Predictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic : an international longitudinal study

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dc.contributor.authorChong, Yuen Yu
dc.contributor.authorChien, Wai Tong
dc.contributor.authorCheng, Ho Yu
dc.contributor.authorLamnisos, Demetris
dc.contributor.authorĻubenko, Jeļena
dc.contributor.authorPresti, Giovambattista
dc.contributor.authorSquatrito, Valeria
dc.contributor.authorConstantinou, Marios
dc.contributor.authorNicolaou, Christiana
dc.contributor.authorPapacostas, Savvas
dc.contributor.authorAydin, Gökçen
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Francisco J.
dc.contributor.authorGarcia-Martin, Maria B.
dc.contributor.authorObando-Posada, Diana P.
dc.contributor.authorSegura-Vargas, Miguel A.
dc.contributor.authorVasiliou, Vasilis S.
dc.contributor.authorMcHugh, Louise
dc.contributor.authorHöfer, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorBaban, Adriana
dc.contributor.authorNeto, David Dias
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, Ana Nunes
dc.contributor.authorMonestès, Jean Louis
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez-Galvez, Javier
dc.contributor.authorBlarrina, Marisa Paez
dc.contributor.authorMontesinos, Francisco
dc.contributor.authorSalas, Sonsoles Valdivia
dc.contributor.authorŐri, Dorottya
dc.contributor.authorKleszcz, Bartosz
dc.contributor.authorLappalainen, Raimo
dc.contributor.authorIvanović, Iva
dc.contributor.authorGosar, David
dc.contributor.authorDionne, Frederick
dc.contributor.authorMerwin, Rhonda M.
dc.contributor.authorGloster, Andrew T.
dc.contributor.authorKassianos, Angelos P.
dc.contributor.authorKarekla, Maria
dc.contributor.institutionPsychology Laboratory
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-24T13:20:04Z
dc.date.available2024-02-24T13:20:04Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).
dc.description.abstractBackground: Identifying common factors that affect public adherence to COVID-19 containment measures can directly inform the development of official public health communication strategies. The present international longitudinal study aimed to examine whether prosociality, together with other theoretically derived motivating factors (self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility and severity of COVID-19, perceived social support) predict the change in adherence to COVID-19 containment strategies. Method: In wave 1 of data collection, adults from eight geographical regions completed online surveys beginning in April 2020, and wave 2 began in June and ended in September 2020. Hypothesized predictors included prosociality, self-efficacy in following COVID-19 containment measures, perceived susceptibility to COVID-19, perceived severity of COVID-19 and perceived social support. Baseline covariates included age, sex, history of COVID-19 infection and geographical regions. Participants who reported adhering to specific containment measures, including physical distancing, avoidance of non-essential travel and hand hygiene, were classified as adherence. The dependent variable was the category of adherence, which was constructed based on changes in adherence across the survey period and included four categories: non-adherence, less adherence, greater adherence and sustained adherence (which was designated as the reference category). Results: In total, 2189 adult participants (82% female, 57.2% aged 31–59 years) from East Asia (217 [9.7%]), West Asia (246 [11.2%]), North and South America (131 [6.0%]), Northern Europe (600 [27.4%]), Western Europe (322 [14.7%]), Southern Europe (433 [19.8%]), Eastern Europe (148 [6.8%]) and other regions (96 [4.4%]) were analyzed. Adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses showed that prosociality, self-efficacy, perceived susceptibility and severity of COVID-19 were significant factors affecting adherence. Participants with greater self-efficacy at wave 1 were less likely to become non-adherence at wave 2 by 26% (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 0.74; 95% CI, 0.71 to 0.77; P <.001), while those with greater prosociality at wave 1 were less likely to become less adherence at wave 2 by 23% (aOR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.75 to 0.79; P =.04). Conclusions: This study provides evidence that in addition to emphasizing the potential severity of COVID-19 and the potential susceptibility to contact with the virus, fostering self-efficacy in following containment strategies and prosociality appears to be a viable public health education or communication strategy to combat COVID-19.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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dc.format.extent929289
dc.identifier.citationChong, Y Y, Chien, W T, Cheng, H Y, Lamnisos, D, Ļubenko, J, Presti, G, Squatrito, V, Constantinou, M, Nicolaou, C, Papacostas, S, Aydin, G, Ruiz, F J, Garcia-Martin, M B, Obando-Posada, D P, Segura-Vargas, M A, Vasiliou, V S, McHugh, L, Höfer, S, Baban, A, Neto, D D, da Silva, A N, Monestès, J L, Alvarez-Galvez, J, Blarrina, M P, Montesinos, F, Salas, S V, Őri, D, Kleszcz, B, Lappalainen, R, Ivanović, I, Gosar, D, Dionne, F, Merwin, R M, Gloster, A T, Kassianos, A P & Karekla, M 2023, 'Predictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic : an international longitudinal study', Globalization and Health, vol. 19, no. 1, 25, pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-023-00928-7
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12992-023-00928-7
dc.identifier.issn1744-8603
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/15325
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152638975&partnerID=8YFLogxK
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGlobalization and Health
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectAdherence
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectDisease containment measures
dc.subjectLongitudinal study
dc.subjectProsociality
dc.subject3.3 Health sciences
dc.subject5.1 Psychology
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
dc.subjectSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
dc.titlePredictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic : an international longitudinal studyen
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