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Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries
The aim of this study was to examine the association between fear of COVID-19 and risk perception with preventive behavior in health professionals from four Latin American countries. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted. Health professionals with on-site care in Colombia, Ecuador, Guate...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10307953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37397730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1171246 |
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author | Bonilla-Asalde, César Antonio Rivera-Lozada, Oriana Ipanaqué-Zapata, Miguel Castro-Alzate, Elvis Siprian Pacheco-Lopez, Robinson Rivera-lozada, Isabel Cristina Chong, Félix Sagastume, Lucrecia Ramírez |
author_facet | Bonilla-Asalde, César Antonio Rivera-Lozada, Oriana Ipanaqué-Zapata, Miguel Castro-Alzate, Elvis Siprian Pacheco-Lopez, Robinson Rivera-lozada, Isabel Cristina Chong, Félix Sagastume, Lucrecia Ramírez |
author_sort | Bonilla-Asalde, César Antonio |
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description | The aim of this study was to examine the association between fear of COVID-19 and risk perception with preventive behavior in health professionals from four Latin American countries. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted. Health professionals with on-site care in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Peru were surveyed. Information was collected through an online self-report questionnaire. The main variables were preventive behavior as the dependent variable and fear of COVID-19 and risk perception as independent variables. Linear regression was used, and unstandardized beta coefficient and value of ps were calculated. Four hundred and thirty-five health professionals were included, the majority were aged 42 years or older (45.29, 95%CI: 40.65–50.01) and female (67.82, 95%CI: 63.27–72.05). It was shown that the greater the fear of COVID-19, the greater the preventive behavior of COVID-19 infection (B = 2.21, p = 0.002 for total behavior; B = 1.12, p = 0.037 for additional protection at work; B = 1.11, p < 0.010 for hand washing). The risk perception of COVID-19 infection had a slight direct relationship with preventive behaviours (B = 0.28, p = 0.021 for total behavior; B = 0.13, p = 0.015 for hand washing), with the exception of the preventive behavior of using additional protection at work (p = 0.339). We found that fear and risk perception are associated with increased practice of hand washing and use of additional protection at work. Further studies are required on the influence of working conditions, job performance and the occurrence of mental health problems in frontline personnel with regard to COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-103079532023-06-30 Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries Bonilla-Asalde, César Antonio Rivera-Lozada, Oriana Ipanaqué-Zapata, Miguel Castro-Alzate, Elvis Siprian Pacheco-Lopez, Robinson Rivera-lozada, Isabel Cristina Chong, Félix Sagastume, Lucrecia Ramírez Front Public Health Public Health The aim of this study was to examine the association between fear of COVID-19 and risk perception with preventive behavior in health professionals from four Latin American countries. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted. Health professionals with on-site care in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Peru were surveyed. Information was collected through an online self-report questionnaire. The main variables were preventive behavior as the dependent variable and fear of COVID-19 and risk perception as independent variables. Linear regression was used, and unstandardized beta coefficient and value of ps were calculated. Four hundred and thirty-five health professionals were included, the majority were aged 42 years or older (45.29, 95%CI: 40.65–50.01) and female (67.82, 95%CI: 63.27–72.05). It was shown that the greater the fear of COVID-19, the greater the preventive behavior of COVID-19 infection (B = 2.21, p = 0.002 for total behavior; B = 1.12, p = 0.037 for additional protection at work; B = 1.11, p < 0.010 for hand washing). The risk perception of COVID-19 infection had a slight direct relationship with preventive behaviours (B = 0.28, p = 0.021 for total behavior; B = 0.13, p = 0.015 for hand washing), with the exception of the preventive behavior of using additional protection at work (p = 0.339). We found that fear and risk perception are associated with increased practice of hand washing and use of additional protection at work. Further studies are required on the influence of working conditions, job performance and the occurrence of mental health problems in frontline personnel with regard to COVID-19. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10307953/ /pubmed/37397730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1171246 Text en Copyright © 2023 Bonilla-Asalde, Rivera-Lozada, Ipanaqué-Zapata, Castro-Alzate, Pacheco-Lopez, Rivera-lozada, Chong and Sagastume. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Bonilla-Asalde, César Antonio Rivera-Lozada, Oriana Ipanaqué-Zapata, Miguel Castro-Alzate, Elvis Siprian Pacheco-Lopez, Robinson Rivera-lozada, Isabel Cristina Chong, Félix Sagastume, Lucrecia Ramírez Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries |
title | Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries |
title_full | Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries |
title_fullStr | Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries |
title_full_unstemmed | Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries |
title_short | Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries |
title_sort | fear of covid-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income latin american countries |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10307953/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37397730 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1171246 |
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