Predicting health behavior in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Worldwide survey results from early March 2020.

ABSTRACT: The current pandemic outbreak of the novel COVID-19, which originated from Wuhan in China in late 2019, has eventually spread to six continents with a rising toll of death cases. No vaccine has yet been developed for COVID-19. The compliance of the general public with the advice and regulations of the health authorities and the adoption of effective health behavior regimens are currently the only weapons to effectively cope with the disease. Here we report the results of a worldwide survey (n = 953) conducted between March 2 and March 14, 2020 that sought (a) to identify critical proximal predictors of health behavior relevant to the current situation, (b) to examine their relationships to various demographic characteristics of the population, (c) and to provide a model of health behavior

SUBMITTER: Anaki D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7790278 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature