Patterns of compliance with COVID-19 preventive behaviours: a latent class analysis of 20 000 UK adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Governments have implemented a range of measures to tackle COVID-19, primarily focusing on changing citizens' behaviours in order to lower the transmission of the virus. Few studies have looked at the patterns of compliance with different measures within individuals: whether people comply with all measures or selectively choose some but not others. Such research is important for designing interventions to increase compliance.

Methods

We used cross-sectional data from 20 947 UK adults in the COVID-19 Social Study collected from 17 November to 23 December 2020. Self-report compliance was assessed with six behaviours: mask wearing, hand washing, indoor household mixing, outdoor household mixing, social distancing and compliance with other guidelines. Patterns of comp

SUBMITTER: Wright L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449842 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature