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KMID : 1120220220130040282
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Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives
2022 Volume.13 No. 4 p.282 ~ p.289
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The role of risk perception, risk communication, and demographic factors in COVID-19 preventive behaviors: an online survey in Iran
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Rezaei Mansour
Gilan Nader Rajabi
Almasi Ali
Khezeli Mehdi
Nazar Fatemeh Jamshidi
Shushtari Zahra Jorjoran
Salimi Yahya
Najafi Farid
Sarabi Neda
Saeidi Shahram
Saeidi Saeid
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study investigated preventive behaviors toward coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and related factors in a Kurdish Iranian sample.
Methods: This online survey was conducted among the population aged 18 and above in Kermanshah Province, in western Iran, in April 2020. Samples were invited and recruited through social media. Data were collected using a questionnaire consisting of 4 sections (questions on demographic variables, risk perception, risk communication, and COVID-19 preventive behaviors) and analyzed using Stata ver. 8.
Results: The Pearson correlation test showed that risk communication was significantly correlated with COVID-19 preventive behaviors (r=0.320, p<0.01). In the final model, where the explanatory power increased with the entry of the risk communication variable, the variables explained a total of 14% of variance in COVID-19 preventive behaviors. Sex (β=?0.482), risk perception (β=0.047), and risk communication (β=0.662) were significant determinants.
Conclusion: Risk communication and risk perception related to COVID-19, as well as being a woman, were determinants of COVID-19 preventive behaviors.
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KEYWORD
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Behavior, Communication, COVID-19, Media, Perception, Risk
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