Adoption of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan.
Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Communicable Disease Control
Coronavirus Infections
/ epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease Outbreaks
Female
Hand Hygiene
Health Behavior
Humans
Japan
/ epidemiology
Male
Masks
Middle Aged
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral
/ epidemiology
SARS-CoV-2
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
COVID-19
Epidemiology
Outbreak
Prevention
Protective measures
Public health
Journal
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
ISSN: 1878-3511
Titre abrégé: Int J Infect Dis
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 9610933
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2020
May 2020
Historique:
received:
24
03
2020
revised:
04
04
2020
accepted:
06
04
2020
pubmed:
14
4
2020
medline:
21
5
2020
entrez:
14
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
To clarify the implementation status of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. This was a cross-sectional study based on internet-based survey. A total of 2400 people (50% male: 20-79 years) were selected between February 25 and 27, 2020, from registrants of an Internet research company, to complete a questionnaire. Participants were asked to indicate how often they implemented the following five personal protective measures recommended by the World Health Organization (hand hygiene, social distancing measures, avoiding touching the eyes, nose and mouth, respiratory etiquette, and self-isolation). In addition, the participants responded to questions regarding the daily frequency of hand hygiene events. The prevalence of the five personal protective measures ranged from 59.8% to 83.8%, with the lowest being avoiding touching the eyes, nose, and mouth. In total, 34.7% implemented all personal protective measures. The median daily hand hygiene events were 5 per day (25th percentile, 75th percentile: 3,8). The protective measures implemented by ordinary citizens are insufficient and further public awareness activities are required.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32283285
pii: S1201-9712(20)30230-7
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.014
pmc: PMC7194542
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
139-144Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.
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