Canadian university students' perceptions of COVID-19 severity, susceptibility, and health behaviours during the early pandemic period.
Canadian university students' perceptions of COVID-19 severity, susceptibility, and health behaviours during the early pandemic period.
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10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100114
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2021-11
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Prine A
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Mant M;Holland A;Prine A
我们调查了大学生，以评估他们的人口统计学因素，自认为的严重性，个人易感性，以及与新冠肺炎相关的健康行为的采取。伦理学获得了多伦多大学研究伦理学委员会的批准(#39169)。受访者在2020年3月20日至4月17日之间收集了加拿大安大略省政府规定的第一个月的社交距离。我们向多伦多大学的学生群体分发了这项在线调查，总共产生了592名参与者的便利样本。我们总结了结果，并进行了曼-惠特尼U和Kruskal-Wallis测试，以探索人口统计数据和感知的新冠肺炎严重程度之间的关系。皮尔逊卡方检验被用来探索人口统计变量和感知敏感度之间的关系，PHI被用来探索这种联系的强度。使用p-<；-的值来确定显著性。大多数参与者(60.1%)认为新冠肺炎非常严重；女性与采取新的健康行为之间存在显著关系。57.4%的人表示自己对新冠肺炎敏感，而40.9%的人不觉得。感觉易受影响与学习医疗保健领域或受到新冠肺炎的个人影响有关。声称自己对新冠肺炎不敏感的人表示，新的健康行为等缓解因素是他们感知的主要驱动因素。大学生们认为新冠肺炎是一种严重的疾病，他们采取了新的、越来越多的健康行为来缓解这种传播。虽然这项研究显示了基于人口因素的不同健康行为采用率，但总体来说，这项研究发现年轻人支持并接受政府政策作为一种保护性和减轻易感性的措施。大多数参与者认为新冠肺炎非常严厉。女性比其他性别更有可能采取新的健康行为。人们对新冠肺炎易感性的看法各不相同。新的健康行为被指定为判断易感性的关键缓解因素。
We surveyed university students to assess their demographic factors, perceived severity, personal susceptibility, and the adoption of health behaviours in relation to COVID-19. Ethics approval was obtained from the University of Toronto’s Research Ethics Board (#39169). Responses were collected between March 20 and April 17, 2020, capturing the first month of government-mandated social distancing in Ontario, Canada. We distributed the online survey to the University of Toronto student population, yielding a total convenience sample of 592 participants. We summarised the results and conducted Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests to explore relationships between demographic data and perceived severity of COVID-19. Pearson’s Chi-square tests were used to explore the relationship between demographic variables and perceived susceptibility, with phi being used to explore the strength of the association. A value of p < 0.05 was used to determine significance. The majority of participants (60.1%) judged COVID-19 to be Very Severe; there was a significant relationship between being female and the adoption of new health behaviours. 57.4% indicated they felt susceptible to COVID-19, while 40.9% did not. Feeling susceptible was associated with studying a healthcare field or being personally affected by COVID-19. Individuals who stated they were not susceptible to COVID-19 declared mitigating factors such as new health behaviours to be a major driver in their perception. University students believe COVID-19 is a severe disease and have adopted new and increased health behaviours to mitigate the spread. While this study demonstrates differing health behaviour adoption rates based upon demographic factors, overall this research finds young adults supportive and accepting of government policy as a protective and susceptibility-mitigating measure. The majority of participants judged COVID-19 to be very severe. Females more likely than other genders to adopt new health behaviours. Perceptions of personal susceptibility to COVID-19 varied. New health behaviours named as key mitigating factor for judged susceptibility.
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