- Title
- Factors associated with the perception of risk and knowledge of contracting the SARS-CoV-2 among adults in Bangladesh: Analysis of online surveys
- Creator
- Abir, Tanvir; Kalimullah, Nazmul Ahsan; Osuagwu, Uchechukwu Levi; Yazdani, Dewan Muhammad Nur-A; Mamun, Abdullah Al; Husain, Taha; Basak, Palash; Yukthamarani Permarupan, P.; Agho, Kingsley E.
- Relation
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol. 17, Issue 14, no. 5252
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145252
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- This study investigated the perception and awareness of risk among adult participants in Bangladesh about Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). During the lockdown era in Bangladesh at two different time points, from 26−31 March 2020 (early lockdown) and 11−16 May 2020 (late lockdown), two self-administered online surveys were conducted on 1005 respondents (322 and 683 participants, respectively) via social media. To examine risk perception and knowledge-related factors towards COVID-19, univariate and multiple linear regression models were employed. Scores of mean knowledge (8.4 vs. 8.1, p = 0.022) and perception of risk (11.2 vs. 10.6, p < 0.001) differed significantly between early and late lockdown. There was a significant decrease in perceived risk scores for contracting SARS-Cov-2 [β = −0.85, 95% CI: −1.31, −0.39], while knowledge about SARS-Cov-2 decreased insignificantly [β = −0.22, 95% CI: −0.46, 0.03] in late lockdown compared with early lockdown period. Self-quarantine was a common factor linked to increased perceived risks and knowledge of SARS-Cov-2 during the lockdown period. Any effort to increase public awareness and comprehension of SARS-Cov-2 in Bangladesh will then offer preference to males, who did not practice self-quarantine and are less worried about the propagation of this kind of virus.
- Subject
- COVID-19; knowledge; perception of risk; pandemic outbreak; disease control; cross-sectional study; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1454384
- Identifier
- uon:44926
- Identifier
- ISSN:1661-7827
- Rights
- This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
- Language
- eng
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