COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10).
COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10).
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10.1371/journal.pone.0240011
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发表时间：
2020
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
El-Mohandes A
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作者：
Lazarus JV;Ratzan S;Palayew A;Billari FC;Binagwaho A;Kimball S;Larson HJ;Melegaro A;Rabin K;White TM;El-Mohandes A
了解公众对政府回应新冠肺炎的看法可能会促进改善公共合作。对政府的信任和民众暴露的风险可能会影响公众对应对措施的看法。其他人口层面的特征，如国家社会经济发展、新冠肺炎发病率和死亡率以及民主政府程度，可能会影响人们的看法。我们开发了一种新的十项工具，要求受访者对其政府应对大流行的关键方面进行评级(COVID-SCORE)。我们检查了结果是否因性别、年龄段、教育水平和月收入而异。我们还使用适当的预定义变量检查了该指数的内部和外部有效性。为了检验结果的维度，我们对十个调查项目使用了主成分分析(PCA)。我们发现，Cronbach‘sα为0.92，主成分分析的第一个分量解释了60%的方差，其余因素的特征值低于1，这有力地表明该工具既可靠又一维。根据从19个国家的普通民众中随机挑选的13,426人的回答，国家平均分从35.76分(厄瓜多尔)到80.48分(中国)，满分为100分。不同年龄、性别、教育程度和收入的人的回答不同，国家之间的不同程度最大。国家得分与受访者报告的对政府的信任程度以及国家层面的新冠肺炎死亡率相关。COVID-SCORE问卷的效度令人满意。它可能有助于政府更有效地动员选民参与当前和未来控制新冠肺炎的努力。还应针对具体国家进行评估，以衡量随时间推移的趋势以及公众对其他国家政府应对措施的关键方面的看法。
Understanding public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 may foster improved public cooperation. Trust in government and population risk of exposure may influence public perception of the response. Other population-level characteristics, such as country socio-economic development, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, and degree of democratic government, may influence perception. We developed a novel ten-item instrument that asks respondents to rate key aspects of their government’s response to the pandemic (COVID-SCORE). We examined whether the results varied by gender, age group, education level, and monthly income. We also examined the internal and external validity of the index using appropriate predefined variables. To test for dimensionality of the results, we used a principal component analysis (PCA) for the ten survey items. We found that Cronbach’s alpha was 0.92 and that the first component of the PCA explained 60% of variance with the remaining factors having eigenvalues below 1, strongly indicating that the tool is both reliable and unidimensional. Based on responses from 13,426 people randomly selected from the general population in 19 countries, the mean national scores ranged from 35.76 (Ecuador) to 80.48 (China) out of a maximum of 100 points. Heterogeneity in responses was observed across age, gender, education and income with the greatest amount of heterogeneity observed between countries. National scores correlated with respondents’ reported levels of trust in government and with country-level COVID-19 mortality rates. The COVID-SCORE survey instrument demonstrated satisfactory validity. It may help governments more effectively engage constituents in current and future efforts to control COVID-19. Additional country-specific assessment should be undertaken to measure trends over time and the public perceptions of key aspects of government responses in other countries.
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