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COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System
Examine COVID-19 knowledge, concerns, behaviors, stress, and sources of information among patients in a safety-net health system in Louisiana. Research assistants surveyed participants via structured telephone interviews from April to October 2020. The data presented in this study were obtained in t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8812349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35118553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-01059-z |
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author | Davis, Terry C. Curtis, Laura M. Wolf, Michael S. Vanchiere, John A. Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. Nobel Horswell, Ronald Batio, Stephanie Arnold, Connie L. |
author_facet | Davis, Terry C. Curtis, Laura M. Wolf, Michael S. Vanchiere, John A. Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. Nobel Horswell, Ronald Batio, Stephanie Arnold, Connie L. |
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description | Examine COVID-19 knowledge, concerns, behaviors, stress, and sources of information among patients in a safety-net health system in Louisiana. Research assistants surveyed participants via structured telephone interviews from April to October 2020. The data presented in this study were obtained in the pre-vaccine availability period. Of 623 adult participants, 73.5% were female, 54.7% Black, and 44.8% lived in rural small towns; mean age was 48.69. Half (50.5%) had spoken to a healthcare provider about the virus, 25.8% had been tested for COVID-19; 11.4% tested positive. Small town residents were less likely to be tested than those in cities (21.1% vs 29.3%, p = 0.05). Knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms and ways to prevent the disease increased from (87.9% in the spring to 98.9% in the fall, p < 0.001). Participants indicating that the virus had ‘changed their daily routine a lot’ decreased from 56.9% to 39.3% (p < 0.001). The main source of COVID-19 information was TV, which increased over time, 66.1–83.6% (p < 0.001). Use of websites (34.2%) did not increase. Black adults were more likely than white adults (80.7% vs 65.6%, p < 0.001) to rely on TV for COVID-19 information. Participants under 30 were more likely to get COVID-19 information from websites and social media (58.2% and 35.8% respectively). This study provides information related to the understanding of COVID-19 in rural and underserved communities that can guide clinical and public health strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-88123492022-02-04 COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System Davis, Terry C. Curtis, Laura M. Wolf, Michael S. Vanchiere, John A. Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. Nobel Horswell, Ronald Batio, Stephanie Arnold, Connie L. J Community Health Original Paper Examine COVID-19 knowledge, concerns, behaviors, stress, and sources of information among patients in a safety-net health system in Louisiana. Research assistants surveyed participants via structured telephone interviews from April to October 2020. The data presented in this study were obtained in the pre-vaccine availability period. Of 623 adult participants, 73.5% were female, 54.7% Black, and 44.8% lived in rural small towns; mean age was 48.69. Half (50.5%) had spoken to a healthcare provider about the virus, 25.8% had been tested for COVID-19; 11.4% tested positive. Small town residents were less likely to be tested than those in cities (21.1% vs 29.3%, p = 0.05). Knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms and ways to prevent the disease increased from (87.9% in the spring to 98.9% in the fall, p < 0.001). Participants indicating that the virus had ‘changed their daily routine a lot’ decreased from 56.9% to 39.3% (p < 0.001). The main source of COVID-19 information was TV, which increased over time, 66.1–83.6% (p < 0.001). Use of websites (34.2%) did not increase. Black adults were more likely than white adults (80.7% vs 65.6%, p < 0.001) to rely on TV for COVID-19 information. Participants under 30 were more likely to get COVID-19 information from websites and social media (58.2% and 35.8% respectively). This study provides information related to the understanding of COVID-19 in rural and underserved communities that can guide clinical and public health strategies. Springer US 2022-02-03 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8812349/ /pubmed/35118553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-01059-z Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Davis, Terry C. Curtis, Laura M. Wolf, Michael S. Vanchiere, John A. Bhuiyan, Mohammad A. Nobel Horswell, Ronald Batio, Stephanie Arnold, Connie L. COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System |
title | COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System |
title_full | COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System |
title_short | COVID-19 Knowledge, Beliefs, and Behavior Among Patients in a Safety-Net Health System |
title_sort | covid-19 knowledge, beliefs, and behavior among patients in a safety-net health system |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8812349/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35118553 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10900-021-01059-z |
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