TY - JOUR
T1 - Background and concurrent factors predicting non-Adherence to public health preventive measures during the chronic phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
AU - Pollak, Yehuda
AU - Shoham, Rachel
AU - Dayan, Haym
AU - Gabrieli-Seri, Ortal
AU - Berger, Itai
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - Background: To determine factors that predict non-Adherence to preventive measures for COVID-19 during the chronic phase of the pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional, general population survey was conducted in Israel. Sociodemographic, health-related, behavioral and COVID-19-related characteristics were collected. Results: Among 2055 participants, non-Adherence was associated with male gender, young age, bachelorhood, being employed, lower decrease in income, low physical activity, psychological distress, ADHD symptoms, past risk-Taking and anti-social behavior, low pro-sociality, perceived social norms favoring non-Adherence, low perceived risk of COVID-19, low perceived efficacy of the preventive measures, and high perceived costs of adherence to the preventive measures. Conclusion: There appears to be a need for setting out and communicating preventive measures to specifically targeted at-risk populations.
AB - Background: To determine factors that predict non-Adherence to preventive measures for COVID-19 during the chronic phase of the pandemic. Methods: A cross-sectional, general population survey was conducted in Israel. Sociodemographic, health-related, behavioral and COVID-19-related characteristics were collected. Results: Among 2055 participants, non-Adherence was associated with male gender, young age, bachelorhood, being employed, lower decrease in income, low physical activity, psychological distress, ADHD symptoms, past risk-Taking and anti-social behavior, low pro-sociality, perceived social norms favoring non-Adherence, low perceived risk of COVID-19, low perceived efficacy of the preventive measures, and high perceived costs of adherence to the preventive measures. Conclusion: There appears to be a need for setting out and communicating preventive measures to specifically targeted at-risk populations.
KW - ADHD
KW - COVID-19
KW - adherence
KW - pandemic
KW - preventive measures
KW - public health
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U2 - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab214
DO - 10.1093/pubmed/fdab214
M3 - Article
C2 - 34159382
AN - SCOPUS:85126072789
SN - 1741-3842
VL - 44
SP - E117-E125
JO - Journal of Public Health
JF - Journal of Public Health
IS - 1
ER -
