The coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality risk perception of US adult residents in March and April 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality risk perception of US adult residents in March and April 2020
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DOI：
10.1111/bjhp.12438
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发表时间：
2020-06-10
影响因子：
7.9
通讯作者：
Greiff, Samuel
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作者：
Niepel, Christoph;Kranz, Dirk;Greiff, Samuel
该研究比较了 2020 年 3 月中旬 (N-1 = 1,182) 和 2020 年 4 月中旬 (N-2 = 953) 美国成年居民按年龄、性别和种族分层的冠状病毒 SARS-CoV-2（导致 COVID-19）死亡风险认知的实证结果。虽然从 2020 年 3 月到 2020 年 4 月，死亡风险认知有所增加，但我们的研究结果表明，与当前的流行病学数据相比，许多美国成年居民在两个时间点都严重低估了他们的绝对和相对死亡风险（即根据既往医疗状况和年龄定义的亚组进行区分）。这些结果令人担忧，因为正如我们的研究表明的，风险认知与实际或预期的健康保护行为有关，这些行为可以降低 SARS-CoV-2 的传播率。
The study compares empirical results on the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19) fatality risk perception of US adult residents stratified for age, gender, and race in mid-March 2020 (N-1 = 1,182) and mid-April 2020 (N-2 = 953). While the fatality risk perception has increased from March 2020 to April 2020, our findings suggest that many US adult residents severely underestimated their absolute and relative fatality risk (i.e., differentiated for subgroups defined by pre-existing medical conditions and age) at both time points compared to current epidemiological figures. These results are worrying because risk perception, as our study indicates, relates to actual or intended health-protective behaviour that can reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates.