COVID-19 risk perceptions, worries and preventive behaviors in patients with previous pulmonary embolism.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The presence of conditions, such as cardiovascular or chronic lung diseases, was reported to be associated with more severe cases of COVID-19. It is, however, so far unclear how patients with a history of pulmonary embolism (PE) perceive their individual COVID-19 risk. Moreover, their worries and preventive behaviors and their associations with risk perception are unknown.

Materials and methods

A postal survey was conducted in April 2020, including participants with previous PE from the German "Lungenembolie Augsburg" (LEA) cohort study. The questionnaire contained items on COVID-19 knowledge, risk perception (infection likelihood, susceptibility, dangerousness), information sources and satisfaction with information, individual assignment to a high risk group du

SUBMITTER: Kirchberger I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7985611 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature