Risk Perception of COVID-19 in Indonesia During the First Stage of the Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Community perceptions of early-stage pandemics may have significant implications for subsequent disease control and management. Perceptions of COVID-19 among Indonesian citizens were assessed 2 months after the first reported case in the country. The study used an online survey tool, which was adapted from a standardized questionnaire for risk perception of an infectious disease outbreak. The questions of the survey involved respondents' perceived level of knowledge, preparedness, efficacy of control measures, newness, infectiousness, seriousness, motivating and hindering factors, and effectiveness of prevention methods, as well as questions that assessed actual level of knowledge of respondents such as causative agents, modes of transmission, number of total cases, and available control m

SUBMITTER: Tejamaya M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8566751 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature