Initial risk perception and feeling of preparedness of primary care physicians regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, France and Spain in February 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The knowledge of risk perceptions in primary care could help health authorities to manage epidemics.

Methods

A European multi-center cross-sectional study was conducted in France, Belgium and Spain to describe the perceptions, the level of anxiety and the feeling of preparedness of primary healthcare physicians towards the COVID-19 infection at the beginning of the pandemic. The factors associated with the feeling of preparedness were studied using multivariate logistic regressions.

Results

A total of 511 physicians participated to the study (response rate: 35.2%). Among them, only 16.3% (n=82) were highly anxious about the pandemic, 50.6% (n=254) had the feeling to have a high level of information, 80.5% (n=409) found the measures taken by the health autho

SUBMITTER: Guerrisi C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8784169 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature