Worry experienced during the 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) pandemic in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Korea failed in its risk communication during the early stage of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak; consequently, it faced difficulties in managing MERS, while disease-related worry increased. Disease-related worry can help disease prevention and management, but can also have a detrimental effect. This study measured the overall level of disease-related worry during the MERS outbreak period in Korea and the influencing factors and levels of disease-related worry during key outbreak periods.

Methods

The cross-sectional survey included 1,000 adults who resided in Korea. An ordinal logistic regression was performed for the overall level of MERS-related worry, and influencing factors of worry were analyzed. A reliability test was performed on the le

SUBMITTER: Ro JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5342218 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature