Relationship between perceived risk and compliance with infection control measures during the first year of a pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The way people perceive health risks is often assumed to influence how they adopt precautionary measures. However, people's assessment of a given phenomenon's risk may vary over time, and the relationship between perceived risk and compliance with protective measures may be dynamic and bi-directional. We measured the perceived risk of COVID-19 and compliance with infection control measures for a large representative sample at four time-points during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. We employed a cross-lagged panel analysis to investigate both the cross-sectional and the temporal association between perceived risk and compliance. We found cross-sectional associations between perceived risk and compliance at one of the time points. There were no temporal associations betwee

SUBMITTER: Bjorkheim SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12925416 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature