TY - JOUR

T1 - The role of risk perception, risk communication, and demographic factors in COVID-19 preventive behaviors: an online survey in Iran

AU - Rezaei, Mansour

AU - Gilan, Nader Rajabi

AU - Almasi, Ali

AU - Khezeli, Mehdi

AU - Nazar, Fatemeh Jamshidi

AU - Shushtari, Zahra Jorjoran

AU - Salimi, Yahya

AU - Najafi, Farid

AU - Sarabi, Neda

AU - Saeidi, Shahram

PY - 2022/8

Y1 - 2022/8

N2 - ObjectivesThis study investigated preventive behaviors toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related factors in a Kurdish Iranian sample.MethodsThis 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.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionRisk communication and risk perception related to COVID-19, as well as being a woman, were determinants of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.

AB - ObjectivesThis study investigated preventive behaviors toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related factors in a Kurdish Iranian sample.MethodsThis 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.ResultsThe 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.ConclusionRisk communication and risk perception related to COVID-19, as well as being a woman, were determinants of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.

U2 - 10.24171/j.phrp.2021.0345

DO - 10.24171/j.phrp.2021.0345

M3 - Article

VL - 13

SP - 282

EP - 289

JO - Osong public health and research perspectives

JF - Osong public health and research perspectives

IS - 4

ER -