Attitudes and Perceptions of Health Protection Measures Against the Spread of COVID-19 in Italy and Poland.

ABSTRACT: Background: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April to May 2020), 6,169 Polish and 939 Italian residents were surveyed with an online questionnaire investigating socio-demographic information and personality traits (first section) as well as attitudes, position, and efficacy perceptions on the impact of lockdown (second section) and various health protection measures enforced (third section). Methods: The "health protection attitude score" (HPAS), an endpoint obtained by pooling up the answers to questions of the third section of the survey tool, was investigated by multiple linear regression models, reporting regression coefficients (RC) with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI). Results: Concerns for business and health due to COVID-19 were associated with

SUBMITTER: Lorettu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8754188 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature