The Public’s Perception of the Severity and Global Impact at the Start of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Crowdsourcing-Based Cross-Sectional Analysis

Autor:	Shauly, Orr, Stone, Gregory, Gould, Daniel
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics R858-859.7 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Zdroj:	Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol 22, Iss 11, p e19768 (2020)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1438-8871
DOI:	10.2196/19768
Popis:	BackgroundCOVID-19 is a rapidly developing threat to most people in the United States and abroad. The behaviors of the public are important to understand, as they may have a tremendous impact on the course of this novel coronavirus pandemic. ObjectiveThis study intends to assess the US population’s perception and knowledge of the virus as a threat and the behaviors of the general population in response. MethodsA prospective cross-sectional study was conducted with random volunteers recruited through Amazon Mechanical Turk, an internet crowdsourcing service, on March 24, 2020. ResultsA total of 969 participants met the inclusion criteria. It was found that the perceived severity of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly differed between age groups (P
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