Cargando…

Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic

In the midst of a global pandemic, prevention methods stand as a crucial first step toward addressing the public health crisis and controlling the spread of the virus. However, slowing the spread of the virus hinges on the public’s willingness to follow a combination of mitigation practices to avoid...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kassas, Bachir, Morgan, Stephen N., Lai, John H., Kropp, Jaclyn D., Gao, Zhifeng
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34347778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254756
_version_ 1783733374593007616
author Kassas, Bachir
Morgan, Stephen N.
Lai, John H.
Kropp, Jaclyn D.
Gao, Zhifeng
author_facet Kassas, Bachir
Morgan, Stephen N.
Lai, John H.
Kropp, Jaclyn D.
Gao, Zhifeng
author_sort Kassas, Bachir
collection PubMed
description In the midst of a global pandemic, prevention methods stand as a crucial first step toward addressing the public health crisis and controlling the spread of the virus. However, slowing the spread of the virus hinges on the public’s willingness to follow a combination of mitigation practices to avoid contracting and transmitting the disease. In this study, we investigate the factors related to individuals’ risk perceptions associated with COVID-19 as well as their general self-assessed risk preferences. We also provide insights regarding the role of risk perceptions and preferences on mitigation behavior by examining the correlation between these risk measures and both the likelihood of following various mitigation practices and total number of practices followed. Although we find both risk perceptions and preferences to be significantly correlated with mitigation behaviors, risk perceptions are correlated with a larger number of practices. Additionally, we find significant heterogeneity in mitigation behaviors across numerous individual and household characteristics. These results can serve as a benchmark for the design and development of interventions to increase awareness and promote higher adoption of mitigation practices.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-8336792
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2021
publisher Public Library of Science
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-83367922021-08-05 Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic Kassas, Bachir Morgan, Stephen N. Lai, John H. Kropp, Jaclyn D. Gao, Zhifeng PLoS One Research Article In the midst of a global pandemic, prevention methods stand as a crucial first step toward addressing the public health crisis and controlling the spread of the virus. However, slowing the spread of the virus hinges on the public’s willingness to follow a combination of mitigation practices to avoid contracting and transmitting the disease. In this study, we investigate the factors related to individuals’ risk perceptions associated with COVID-19 as well as their general self-assessed risk preferences. We also provide insights regarding the role of risk perceptions and preferences on mitigation behavior by examining the correlation between these risk measures and both the likelihood of following various mitigation practices and total number of practices followed. Although we find both risk perceptions and preferences to be significantly correlated with mitigation behaviors, risk perceptions are correlated with a larger number of practices. Additionally, we find significant heterogeneity in mitigation behaviors across numerous individual and household characteristics. These results can serve as a benchmark for the design and development of interventions to increase awareness and promote higher adoption of mitigation practices. Public Library of Science 2021-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8336792/ /pubmed/34347778 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254756 Text en https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) public domain dedication.
spellingShingle Research Article
Kassas, Bachir
Morgan, Stephen N.
Lai, John H.
Kropp, Jaclyn D.
Gao, Zhifeng
Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
title Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_short Perception versus preference: The role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort perception versus preference: the role of self-assessed risk measures on individual mitigation behaviors during the covid-19 pandemic
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8336792/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34347778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254756
work_keys_str_mv AT kassasbachir perceptionversuspreferencetheroleofselfassessedriskmeasuresonindividualmitigationbehaviorsduringthecovid19pandemic
AT morganstephenn perceptionversuspreferencetheroleofselfassessedriskmeasuresonindividualmitigationbehaviorsduringthecovid19pandemic
AT laijohnh perceptionversuspreferencetheroleofselfassessedriskmeasuresonindividualmitigationbehaviorsduringthecovid19pandemic
AT kroppjaclynd perceptionversuspreferencetheroleofselfassessedriskmeasuresonindividualmitigationbehaviorsduringthecovid19pandemic
AT gaozhifeng perceptionversuspreferencetheroleofselfassessedriskmeasuresonindividualmitigationbehaviorsduringthecovid19pandemic