Factors influencing wearing face mask in public during COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Wearing face masks is believed to mitigate COVID-19 virus transmission by filtering respiratory droplets. This study was to explore the factors influencing wearing face masks in public in China during COVID-19 outbreak.

Methods

This study was a qualitative semi-structured interview research design and was guided by the Protection Motivation Theory. Participants from Jiangxi Province China were interviewed via WeChat video call. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data.

Results

Recruitment efforts were suspended when 21 participants (aged 23 to 72) were successfully enrolled and the data reached thematic saturation. Four themes were identified when participants described factors influencing them to wear face masks: knowledge of disease (subthemes were s

SUBMITTER: He W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9002151 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature