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Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Because of the spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019), preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors become important for individuals, especially those who are vulnerable. The present study proposes a model to explain the preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among peo...
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Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC.
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7388748/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32773260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2020.07.032 |
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author | Chang, Kun-Chia Strong, Carol Pakpour, Amir H. Griffiths, Mark D. Lin, Chung-Ying |
author_facet | Chang, Kun-Chia Strong, Carol Pakpour, Amir H. Griffiths, Mark D. Lin, Chung-Ying |
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description | BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Because of the spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019), preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors become important for individuals, especially those who are vulnerable. The present study proposes a model to explain the preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness in Taiwan. METHODS: A cross-sectional design was carried out and 414 patients with mental illness (230 males [55.6%]; mean age = 46.32 [SD = 10.86]) agreed to participate in the study. All the participants completed the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale, Self-Stigma Scale-Short, Believing COVID-19 Information Scale, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21. Regression models and structural equation modeling (SEM) were applied to examine the factors associated with preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors. RESULTS: Both regression models and SEM showed that trust in COVID-19 information sources (standardized coefficient [β] = 0.211 in regression; β = 0.194 in SEM) and fear of COVID-19 (β = −0.128 in regression; β = −0.223 in SEM) significantly explained preventive behaviors among individuals with mental illness. The SEM further showed that fear of COVID-19 was significantly explained by trust in COVID-19 information sources (β = 0.220) and self-stigma (β = 0.454). CONCLUSION: Based on the results, healthcare providers should help individuals with mental illness reduce self-stigma and fear of COVID-19 which would consequently improve their preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors. Moreover, improving trust in COVID-19 information sources for individuals with mental illness may be another method to improve their preventive behaviors. |
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spelling | pubmed-73887482020-07-30 Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness Chang, Kun-Chia Strong, Carol Pakpour, Amir H. Griffiths, Mark D. Lin, Chung-Ying J Formos Med Assoc Original Article BACKGROUND/PURPOSE: Because of the spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-2019), preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors become important for individuals, especially those who are vulnerable. The present study proposes a model to explain the preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness in Taiwan. METHODS: A cross-sectional design was carried out and 414 patients with mental illness (230 males [55.6%]; mean age = 46.32 [SD = 10.86]) agreed to participate in the study. All the participants completed the Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Scale, Self-Stigma Scale-Short, Believing COVID-19 Information Scale, Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21. Regression models and structural equation modeling (SEM) were applied to examine the factors associated with preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors. RESULTS: Both regression models and SEM showed that trust in COVID-19 information sources (standardized coefficient [β] = 0.211 in regression; β = 0.194 in SEM) and fear of COVID-19 (β = −0.128 in regression; β = −0.223 in SEM) significantly explained preventive behaviors among individuals with mental illness. The SEM further showed that fear of COVID-19 was significantly explained by trust in COVID-19 information sources (β = 0.220) and self-stigma (β = 0.454). CONCLUSION: Based on the results, healthcare providers should help individuals with mental illness reduce self-stigma and fear of COVID-19 which would consequently improve their preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors. Moreover, improving trust in COVID-19 information sources for individuals with mental illness may be another method to improve their preventive behaviors. Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. 2020-12 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7388748/ /pubmed/32773260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2020.07.032 Text en © 2020 Formosan Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Taiwan LLC. 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 | Original Article Chang, Kun-Chia Strong, Carol Pakpour, Amir H. Griffiths, Mark D. Lin, Chung-Ying Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness |
title | Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness |
title_full | Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness |
title_fullStr | Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness |
title_short | Factors related to preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness |
title_sort | factors related to preventive covid-19 infection behaviors among people with mental illness |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7388748/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32773260 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfma.2020.07.032 |
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