Association between precautionary behaviors against coronavirus disease and psychosocial factors in outpatients with a pre-existing disease and their attendants.
PCN Rep
; 2(3): e141, 2023 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38867827
ABSTRACT
Aim:
The spread of the novel coronavirus infection (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) has caused behavioral changes and mental illness in patients and their attendants during its early phase. The present study aimed to examine the association between precautionary behaviors against COVID-19 and psychosocial factors in outpatients with pre-existing disease and their attendants.Methods:
We conducted a cross-sectional paper-based questionnaire survey in Chiba University Hospital on 1019 patients and 513 attendants, and a web-based questionnaire survey in Japan on 3981 individuals from the general population. We evaluated the participants' anxiety about COVID-19, depression, health anxiety, and precautionary behaviors.Results:
Regarding knowledge and anxiety about COVID-19, the protective factors for the high precautionary behaviors group were knowledge of COVID-19 (odds ratio [OR] = 1.178, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.099-1.263), anxiety about the spread of COVID-19 (OR = 1.348, 95% CI 1.243-1.461), and anxiety about infecting someone with COVID-19 (OR = 1.135, 95% CI 1.039-0.239). Regarding psychosocial factors, the protective factors for the high precautionary behaviors group were patients (OR = 1.759, 95% CI 1.056-2.929), their attendants (OR = 3.892, 95% CI 1.416-10.700), health anxiety (OR = 2.005, 95% CI 1.451-2.772), and nondepression states (OR = 1.368, 95% CI 1.004-1.864).Conclusion:
Our findings suggest that patients and their attendants may perform high precautionary behaviors. Health anxiety and nondepression states may be associated with high precautionary behaviors.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
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En
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PCN Rep
Year:
2023
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Article