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Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain()
OBJECTIVE: This study describes the preventive measures adopted by the Spanish population towards 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus and their associated factors. METHOD: An anonymous computer-assisted telephone interview survey was conducted in Spain in December 2009 and February 2010. Respondents were...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7119352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21781983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.06.018 |
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author | Agüero, Fernando Adell, Manel Nebot Pérez Giménez, Anna López Medina, María José Garcia Continente, Xavier |
author_facet | Agüero, Fernando Adell, Manel Nebot Pérez Giménez, Anna López Medina, María José Garcia Continente, Xavier |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study describes the preventive measures adopted by the Spanish population towards 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus and their associated factors. METHOD: An anonymous computer-assisted telephone interview survey was conducted in Spain in December 2009 and February 2010. Respondents were asked about their perceptions of influenza A (H1N1) virus and the preventive measures adopted. Factors associated with the adoption of preventive measures were assessed by logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: Out of 4892 households approached, 1627 valid responses were obtained (response rate of 33.3%). The most commonly adopted preventive measures were respiratory hygiene and hand washing. Factors independently associated with the adoption of the preventive measures recommended by the Spanish Ministry of Health were female gender, higher educational level, size of municipality of residence > 50,000 inhabitants, high perceived susceptibility to infection, high perceived effectiveness of the measures and high perceived usefulness of the information provided by the government. The presence of school-aged children in household was associated with purchasing masks and hand sanitizer. CONCLUSION: In addition to demographic factors, modifiable factors such as personal beliefs and expectations play a role in the adoption of preventive measures. |
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spelling | pubmed-71193522020-04-08 Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain() Agüero, Fernando Adell, Manel Nebot Pérez Giménez, Anna López Medina, María José Garcia Continente, Xavier Prev Med Article OBJECTIVE: This study describes the preventive measures adopted by the Spanish population towards 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus and their associated factors. METHOD: An anonymous computer-assisted telephone interview survey was conducted in Spain in December 2009 and February 2010. Respondents were asked about their perceptions of influenza A (H1N1) virus and the preventive measures adopted. Factors associated with the adoption of preventive measures were assessed by logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: Out of 4892 households approached, 1627 valid responses were obtained (response rate of 33.3%). The most commonly adopted preventive measures were respiratory hygiene and hand washing. Factors independently associated with the adoption of the preventive measures recommended by the Spanish Ministry of Health were female gender, higher educational level, size of municipality of residence > 50,000 inhabitants, high perceived susceptibility to infection, high perceived effectiveness of the measures and high perceived usefulness of the information provided by the government. The presence of school-aged children in household was associated with purchasing masks and hand sanitizer. CONCLUSION: In addition to demographic factors, modifiable factors such as personal beliefs and expectations play a role in the adoption of preventive measures. Elsevier Inc. 2011-09-01 2011-07-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7119352/ /pubmed/21781983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.06.018 Text en Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Agüero, Fernando Adell, Manel Nebot Pérez Giménez, Anna López Medina, María José Garcia Continente, Xavier Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain() |
title | Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain() |
title_full | Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain() |
title_fullStr | Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain() |
title_full_unstemmed | Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain() |
title_short | Adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus pandemic peak in Spain() |
title_sort | adoption of preventive measures during and after the 2009 influenza a (h1n1) virus pandemic peak in spain() |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7119352/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21781983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.06.018 |
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