Factors associated with change in adherence to COVID-19 personal protection measures in the Metropolitan Region, Chile.

ABSTRACT: Personal protective measures such use of face masks, hand washing and physical distancing have proven to be effective in controlling the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, adherence to these measures may have been relaxed over time. The objective of this work is to assess the change in adherence to these measures and to find factors that explain the change For this purpose, we conducted a survey in the Metropolitan Region of Chile in which we asked the adherence to these measures in August-September 2021 and retrospectively for 2020. With the answers obtained we fit a logistic regression model in which the response variable is the relaxation of each of the self-care preventive actions. The explanatory variables used are socio-demographic characteristics such as the age, sex, income,

SUBMITTER: Varas S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9098054 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature