Electronic versions

  • Mansour Rezaei
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
  • Nader Rajabi Gilan
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
  • Ali Almasi
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
  • Mehdi Khezeli
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
  • Fatemeh Jamshidi Nazar
    Kermanshah Office of Education
  • Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari
    University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran
  • Yahya Salimi
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
  • Farid Najafi
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
  • Neda Sarabi
    Razi University, Iran
  • Shahram Saeidi
    Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences
Objectives

This study investigated preventive behaviors toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related factors in a Kurdish Iranian sample.
Methods

This online survey was conducted among the population aged 18 and above in Kermanshah Province, in western Iran, in April 2020. Samples were invited and recruited through social media. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 4 sections (questions on demographic variables, risk perception, risk communication, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors) and analyzed using Stata ver. 8.
Results

The Pearson correlation test showed that risk communication was significantly correlated with COVID-19 preventive behaviors (r=0.320, p<0.01). In the final model, where the explanatory power increased with the entry of the risk communication variable, the variables explained a total of 14% of variance in COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Sex (β=−0.482), risk perception (β=0.047), and risk communication (β=0.662) were significant determinants.
Conclusion

Risk communication and risk perception related to COVID-19, as well as being a woman, were determinants of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)282-289
Number of pages1
JournalOsong public health and research perspectives
Volume13
Issue number4
Early online date31 Aug 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2022
Externally publishedYes
View graph of relations