Knowledge and Determinants of Behavioral Responses to the Pandemic of COVID-19

Lv, Gang; Yuan, Jing; Hsieh, Stephanie; Shao, R.; Li, Minghui

doi:10.3389/fmed.2021.673187

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“…In the past 2 years since December 2019, COVID-19, caused by the etiological agent of SARS-CoV-2, has evolved into a global pandemic and a public crisis event, which caused the world to experience a life-changing transition ( 1 , 2 ). Up to 5:08 pm on 10 March 2022, Central European Time, there were 450,229,635 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 6,019,085 deaths, according to WHO ( 3 ).…”

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Real-Word Effectiveness of Global COVID-19 Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Med.

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BackgroundCurrently, promoted vaccinations against SARS-CoV-2 are being given out globally. However, the occurrence of numerous COVID-19 variants has hindered the goal of rapid mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic by effective mass vaccinations. The real-word effectiveness of the current vaccines against COVID-19 variants has not been assessed by published reviews. Therefore, our study evaluated the overall effectiveness of current vaccines and the differences between the various vaccines and variants.MethodsPubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, medRxiv, bioRxiv, and arXiv were searched to screen the eligible studies. The Newcastle–Ottawa scale and the Egger test were applied to estimate the quality of the literature and any publication bias, respectively. The pooled incident rates of different variants after vaccination were estimated by single-arm analysis. Meanwhile, the pooled efficacies of various vaccines against variants were evaluated by two-arm analysis using odds ratios (ORs) and vaccine effectiveness (VE).ResultsA total of 6,118 studies were identified initially and 44 articles were included. We found that the overall incidence of variants post first/second vaccine were 0.07 and 0.03, respectively. The VE of the incidence of variants post first vaccine between the vaccine and the placebo or unvaccinated population was 40% and post second vaccine was 96%, respectively. The sub-single-arm analysis showed a low prevalence rate of COVID-19 variants after specific vaccination with the pooled incidence below 0.10 in most subgroups. Meanwhile, the sub-two-arm analysis indicated that most current vaccines had a good or moderate preventive effect on certain variants considering that the VE in these subgroups was between 66 and 95%, which was broadly in line with the results of the sub-single-arm analysis.ConclusionOur meta-analysis shows that the current vaccines that are used globally could prevent COVID-19 infection and restrict the spread of variants to a great extent. We would also support maximizing vaccine uptake with two doses, as the effectiveness of which was more marked compared with one dose. Although the mRNA vaccine was the most effective against variants according to our study, specific vaccines should be taken into account based on the local dominant prevalence of variants.

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Real-Word Effectiveness of Global COVID-19 Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wang

et al. 2022

Front. Med.

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“…16 And an anonymous online survey sent out to 203 pharmacy students in high-and low-endemic areas of COVID-19 in China showed a medium level of knowledge of COVID-19. 17 Another reported an adequate level of knowledge about COVID-19, with no significant differences among the populations in Central China. However, Huynh et al reported that 88.4% of participants had sufficient knowledge regarding COVID-19.…”

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“…in China，showed a medium level of knowledge of COVID-19 17 . Another reported that an adequate level of knowledge about COVID-19 with no significant differences among the populations in Central China.…”

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COVID-19 Knowledge and Pandemic-Associated Distress Among the Hospital Pharmacist Workforce in China

Yang

et al. 2021

Disaster med. public health prep.

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Background: The unprecedented disruption brought about by the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic had produced tremendous influence on the practice of pharmacy. Sufficient knowledge of pharmacists was needed to deal with the epidemic situation, however, outbreak also aggravated psychological distress among healthcare professionals. Therefore, this study aimed to determine knowledge about the pandemic and related factors, prevalence and factors associated with psychological distress among hospital pharmacists of Xinjiang Province, China. Methods: An anonymous online questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted via WeChat, a popular social media platform in China, during the COVID-19 outbreak from 23th to 27th February 2020. The survey questionnaire consisted of 4 parts including informed consent section, demographic section, knowledge about COVID-19 and assessment of overall mental health through World Health Organization Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20). A score of 8 or above on SRQ-20 was used as cut-off to classify the participant as in psychological distress. SRQ-20 score and related knowledge score were used as dependent variables, demographic characteristics (such as gender, age, monthly income, etc) were used as independent variables, and univariate binary logistic regression was used to screen out the variables with p<0.05. Then, the filtered variables were used as independent variables, multivariate logistic regression models were used to analyze associations with sufficient knowledge of COVID-19 and psychological distress. Results: A total of 365 pharmacists participated in the survey, fewer than half (35.1%, n=128) of pharmacists attained a score of 6 or greater (out of 10) in overall disease knowledge, and most were able to select effective disinfectants and isolation or discharge criteria. In multivariable model, age ages 31-40(OR=3.25, p<0.05), ages 41-50(OR=2.96, p<0.05) vs >50 (referent); primary place of practice in hospitals: drug supply (OR=4.00, p<0.01), inpatient pharmacy(OR=2.06, p<0.01), clinical pharmacy (OR=2.17, p<0.05) vs outpatient pharmacy (referent); monthly income Renminbi (RMB, China’s legal currency) 5000-10000 (OR=1.77, p<0.05) vs <5000 (referent); contact with COVID-2019 patients or suspected cases (OR=2.27, p<0.01); access to COVID-19 knowledge remote work+ on-site work(OR=6.07, p<0.05), single on-site work (OR=6.90, p<0.01) vs remote work (referent) were related to better knowledge of COVID-19. Research found that 18.4% of pharmacists surveyed met the SRQ-20 threshold for distress. Self-reported history of mental illness (OR=3.56, p<0.05) and working and living in hospital vs delay in work resumption (OR=2.87, p<0.01) were found to be risk factors of psychological distress. Conclusion: Further training of COVID-19 knowledge was required for pharmacists. As specific pharmacist groups were prone to psychological distress, it was important for individual hospitals and government to consider and identify pharmacists’ needs and take steps to meet their needs with regard to pandemic and other work-related distress.

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“…On the other hand, understanding the benefits of using medicinal plants and the disadvantages of not using has increased the individual effectiveness in the positive belief about the use of medicinal plants in prevention of COVID-19. [ 37 38 ] Therefore, it can beneficial to design the appropriate interventions to stablish the educational programs and interventional techniques aiming to increase people awareness and proper use of medicinal plants.…”

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The use of medicinal plants in the prevention of COVID-19 using the Health Belief Model: A survey based on the Iranian population

Latifi

Maraki

Parvaresh

et al. 2023

Journal of Education and Health Promotion

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BACKGROUND: Because of the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the preventive measures have increased, such as focusing on the use of medicinal plants in most communities, including Iran. The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitude, and performance of individuals toward the use of medicinal plants and to identify the predictors of the use of medicinal plants in the prevention of COVID-19. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive-analytical study (February–April 2021) was performed on 3840 Iranian men and women aged 20–70 years selected as a multi-stage cluster study. At the first stage, all provinces were divided into five regions: North, South, East, West, and Center. In the second stage, a provincial center and a city were randomly selected from each region (North: Sari, Babol; South: Bushehr, Bandar Genaveh; East: Mashhad, Sabzevar; West: Hamedan, Toisarkan; Center: Yazd, Ardakan). Data were collected by a researcher-made scale based on the Health Belief Model (HBM). Data analysis was performed applying Pearson correlation coefficient, logistic regression, and linear regression. RESULTS: The results showed that people have relatively high knowledge and positive attitude toward the use of medicinal plants in prevention of COVID-19. The most important reason for positive attitude was the perceived benefits with the mean of 75.06%. Also, half of the people had poor performance. Correlation coefficient showed that the use of medicinal plants with perceived sensitivity (p = 0.000, r = 0.3), perceived benefits (p = 0.012, r = 0.126), perceived barriers (p = 0.000, r = 0.179), and perceived self-efficacy (p = 0.000, r = 0.305) had a significant correlation. The strongest correlation between perceived self-efficacy was observed with the use of herbs in prevention of COVID-19. The HBM constructs can predict 26% of the variance for the use of medicinal plants in the prevention of COVID-19, among which perceived self-efficacy (β = 0.230) was the most powerful predictor. CONCLUSION: Based on the results, the predictive role of self-efficacy constructs for the use of medicinal plants in prevention of COVID-19 has been confirmed according to the HBM. Therefore, methods of increasing self-efficacy such as training programs and providing appropriate intervention models can be used not only as promoters of using medicinal plants in prevention of COVID-19 but also for improving people's performance in the proper use of medicinal plants.

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Knowledge and Determinants of Behavioral Responses to the Pandemic of COVID-19

Cited by 8 publications

References 25 publications

Real-Word Effectiveness of Global COVID-19 Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Real-Word Effectiveness of Global COVID-19 Vaccines Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

COVID-19 Knowledge and Pandemic-Associated Distress Among the Hospital Pharmacist Workforce in China

The use of medicinal plants in the prevention of COVID-19 using the Health Belief Model: A survey based on the Iranian population

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