The influence of risk perceptions on close contact frequency during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 03 2022
25 03 2022
Historique:
received:
02
11
2021
accepted:
16
03
2022
entrez:
26
3
2022
pubmed:
27
3
2022
medline:
5
4
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Human behaviour is known to be crucial in the propagation of infectious diseases through respiratory or close-contact routes like the current SARS-CoV-2 virus. Intervention measures implemented to curb the spread of the virus mainly aim at limiting the number of close contacts, until vaccine roll-out is complete. Our main objective was to assess the relationships between SARS-CoV-2 perceptions and social contact behaviour in Belgium. Understanding these relationships is crucial to maximize interventions' effectiveness, e.g. by tailoring public health communication campaigns. In this study, we surveyed a representative sample of adults in Belgium in two longitudinal surveys (survey 1 in April 2020 to August 2020, and survey 2 in November 2020 to April 2021). Generalized linear mixed effects models were used to analyse the two surveys. Participants with low and neutral perceptions on perceived severity made a significantly higher number of social contacts as compared to participants with high levels of perceived severity after controlling for other variables. Our results highlight the key role of perceived severity on social contact behaviour during a pandemic. Nevertheless, additional research is required to investigate the impact of public health communication on severity of COVID-19 in terms of changes in social contact behaviour.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35338202
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-09037-8
pii: 10.1038/s41598-022-09037-8
pmc: PMC8951651
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
5192Subventions
Organisme : Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
ID : 682540 TransMID
Organisme : Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO)
ID : postdoctoral fellowship 1234620N
Organisme : Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project 'RECAP' managed through RCUK and ESRC
ID : ES/P010873/1
Organisme : NIHR
ID : PR-OD-1017-20002
Organisme : Medical Research Council
ID : MC_PC_19065
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : European Research Council
Pays : International
Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s).
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