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Deaf adults at higher risk for severe illness: COVID-19 information preference and perceived health consequences

OBJECTIVES: This study explores deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals’ preferred sources of information for COVID-19 and their perceptions of developing severe illness from COVID-19 given underlying medical conditions. METHODS: A national online bilingual American Sign Language/English survey w...

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Autores principales: Moreland, Christopher J., Paludneviciene, Raylene, Park, Jung Hyun, McKee, Michael, Kushalnagar, Poorna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8446077/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33824053
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.03.020
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Paludneviciene, Raylene
Park, Jung Hyun
McKee, Michael
Kushalnagar, Poorna
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description OBJECTIVES: This study explores deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals’ preferred sources of information for COVID-19 and their perceptions of developing severe illness from COVID-19 given underlying medical conditions. METHODS: A national online bilingual American Sign Language/English survey was conducted from April 17 to May 1, 2020. Weighted sample of 474 DHH adults living in the United States. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine independent associations of sociodemographic variables and health indicators with perceived COVID-19 health consequences. RESULTS: About 44% of the medical condition sample used the Internet (English-based text) first for COVID-19 information, followed by TV (24%). Only 1% selected healthcare provider as the go-to source; the remainder got information from family or friends. Perceived health consequences increased with age (adjusted OR = 1.04; CI 95% = 1.02, 1.06). At-risk respondents who self-identified as persons of color were nearly three times more likely to believe that their health will be severely affected by COVID-19 compared to respondents who self-identified as white (adjusted OR = 2.94; CI 95% = 1.20, 7.18). CONCLUSIONS: Perception of COVID-19 health consequences vary among DHH adults at higher risk for severe illness. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Information delivery methods must be flexible and comprehensive to meet the diverse community’s needs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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spelling pubmed-84460772021-10-18 Deaf adults at higher risk for severe illness: COVID-19 information preference and perceived health consequences Moreland, Christopher J. Paludneviciene, Raylene Park, Jung Hyun McKee, Michael Kushalnagar, Poorna Patient Educ Couns Short Communication OBJECTIVES: This study explores deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) individuals’ preferred sources of information for COVID-19 and their perceptions of developing severe illness from COVID-19 given underlying medical conditions. METHODS: A national online bilingual American Sign Language/English survey was conducted from April 17 to May 1, 2020. Weighted sample of 474 DHH adults living in the United States. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to examine independent associations of sociodemographic variables and health indicators with perceived COVID-19 health consequences. RESULTS: About 44% of the medical condition sample used the Internet (English-based text) first for COVID-19 information, followed by TV (24%). Only 1% selected healthcare provider as the go-to source; the remainder got information from family or friends. Perceived health consequences increased with age (adjusted OR = 1.04; CI 95% = 1.02, 1.06). At-risk respondents who self-identified as persons of color were nearly three times more likely to believe that their health will be severely affected by COVID-19 compared to respondents who self-identified as white (adjusted OR = 2.94; CI 95% = 1.20, 7.18). CONCLUSIONS: Perception of COVID-19 health consequences vary among DHH adults at higher risk for severe illness. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS: Information delivery methods must be flexible and comprehensive to meet the diverse community’s needs, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Elsevier B.V. 2021-11 2021-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC8446077/ /pubmed/33824053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.03.020 Text en © 2021 Elsevier B.V. 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.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.03.020
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