The Relationship between COVID-19 Protection Behaviors and Pandemic-Related Knowledge, Perceptions, Worry Content, and Public Trust in a Turkish Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to explore the effect of knowledge, COVID-19-related perceptions, and public trust on protective behaviors in Turkish people.

Methods

Data were collected from an online survey (Turkish COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring) conducted between July 2020 and January 2021. The recommended protective behaviors (hand cleaning, wearing a face mask, and physical distancing) to prevent COVID-19 were examined. The impacts of the following variables on protective behaviors were investigated using logistic regression analysis: knowledge, cognitive and affective risk perception, pandemic-related worry content, public trust, conspiracy thinking, and COVID-19 vaccine willingness.

Results

Out of a total of 4210 adult respondents, 13.8% reported nonadherence to prot

SUBMITTER: Kucukkarapinar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9784616 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature