The impact of believing you have had COVID-19 on self-reported behaviour: Cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether people who think they have had COVID-19 are less likely to report engaging with lockdown measures compared with those who think they have not had COVID-19.

Design

On-line cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Data were collected between 20th and 22nd April 2020.

Participants

6149 participants living in the UK aged 18 years or over.

Main outcome measures

Perceived immunity to COVID-19, self-reported adherence to social distancing measures (going out for essential shopping, nonessential shopping, and meeting up with friends/family; total out-of-home activity), worry about COVID-19 and perceived risk of COVID-19 to oneself and people in the UK. Knowledge that cough and high temperature / fever are the main symptoms of COVID-19. W

SUBMITTER: Smith LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7641362 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature