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Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020
CONTEXT: At time of epidemics, fear and rumors in the community are the main obstacles to the success of prevention programs. AIMS: The aim of the study was to investigate the fear and rumors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the Iranian population. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This nationwide cr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871920/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575391 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_589_20 |
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author | Zamanian, Maryam Ahmadi, Delniya Sindarreh, Setayesh Aleebrahim, Forugh Vardanjani, Hosein Molavi Faghihi, Sayed Hassan Safari-Faramani, Roya Nasirian, Maryam |
author_facet | Zamanian, Maryam Ahmadi, Delniya Sindarreh, Setayesh Aleebrahim, Forugh Vardanjani, Hosein Molavi Faghihi, Sayed Hassan Safari-Faramani, Roya Nasirian, Maryam |
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description | CONTEXT: At time of epidemics, fear and rumors in the community are the main obstacles to the success of prevention programs. AIMS: The aim of the study was to investigate the fear and rumors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the Iranian population. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted on residents of six cities of Iran via street-based multistage sampling in March 2020. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The eligible participants completed a self-administered questionnaire about rumor and fear related to COVID-19 epidemy. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data were analyzed through linear regression and survey analysis using Stata (version 11). RESULTS: A total of 2249 (49.3% women) were included. The main source of information was Iranian broadcasting (68.5%). The overall mean (standard deviation) score of fear and rumor among the Iranian population was 15.68 (0.46) and 39.24 (1.27), respectively. Educational level was associated with fear of COVID-19 (P = 0.001). Trusting to the rumors was affected by age (<0.0001), education level (P < 0.0001), underlying disease (P = 0.017), and workplace situation (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The fear and rumor surrounding the epidemic of COVID-19 were common in society that could make an epidemic of COVID-19 difficult to control. Increasing public awareness via reliable mass media is recommended. |
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spelling | pubmed-78719202021-02-10 Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020 Zamanian, Maryam Ahmadi, Delniya Sindarreh, Setayesh Aleebrahim, Forugh Vardanjani, Hosein Molavi Faghihi, Sayed Hassan Safari-Faramani, Roya Nasirian, Maryam J Educ Health Promot Original Article CONTEXT: At time of epidemics, fear and rumors in the community are the main obstacles to the success of prevention programs. AIMS: The aim of the study was to investigate the fear and rumors of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the Iranian population. SETTINGS AND DESIGN: This nationwide cross-sectional study was conducted on residents of six cities of Iran via street-based multistage sampling in March 2020. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The eligible participants completed a self-administered questionnaire about rumor and fear related to COVID-19 epidemy. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Data were analyzed through linear regression and survey analysis using Stata (version 11). RESULTS: A total of 2249 (49.3% women) were included. The main source of information was Iranian broadcasting (68.5%). The overall mean (standard deviation) score of fear and rumor among the Iranian population was 15.68 (0.46) and 39.24 (1.27), respectively. Educational level was associated with fear of COVID-19 (P = 0.001). Trusting to the rumors was affected by age (<0.0001), education level (P < 0.0001), underlying disease (P = 0.017), and workplace situation (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: The fear and rumor surrounding the epidemic of COVID-19 were common in society that could make an epidemic of COVID-19 difficult to control. Increasing public awareness via reliable mass media is recommended. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7871920/ /pubmed/33575391 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_589_20 Text en Copyright: © 2020 Journal of Education and Health Promotion http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Zamanian, Maryam Ahmadi, Delniya Sindarreh, Setayesh Aleebrahim, Forugh Vardanjani, Hosein Molavi Faghihi, Sayed Hassan Safari-Faramani, Roya Nasirian, Maryam Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020 |
title | Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020 |
title_full | Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020 |
title_fullStr | Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020 |
title_full_unstemmed | Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020 |
title_short | Fear and rumor associated with COVID-19 among Iranian adults, 2020 |
title_sort | fear and rumor associated with covid-19 among iranian adults, 2020 |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7871920/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575391 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_589_20 |
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