Nationwide Survey in Greece about Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, and Preventive Behaviors for COVID-19 during the General Lockdown in April 2020

Autor: Areti Lagiou, Andreas Theodorou, Vasiliki Kokkinou, Anastasia Lantou, Evagelia Agathagelidou, Ourania Pinaka, Dorothea Panagiotou, Katerina Dadouli, Lemonia Anagnostopoulou, Petros Konstantinou, Grigorios Papantoniou, Kleovoulos Kofonikolas, Argyro Syrakouli, Polixeni-Natalia Liasidi, Vera Ringa, Maria Psatha, Aggeliki Constantinides, Stella Stergiadou, Thekla Chalntoupi, Eleni P. Christoforidou, Dimitrios Ragias, Angeliki Skoutari, Theodoros Dardavesis, Christos Hadjichristodoulou, Freideriki Panteliadou, Elina Kostara, Varvara A. Mouchtouri, Xanthi Rousou, Leonidas Kourentis, Chrysanthi Chatziligou, Panagiotis Prezerakos, Georgios Lempidakis, Christina Kapoula, Loukas Kalomoiris, Vasileios Papadoulis, Evi Agathocleous, Vasiliki Tzika, Christos Michalakis
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
knowledge
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Housewife
practices
Health
Toxicology and Mutagenesis
media_common.quotation_subject
Population
coronavirus
Psychological intervention
lcsh:Medicine
general population
Article
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
risk perception
Surveys and Questionnaires
Perception
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Pandemics
media_common
education.field_of_study
Data collection
Greece
behavior
030503 health policy & services
lcsh:R
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
Behavioral pattern
Cross-Sectional Studies
attitude
Family medicine
Communicable Disease Control
Female
Cluster sampling
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Zdroj: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 17
Issue 23
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 8854, p 8854 (2020)
ISSN: 1660-4601
Popis: Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the Greek general population toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) during the lockdown period in April 020, to examine factors associated with misperceptions and to determine behavioral patterns that may require interventions. Methods: A cross-sectional study of the general Greek population (N = 1858) was conducted. A geographically stratified cluster sampling was implemented. A questionnaire was composed consisting of 35 questions. Data collection took place from 15 April to 2 May 2020. A random-digit dialing survey was conducted by 29 interviewers. Results: The majority of respondents (62.7%) answered &ge
12/17 questions correctly. Participants aged 18&ndash
44 years, male gender, specific occupations (freelancer, unemployed, housewife, retiree) and those who sought information about COVID-19 from less than two sources received lower aggregated scores on knowledge questions. Regarding attitudes toward future vaccination, 18.9% declared that were against it, while 81.1% that they may consider or will be vaccinated. About 40% were not using a face mask and only 42% washed their hands appropriately. Conclusion: Adjusting information campaigns targeting especially people below 45 years of age can help to sensitize them and realise their role to control the spread. Further targeted surveys are needed to adjust/design prevention campaigns.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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