Infection control in the home: a qualitative study exploring perceptions and experiences of adhering to protective behaviours in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
covid-19
infection control
public health
qualitative research
Journal
BMJ open
ISSN: 2044-6055
Titre abrégé: BMJ Open
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101552874
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 12 2021
01 12 2021
Historique:
entrez:
2
12
2021
pubmed:
3
12
2021
medline:
15
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
We sought to explore people's experiences and perceptions of implementing infection control behaviours in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic, guided by an online behavioural intervention. Inductive qualitative study. UK public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirteen people took part in telephone interviews, and 124 completed a qualitative open-text survey. All were recruited from the public. Most survey participants were aged over 60 years, while interview participants were more distributed in age. Most reported being at increased risk from COVID-19, and were white British. Online behavioural intervention to support infection control behaviours in the home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telephone think-aloud interviews and qualitative survey data. The think-aloud interview data and qualitative survey data were analysed independently using inductive thematic analysis. The findings were subsequently triangulated. Thematic analysis of the telephone interviews generated seven themes The current study provided valuable insight into the acceptability and feasibility of protective behaviours, and how public health guidance could be incorporated into a behaviour change intervention for the public during a pandemic.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34853116
pii: bmjopen-2021-056161
doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056161
pmc: PMC8637310
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e056161Subventions
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_PC_19068
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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