Factors associated with willingness to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a Midwestern Community

Sinicrope, Pamela S.; Maciejko, Laura A; Fox, Jean M; Steffens, Michelle T; Decker, Paul A.; Wheeler, Philip H.; Juhn, Young J.; Wi, Chung‐Il; Gorfine, Mary; Patten, Christi A.

doi:10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101543

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“…Our results also revealed that older age and being female are more associated with higher rates of wearing face mask and practicing physical distancing. These results are consistent with those of prior studies [10,[22][23][24][25]. In actual fact, men are less likely, compared to women, to believe that they are severely affected by the COVID-19 disease.…”

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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Personal Protective Measures Among the Southeastern Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The main focus of our study was on prevalence and potential explanatory factors related to personal protective measures (e.g., face mask wearing and physical distancing) in the southeastern Iranian population during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.Methods: A total of 351 participants in southeastern Iran were examined in this cross-sectional study using selfreport scales of personality traits, COVID-19 risk perception, face mask wearing, physical distancing, and public trust. The data were analyzed by SPSS v25 software at the significance level of p<0.05.Results: Descriptive statistics showed that the prevalence rates of COVID-19 risk perception and face mask wearing among participants were 76.4% and 77.8%, respectively. In addition, 59.6% of participants reported that they maintained an adequate distance when communicating with others; 41.9% acknowledged that they did not allow relatives and friends to visit them at home; 46.8% said they preferred to stay at home and not go outside unless necessary. Furthermore, multiple regression analysis revealed that older age, being female, lower levels of neuroticism and higher levels of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, COVID-19 risk perception, and public trust were associated with higher adherence to personal protective measures.Conclusions: These results emphasized the importance of individual differences in reacting to the COVID-19 pandemic and provided essential information about related factors of personal protective measures. However, further investigations should be carried out due to inconsistent findings concerning the roles of age, gender, education, income, and neuroticism in adopting personal protective measures.

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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Personal Protective Measures Among the Southeastern Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…This effort can prevent the transmission of COVID-19 both in health services and in the community (Chu et al, 2020). This study is in line with research conducted by Sinicrope et al (2021), involving 7786 respondents who explained that there are about 64% are very willing to use masks. The desire to use masks correlates strongly with increased knowledge about COVID-19.…”

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Sociodemographic relationship with the level of community participation on preventing the spread of COVID-19

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Irawati

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Efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are a shared responsibility. Community participation is very much needed in helping the government implement health protocols. Without community participation, the goal of implementing COVID-19 will not be achieved. The purpose of this study was to analyze the sociodemographic relationship with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the Work Area of ??the Biru Health Center, Bone Regency. This study uses an analytical observational design with a Cross-Sectional approach. The sampling technique using the simple random sampling method was carried out randomly with a sample of 397 respondents using the Slovin formula. Research results there is a significant relationship between the level of education and workers with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, there is no significant relationship between gender and age with the level of community participation in preventing the spread of COVID-19. The level of community participation can be categorized as quite good and it is recommended that people continue to carry out physical distancing, self-quarantine, and self-isolation as well as increase understanding and concern in preventing the spread of COVID-19.

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“…Alternatively, sources may have been actively providing different information [ 14 ] or may have communicated similar information but with different levels of clarity or different degrees of targeting information specifically to pregnant audiences [ 29 ]. While trust in the CDC has repeatedly been shown to be associated with protective actions during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 13 , 30 ], other associations, including those of individual networks, are more difficult to explain. It is notable that professional pregnancy and maternal health organizations were not listed as sources in open-ended responses since these may be the most reliable sources of targeted up-to-date scientific information for this population.…”

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COVID-19 Information Sources and Health Behaviors During Pregnancy: Results From a Prenatal App-Embedded Survey

Bohnhoff¹,

Davis²,

Bruin³

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Background Pregnancy is a time of heightened COVID-19 risk. Pregnant individuals’ choice of specific protective health behaviors during pregnancy may be affected by information sources. Objective This study examined the association between COVID-19 information sources and engagement in protective health behaviors among a pregnant population in a large academic medical system. Methods Pregnant patients completed an app-based questionnaire about their sources of COVID-19 information and engagement in protective health behaviors. The voluntary questionnaire was made available to patients using a pregnancy app as part of their routine prenatal care between April 21 and November 27, 2020. Results In total, 637 pregnant responders routinely accessed a median of 5 sources for COVID-19 information. The most cited source (79%) was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Self-reporting evidence-based protective actions was relatively common, although 14% self-reported potentially harmful behaviors to avoid COVID-19 infection. The CDC and other sources were positively associated with engaging in protective behaviors while others (eg, US president Donald Trump) were negatively associated with protective behaviors. Participation in protective behaviors was not associated with refraining from potentially harmful behaviors (P=.93). Moreover, participation in protective behaviors decreased (P=.03) and participation in potentially harmful actions increased (P=.001) over the course of the pandemic. Conclusions Pregnant patients were highly engaged in COVID-19–related information-seeking and health behaviors. Clear, targeted, and regular communication from commonly accessed health organizations about which actions may be harmful, in addition to which actions offer protection, may offer needed support to the pregnant population.

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Factors associated with willingness to wear a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in a Midwestern Community

Cited by 12 publications

References 20 publications

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Personal Protective Measures Among the Southeastern Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Personal Protective Measures Among the Southeastern Iranian Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sociodemographic relationship with the level of community participation on preventing the spread of COVID-19

COVID-19 Information Sources and Health Behaviors During Pregnancy: Results From a Prenatal App-Embedded Survey

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