Social networks and infectious diseases prevention behavior: A cross-sectional study in people aged 40 years and older.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social networks, i.e., our in-person and online social relations, are key to lifestyle behavior and health, via mechanisms of influence and support from our relations. We assessed associations between various social network aspects and practicing behavior to prevent respiratory infectious diseases.

Methods

We analyzed baseline-data (2019) from the SaNAE-cohort on social networks and health, collected by an online questionnaire in Dutch community-dwelling people aged 40-99 years. Outcome was the number of preventive behaviors in past two months [range 0-4]. Associations between network aspects were tested using ordinal regression analyses, adjusting for confounders.

Results

Of 5,128 participants (mean age 63; 54% male), 94% regularly washed hands with water

SUBMITTER: Steijvers LCJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8133464 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature