Tiered restrictions for COVID-19 in England: knowledge, motivation and self-reported behaviour.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test whether public knowledge and confidence in one's understanding of the local restrictions, motivation to adhere to local restrictions, and self-reported behaviour (going out for exercise, to work, socially) differed according to tier level.

Study design

Cross-sectional, nationally representative, online survey of 1728 participants living in England (data collection: 26 to 28 October 2020).

Methods

We conducted logistic regression analyses to investigate whether knowledge of restrictions, confidence in knowledge of restrictions, motivation to adhere to restrictions, and self-reported behaviour were associated with personal characteristics and tier.

Results

Between 81% (tier 2) and 89% (tier 3) of participants correctly identified which tier the

SUBMITTER: Smith LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8820758 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature