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The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China

BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) caused over 1.7 million confirmed cases and cumulative mortality up to over 110,000 deaths worldwide as of 14 April 2020. A total of 57 Macao citizens were obligated to stay in Hubei province, China, where the highest COVID-19 prevalence was...

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Autores principales: Lio, Chon Fu, Cheong, Hou Hon, Lei, Chin Ion, Lo, Iek Long, Yao, Lan, Lam, Chong, Leong, Iek Hou
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7307564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596062
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9428
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author Lio, Chon Fu
Cheong, Hou Hon
Lei, Chin Ion
Lo, Iek Long
Yao, Lan
Lam, Chong
Leong, Iek Hou
author_facet Lio, Chon Fu
Cheong, Hou Hon
Lei, Chin Ion
Lo, Iek Long
Yao, Lan
Lam, Chong
Leong, Iek Hou
author_sort Lio, Chon Fu
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description BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) caused over 1.7 million confirmed cases and cumulative mortality up to over 110,000 deaths worldwide as of 14 April 2020. A total of 57 Macao citizens were obligated to stay in Hubei province, China, where the highest COVID-19 prevalence was noted in the country and a “lockdown” policy was implemented for outbreak control for more than one month. They were escorted from Wuhan City to Macao via a chartered airplane organized by Macao SAR government and received quarantine for 14 days with none of the individual being diagnosed with COVID-19 by serial RNA tests from the nasopharyngeal specimens and sera antibodies. It was crucial to identify common characteristics among these 57 uninfected individuals. METHODS: A questionnaire survey was conducted to extract information such as behavior, change of habits and preventive measures. RESULTS: A total of 42 effective questionnaires were analyzed after exclusion of 14 infants and children with age under fifteen as ineligible for the survey and missing of one questionnaire, with a response rate of 97.7% (42 out of 43). The proportion of female composed more than 70% of this group of returners. The main reason for visiting Hubei in 88.1% of respondents was to visit relatives. Over 88% of respondents did not participate in high-risk activities due to mobility restriction. All (100%) denied contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases. Comparison of personal hygiene habits before and during disease outbreak showed a significant increase in practice including wearing a mask when outdoor (16.7% and 95.2%, P < 0.001) and often wash hands with soap or liquid soap (85.7% and 100%, P = 0.031).
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spelling pubmed-73075642020-06-26 The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China Lio, Chon Fu Cheong, Hou Hon Lei, Chin Ion Lo, Iek Long Yao, Lan Lam, Chong Leong, Iek Hou PeerJ Health Policy BACKGROUND: The novel coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) caused over 1.7 million confirmed cases and cumulative mortality up to over 110,000 deaths worldwide as of 14 April 2020. A total of 57 Macao citizens were obligated to stay in Hubei province, China, where the highest COVID-19 prevalence was noted in the country and a “lockdown” policy was implemented for outbreak control for more than one month. They were escorted from Wuhan City to Macao via a chartered airplane organized by Macao SAR government and received quarantine for 14 days with none of the individual being diagnosed with COVID-19 by serial RNA tests from the nasopharyngeal specimens and sera antibodies. It was crucial to identify common characteristics among these 57 uninfected individuals. METHODS: A questionnaire survey was conducted to extract information such as behavior, change of habits and preventive measures. RESULTS: A total of 42 effective questionnaires were analyzed after exclusion of 14 infants and children with age under fifteen as ineligible for the survey and missing of one questionnaire, with a response rate of 97.7% (42 out of 43). The proportion of female composed more than 70% of this group of returners. The main reason for visiting Hubei in 88.1% of respondents was to visit relatives. Over 88% of respondents did not participate in high-risk activities due to mobility restriction. All (100%) denied contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 cases. Comparison of personal hygiene habits before and during disease outbreak showed a significant increase in practice including wearing a mask when outdoor (16.7% and 95.2%, P < 0.001) and often wash hands with soap or liquid soap (85.7% and 100%, P = 0.031). PeerJ Inc. 2020-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7307564/ /pubmed/32596062 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9428 Text en © 2020 Lio et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
spellingShingle Health Policy
Lio, Chon Fu
Cheong, Hou Hon
Lei, Chin Ion
Lo, Iek Long
Yao, Lan
Lam, Chong
Leong, Iek Hou
The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China
title The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China
title_full The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China
title_fullStr The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China
title_full_unstemmed The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China
title_short The common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the Hubei province, China during COVID-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in Macao SAR, China
title_sort common personal behavior and preventive measures among 42 uninfected travelers from the hubei province, china during covid-19 outbreak: a cross-sectional survey in macao sar, china
topic Health Policy
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7307564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32596062
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9428
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