| Autor: |
Meltzer GY; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA., Chang VW; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.; Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA., Lieff SA; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA., Grivel MM; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA., Yang LH; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.; Department of Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.; Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA., Des Jarlais DC; Department of Epidemiology, School of Global Public Health, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
Non-adherence to COVID-19 guidelines may be attributable to low levels of worry. This study assessed whether endorsing COVID-19-stigmatizing restrictions, COVID-19 knowledge, and preferred news source were associated with being 'very worried' versus 'not at all' or 'somewhat' worried about contracting COVID-19. Survey data were collected in July-August 2020 from N = 547 New York State (NYS) and N = 504 national Amazon MTurk workers. Respondents who endorsed COVID-19 stigmatizing restrictions (NYS OR 1.96; 95% CI 1.31, 2.92; national OR 1.80; 95% CI 1.06, 3.08) and consumed commercial news (NYS OR 1.89; 95% CI 1.21, 2.96; national OR 1.93; 95% CI 1.24, 3.00) were more likely to be very worried. National respondents who consumed The New York Times (OR 1.52; 95% CI 1.00, 2.29) were more likely to be very worried, while those with little knowledge (OR 0.24; 95% CI 0.13, 0.43) were less likely to be very worried. NYS (OR 2.66; 95% CI 1.77, 4.00) and national (OR 3.17; 95% CI 1.95, 5.16) respondents with probable depression were also more likely to be very worried. These characteristics can help identify those requiring intervention to maximize perceived threat to COVID-19 and encourage uptake of protective behaviors while protecting psychological wellbeing. |
