Relationship Between Knowledge, Preventive Practices and Fear from COVID-19 among Middle Aged and Older Adults: During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Ibrahim, Sally Mohammed Elsayed; Mahmoud, Marwa Abdelhamid Mohammed

doi:10.11648/j.ajns.20200905.15

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“…The study results suggested an inverse association between age and COVID-19 fear, which was contrary with previous studies. [14,15] The age acknowledged in this study was ranged from 18 to 55. In these specific age range, majority of them played multiple roles in their family and the society.…”

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“…This result was consistent with previous research. [14] People with a higher level of education are more knowledge about COVID-19 and COVID-19 related preventions. They paid more attention and more accessible to COVID-19 related information, and can better discern the false information.…”

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“…[10][11][12][13] During the pandemic, the middle-aged people are less afraid of COVID-19 than the elderly. [14,15] Regarding the gender, the fear level of women is higher than that of men, [13] this difference is attribute to several factors, women might perceive themselves are more vulnerable to COVID-19 due various reasons, including societal roles, biological factors, or a combination of both. For instance, women often take on caregiving roles, both professionally in healthcare settings and personally within families, potentially increasing their exposure to the virus and concern for transmitting it to others.…”

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Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of new fear of the coronavirus questionnaire

Zha,

Zhang,

Qureshi

et al. 2024

Medicine

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The fear of COVID-19 significantly impacting the health of people globally. This study translated newly developed measurement tool New Fear of the Coronavirus Questionnaire (New_FCQ) into Chinese language and evaluated the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of New_FCQ among Chinese population. A total of 522 participants were included in the study. Internal consistency, construct validity, criterion validity, and concurrent validity of the Chinese version of New_FCQ were assessed in this study. The Chinese version of New_FCQ had excellent internal consistency (α = 0.97) and exploratory factor analysis demonstrated one-dimensional structure of the Chinese version of New_FCQ. The preliminary criterion validity revealed statistically significant differences in the fear of COVID-19 scores based on age and education level (P = .002 and P = .03, respectively). The good concurrent validity also established with the Chinese version Fear of COVID-19 Scale(P < .001). Psychometric proportions of the Chinese version of New_FCQ were established, which exhibited sufficient validity and reliability among Chinese population.

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Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of new fear of the coronavirus questionnaire

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Zhang,

Qureshi

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Medicine

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“…terdapat hubungan yang signifikan sikap dengan prilaku pencegahan COVID-19[9][10][11][12][13] . Sikap berperan penting dalam mengubah perilaku pencegahan COVID-19 dan merupakan aspek penting dalam membentuk perilaku.…”

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Hubungan Sikap dengan Perilaku Pencegahan COVID-19 pada Lansia

Siti Hadijah Syam,

Ramli,

Akbar Asfar

2022

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Kasus COVID-19 di Indonesia terus meningkat secara signifikan. Kurangnya pengetahuan dan perilaku lansia dalammencegah COVID-19 menjadi salah satu penyebab meningkatnya jumlah kasus COVID-19. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dengan perilaku pencegahan COVID-19 pada lansia di Dusun Sampakang Desa Simbang Kabupaten Maros Kecamatan Simbang. Desain penelitian berupa analitik observasional dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Penentuan sampel yang dilakukan dengan teknik simple random sampling dengan besar sampel sebanyak 65 responden lansia. Analisis yang digunakan adalah uji distribusi frekuensi dan uji statistik chi-square dengan tingkat kemaknaan p < 0,05. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan sebanyak 56,9% lansia memiliki pengetahuan kurang, dan 67,7% memiliki perilaku kurang menerapkan pencegahan COVID-19 serta terdapat hubungan yang signifikan pengetahuan dengan perilaku (p=0,034). Kesimpulan dari penelitian ini adalah terdapat hubungan yang signifkan pengetahuan dengan perilaku pencegahan COVID-19 pada lansia di Dusun Sampakang Desa Simbang Kecamatan Simbang Kabupaten Maros. Berbagai upaya perlu terus dilakukan baik disektor kesehatan maupun non-kesehatan guna meningkatkan perilaku pencegahan COVID-19 pada masyarakat terutama kalangan lansia. Kata kunci : COVID-19; pengetahuan; perilaku; lansia

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Change in subjective health status among frail older Japanese people owing to the coronavirus disease pandemic and characteristics of their responses

Kera

Kawai

Ejiri

et al. 2021

Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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Aim The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic remains a major global public health issue, and it has led to restrictions in physical and social activities among community‐dwelling people, including frail older adults. This study aimed to determine the impact of the pandemic on the subjective health status and characteristics of community‐dwelling frail older adults by assessing their knowledge of infection, behaviors and negative psychological response. Methods During October 2019, 720 older adults participated in “The Otassha Study.” A year after the COVID‐19 outbreak, between June 29 and July 31, 2020, a health status questionnaire, comprising questions concerning knowledge about infection, behaviors and psychological responses during the pandemic, was sent to all participants of the health examination in 2019. Respondents were divided into the robust and frail groups, and their responses were compared. Results Although the self‐reported health status of the older adults in both groups was worse in 2020 than in 2019, differences were not observed in the degree of deterioration between the groups. Those in the frail group had fewer resources of information related to COVID‐19 and had fewer coping behaviors for health maintenance compared with the robust group. Conclusion Information gathering and actions aimed at health maintenance tended to be weaker among older adults with frailty, although the influence of COVID‐19 on subjective health status did not differ significantly between robust and frail adults. Therefore, robust and frail older adults may need to adopt different countermeasures to prevent worse health during this pandemic. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2021; 21: 1053–1059.

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Relationship Between Knowledge, Preventive Practices and Fear from COVID-19 among Middle Aged and Older Adults: During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak

Cited by 4 publications

References 47 publications

Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of new fear of the coronavirus questionnaire

Psychometric evaluation of the Chinese version of new fear of the coronavirus questionnaire

Hubungan Sikap dengan Perilaku Pencegahan COVID-19 pada Lansia

Change in subjective health status among frail older Japanese people owing to the coronavirus disease pandemic and characteristics of their responses

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