Changes in Behavior After Vaccination and Opinions Toward Mask Wearing: Thoracic Oncology Patient–Reported Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bolt, Toki Anna; Tufman, Amanda; Sellmer, Laura; Kahnert, Kathrin; Mertsch, Pontus; Kovács, Julia; Kauffmann-Guerrero, Diego; Munker, Dieter; Manapov, Farkhad; Schneider, Christian; Behr, Juergen; Walter, Julia

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The dental COVID‐19 paradox: Disparity in behaviors inside and outside dental schools in Canada

Steinberg,

Batistella,

Iyer

et al. 2024

Journal of Dental Education

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ObjectiveTo describe the personal and professional behavior and assess the perceptions of protection and fear of contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) among faculty, staff, and students from all 10 Canadian dental schools during the second year of the pandemic.MethodParticipants from a Pan‐Canadian prospective study answered monthly questionnaires about their activities between April 2021 and March 2022. In May 2022, additional questions were asked about their perception of protection, fear of infection, and instances of COVID‐19 testing.ResultsSix hundred participants were initially recruited. Over time, the participants spent less time at home and increased their participation in indoor social activities, a trend influenced by the fluctuations in COVID‐19 cases (β = ‒0.02). Over 90% of the participants were fully vaccinated, which decreased their fear of contracting the virus (χ2[4, 241‒243] = 196.07, p < 0.0001). Yet, their attitude toward protective measures did not change, and they followed them within school.ConclusionsThis work shows a paradoxical behavior among dental students, staff, and faculty members in Canadian dental schools. While factors such as the vaccine's limited efficacy and a desire to protect others may contribute to stringent protective behaviors within dental schools, the mandatory nature of these measures was likely the primary motivator for the compliance. Despite potential efforts to minimize exposure to the virus during risk periods and the frequent COVID‐19 testing, this paradoxical behavior raises questions about professional responsibilities extending beyond the workplace. Thus, dental schools should incorporate education about the rationale behind following different protocols and the potential consequences of outside school behaviors.

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The dental COVID‐19 paradox: Disparity in behaviors inside and outside dental schools in Canada

Steinberg,

Batistella,

Iyer

et al. 2024

Journal of Dental Education

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The impact of human behavioral adaptation stratified by immune status on COVID-19 spread with application to South Korea

Sharbayta,

Jo,

Jung

et al. 2024

Preprint

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with ongoing variant waves and vaccination efforts, population-level immunity and public risk perceptions have shifted. This study presents a behavioral transmission model to assess how virus spread and care-seeking behavior differ based on individuals' immunity status. We categorized the population into two groups: "partially immune" and "susceptible" which influenced their response to vaccination and testing, as well as their prioritization of information related to disease prevalence and severity. Using COVID-19 data from South Korea (February 1, 2022 - May 31, 2022), we calibrated our model to explore these dynamics. Simulation results suggest that increasing reactivity to information among partially immune individuals to the same level as susceptible individuals could reduce peak active cases by 16%. Conversely, if partially immune individuals shift their risk perception focus from prevalence (90% prevalence vs. 10% severity) to severity (90% severity vs. 10% prevalence), the peak in active cases could increase by 50%. These findings highlight the need for adaptive vaccination and testing strategies as public risk perceptions evolve due to prior exposures and vaccinations. As new variant waves emerge in the post-pandemic endemic era, our study offers insights into how immunity-based behavioral differences can shape future infection peaks.

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Smartphone sensors for evaluating COVID-19 fear in patients with cancer: a prospective study

Kasputytė,

Jenciūtė,

Šakinis

et al. 2024

Front. Public Health

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze the association between the behavior of cancer patients, measured using passively and continuously generated data streams from smartphone sensors (as in digital phenotyping), and perceived fear of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination status.MethodsA total of 202 patients with different cancer types and undergoing various treatments completed the COVID-19 Fears Questionnaire for Chronic Medical Conditions, and their vaccination status was evaluated. Patients’ behaviors were monitored using a smartphone application that passively and continuously captures high-resolution data from personal smartphone sensors. In all, 107 patients were monitored for at least 2 weeks. The study was conducted between August 2022 and August 2023. Distributions of clinical and demographical parameters between fully vaccinated, partially vaccinated, and unvaccinated patients were compared using the Chi-squared test. The fear of COVID-19 among the groups was compared using the Mann–Whitney and the Kruskal–Wallis criteria. Trajectories of passively generated data were compared as a function of fear of COVID-19 and COVID-19 vaccination status using local polynomial regression.ResultsIn total, 202 patients were included in the study. Most patients were fully (71%) or partially (13%) vaccinated and 16% of the patients were unvaccinated for COVID-19. Fully vaccinated or unvaccinated patients reported greater fear of COVID-19 than partially vaccinated patients. Fear of COVID-19 was higher in patients being treated with biological therapy. Patients who reported a higher fear of COVID-19 spent more time at home, visited places at shorter distances from home, and visited fewer places of interest (POI). Fully or partially vaccinated patients visited more POI than unvaccinated patients. Local polynomial regression using passively generated smartphone sensor data showed that, although at the beginning of the study, all patients had a similar number of POI, after 1 week, partially vaccinated patients had an increased number of POI, which later remained, on average, around four POI per day. Meanwhile, fully vaccinated or unvaccinated patients had a similar trend of POI and it did not exceed three visits per day during the entire treatment period.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an impact on the behavior of cancer patients even after the termination of the global pandemic. A higher perceived fear of COVID-19 was associated with less movement, more time spent at home, less time spent outside of home, and a lower number of visited places. Unvaccinated patients visited fewer places and were moving less overall during a 14-week follow-up as compared to vaccinated patients.

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Changes in Behavior After Vaccination and Opinions Toward Mask Wearing: Thoracic Oncology Patient–Reported Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 3 publications

References 39 publications

The dental COVID‐19 paradox: Disparity in behaviors inside and outside dental schools in Canada

The dental COVID‐19 paradox: Disparity in behaviors inside and outside dental schools in Canada

The impact of human behavioral adaptation stratified by immune status on COVID-19 spread with application to South Korea

Smartphone sensors for evaluating COVID-19 fear in patients with cancer: a prospective study

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