Investigating Adherence to Public Health Preventive Instructions in COVID-19 Patients: A Cross-sectional Population-based Study

Autor: Armin Fereidouni, Maryam Ghanavati, Zahra Maleki, Bahareh Mahdood, Samira Safari, Fatemeh Zare, Leila Hashemi Zadehfard Hagheghe, Salman Barasteh, Camellia Torabizadeh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 502-509 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2345-2218
2345-3893
DOI: 10.30476/jhsss.2022.94169.1514
Popis: Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a major threat to public health in the present century. In this situation, adherence to preventive behaviors seriously impacts the prevention of viral diseases. The present study aims to investigate adherence to public health preventive instructions in patients infected with COVID-19 before contracting the disease.Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2020 to March 2021 in Fars province. 3242 patients infected with COVID-19 were selected via multistage sampling. Data were collected using a demographic information form and a researcher-made questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed by Stata v. 14 using the chi-square test. P
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