegram, and IMO. About 9 in 10 respondents (90.4%) perceived that they are susceptible to COVID-19. Nearly 9 in 10 participants (87.5%) perceived that COVID-19 is a serious disease. The majority of respondents (81%) got information about COVID-19 from television and social networking sites. The regression analyses revealed that compliance with preventive behaviors is differed by respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics. Being female (β: 0.094, P<0.05), higher perceived effectiveness of recommended preventive measures (β: 0.367, P<0.001), and higher perceived reliability of media (β: 0.189, P<0.001) facilitated compliance with preventive measures. On the other hand, increasing age (β: −0.096, P<0.05), being single (β: −0.127, P<0.01), lower education level (β: −0.168, P<0.01), and living at a lower administrative level were barriers to be compliant with preventive measures. The majority of the respondents exercised one or more of the recommended preventive measures to avoid COVID-19 infection. Most of the respondents got information about COVID-19 from television and social networking sites. Given that about 80% of the Ethiopian population is living in rural areas without television and higher illiteracy rate to use social networking sites, concerned bodies should introduce tailored interventions to impart knowledge about COVID-19 infection and mitigating measures. Although the sampling procedure was random through the online system, it might not be representative to study the perception and compliance of people towards COVID-19 prevention practices at a country level due to its small size. Thus, the interpretation of the study findings needs to consider this limitation.