{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["17(5)"],"submitter":["Yu Y"],"funding":["Internal funding of Center for Health Behaviours Research, the Chinese University of Hong Kong"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Restriction of gathering size in all public areas is a newly and commonly exercised governmental social distancing policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its effectiveness depends on the general public's compliance. This study applied the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to investigate determinants (i.e., perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived response efficacy, and perceived self-efficacy) of compliance with the social distancing policy of banning gathering of >4 people in all public areas (BG4PA) in the Hong Kong general adult population.<h4>Methods</h4>300 participants were interviewed through a population-based telephone survey during April 21-28, 2020.<h4>Results</h4>The compliance rate of BG4PA was high (78%). Adjusted for the background factors, m"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e0268336"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9089903"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Application of the protection motivation theory to understand determinants of compliance with the measure of banning gathering size >4 in all public areas for controlling COVID-19 in a Hong Kong Chinese adult general population."],"pmcid":["PMC9089903"],"pubmed_authors":["Lau MMC","Lau JTF","Yu Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Application of the protection motivation theory to understand determinants of compliance with the measure of banning gathering size >4 in all public areas for controlling COVID-19 in a Hong Kong Chinese adult general population.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Restriction of gathering size in all public areas is a newly and commonly exercised governmental social distancing policy during the COVID-19 pandemic. Its effectiveness depends on the general public's compliance. This study applied the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to investigate determinants (i.e., perceived severity, perceived susceptibility, perceived response efficacy, and perceived self-efficacy) of compliance with the social distancing policy of banning gathering of >4 people in all public areas (BG4PA) in the Hong Kong general adult population.<h4>Methods</h4>300 participants were interviewed through a population-based telephone survey during April 21-28, 2020.<h4>Results</h4>The compliance rate of BG4PA was high (78%). Adjusted for the background factors, m","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2025-04-04T19:10:17.505Z","creation":"2025-04-04T19:10:17.505Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9089903","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35536833"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0268336"]}}