Relationship between perception and anxiety about COVID-19 infection and risk behaviors for spreading infection: A national survey in Japan

Shiina, Akihiro; Niitsu, Tomihisa; Kobori, Osamu; Idemoto, Keita; Hashimoto, Tasuku; Sasaki, Tsuyoshi; Igarashi, Yoshito; Shimizu, Eiji; Nakazato, Michiko; Hashimoto, Kenji; Iyo, Masaomi

doi:10.1016/j.bbih.2020.100101

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“…The results were independently analyzed and published. 6 These data are dealt with as a reference in the present report. In the second stage, we conducted the survey of 2,000 individuals in the UK and 2,000 individuals in Spain.…”

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Perception of and Anxiety About COVID-19 Infection and Risk Behaviors for Spreading Infection: An International Comparison

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Background: To control the spread of the new SARS-CoV-2 infection's disease (COVID-19), appropriate precautionary behaviors by the public should be promoted. We have been concerned about the differences among countries regarding the populations' cognitional and behavioral patterns as well as attitudes toward information sources in relation to the anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic because knowing these differences will contribute to our understanding of the patterns of epidemic-related anxiety and behaviors, and it will help optimize future policies for preventing the second wave of the epidemic.Methods: To examine the differences among countries in their residents' perception, attitude, and precautionary behaviors toward COVID-19, we conducted a cross-sectional study through an online questionnaire survey. Adults who had been registered in Cross Marketing Inc. and living in the UK, Spain, or Japan were subjected. A total of 8,000 people stratified by age were recruited on a first-come, first-served method. Knowledge of and anxiety about COVID-19, the frequency and credibility of several information sources, and the magnitude of each precautionary behavior were examined in the questionnaire on March 27–28, 2020 in Japan and April 17–21 in the UK and Spain.Results: Compared to Japan, the knowledge and anxiety level and the frequency of precautionary behaviors were higher in the UK and Spain. Participants with infected acquaintances were more concerned about COVID-19. However, participants in the UK rarely wore a medical mask. Participants in the UK and Spain were eager to get information about COVID-19 compared to those in Japan. The participants in Spain tended not to trust official information and to believe specialists' comments instead.Conclusion: The urgency of the spread of COVID-19, cultural backgrounds, and recent political situations appear to contribute to the differences among countries revealed herein.

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Perception of and Anxiety About COVID-19 Infection and Risk Behaviors for Spreading Infection: An International Comparison

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“…In the first stage, we conducted the survey of 4,000 residents of Japan. The results were independently analyzed and published [6]. These data are dealt with as a reference in the present report.…”

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Perception of and anxiety about COVID-19 infection and risk behaviors for spreading infection: An international comparison

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Niitsu

Kobori

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To control the spread of the newly developed corona viral infection diseases (COVID-19), people’s appropriate precautionary behaviors should be promoted. We conducted a series of online questionnaire survey, to gather a total of 8,000 citizen’s responses on March 27–28, 2020 in Japan and April 17–21 in the UK and Spain. Compared to Japan, the knowledge and anxiety level and the frequency of precautionary behaviors were higher in the UK and Spain. Participants with infected acquaintances were more concerned about COVID-19. However, participants in the UK rarely wore a medical mask. Participants in the UK and Spain were eager to get information about COVID-19 compared to those in Japan. The participants in Spain tended not to trust official information and to believe specialists' comments instead. The urgency of the spread of COVID-19, cultural backgrounds, and recent political situations appear to contribute to the differences among countries revealed herein.

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“…Risk perception has been described as people’s subjective and experiential judgements on the magnitudes or likelihoods of negative outcomes resulting from currently faced or anticipated risks [ 1 , 2 , 3 ]. The behaviors of individuals are mainly determined by self-cognition [ 4 ]. Compared with individuals with a lower level of risk perception, those with a higher level of risk perception are more willing to adopt self-protective intervention measures to defend against or avoid possible undesirable consequences [ 5 ].…”

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“…Although, objective and quantitative assessments on environmental risks are clearly part of improving workers’ health, migrant construction workers are the direct perceiver of environmental risks. Guided and dominated by their ERP, they either adopt or reject self-precaution behaviors against undesirable health outcomes that result from the environmental risks [ 4 ]. A high ERP is more likely to let migrant construction workers spontaneously know hazards of a certain environmental pollution problem, and adopt self-precautionary health behavior as their capacity allows.…”

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Influences of Migrant Construction Workers’ Environmental Risk Perception on Their Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

Yao

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2020

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Employing Chinese General Social Survey 2013 data (N = 678), this study examines the influences of migrant construction workers’ environmental risk perception (ERP) on their physical and mental health. The ERP of migrant construction workers is characterized by six dimensions: perceptions of air pollution, industrial waste pollution and noise pollution at working sites, and perceptions of domestic waste pollution, water pollution and food pollution at living sites. The results indicate that migrant construction workers with stronger ERP have better physical and mental health. The results also suggest the influences of ERP on the physical and mental health of migrant construction workers with different gender and age (<50 and ≥50 years) are heterogeneous. Perceptions of industrial waste pollution, noise pollution and domestic waste pollution significantly affect female workers’ physical health, but not that of male workers. The six dimensions of ERP all significantly influence male workers’ mental health, while except for domestic waste pollution perception, the other perceptions do not influence that of female workers. Perceptions of air pollution, domestic waste pollution, and water pollution significantly influence physical health of workers aged 50 and above, while those of ERP do not work on that of workers younger than 50. Perception of food pollution significantly influences mental health of workers younger than 50, but not that of workers aged 50 and above. The seemingly unrelated regression shows the results in this paper are robust.

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Relationship between perception and anxiety about COVID-19 infection and risk behaviors for spreading infection: A national survey in Japan

Cited by 83 publications

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Perception of and Anxiety About COVID-19 Infection and Risk Behaviors for Spreading Infection: An International Comparison

Perception of and Anxiety About COVID-19 Infection and Risk Behaviors for Spreading Infection: An International Comparison

Perception of and anxiety about COVID-19 infection and risk behaviors for spreading infection: An international comparison

Influences of Migrant Construction Workers’ Environmental Risk Perception on Their Physical and Mental Health: Evidence from China

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