Author, as appears in the article.: Recio-Vivas AM; Font-Jiménez I; Mansilla-Domínguez JM; Belzunegui-Eraso A; Díaz-Pérez D; Lorenzo-Allegue L; Peña-Otero D
Department: Infermeria
URV's Author/s: Belzunegui Eraso, Angel Gabriel / Font Jimenez, Maria Isabel
Keywords: Sars-cov-2 Risk perception Public health Preventive health services Pandemics Fear Coronavirus infections sars public health preventive health services pandemics fear coronavirus infections
Abstract: In January 2020, the WHO classified SARS-CoV-2 infection as a public health emergency and it was declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The media warned about the danger of infection, fuelling the population’s fear of the new situation and increasing the perception of risk. This fear can cause behaviour that will determine the course of the pandemic and, therefore, the purpose of this study was to analyse the fear of infection from COVID-19 among the Spanish population during the state of emergency. A cross-sectional, descriptive observational study was conducted with 16,372 participants. Data on sociodemographic factors, health factors, risk perception and fear were collected through an online survey. Level of fear is associated with older age, a lower level of edu-cation, having a person infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the immediate surroundings and living with and belonging to the most socioeconomically vulnerable group of people. Risk perception is associated with increased preventive behaviour. This paper provides relevant information for the public health sector since it contributes first-hand knowledge of population data that is highly useful in terms of prevention. Understanding the experiences of people in this pandemic helps to create more effective future intervention strategies in terms of planning and management for crisis situations.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Serviço social Saúde coletiva Química Public, environmental & occupational health Public health, environmental and occupational health Psicología Pollution Odontología Nutrição Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Interdisciplinar Health, toxicology and mutagenesis Geografía Geociências Farmacia Environmental studies Environmental sciences Ensino Engenharias ii Engenharias i Enfermagem Educação física Educação Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: isabel.font@urv.cat angel.belzunegui@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-1951-7280 0000-0002-6355-1593
Record's date: 2023-08-05
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/2/834
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health. 19 (2):
APA: Recio-Vivas AM; Font-Jiménez I; Mansilla-Domínguez JM; Belzunegui-Eraso A; Díaz-Pérez D; Lorenzo-Allegue L; Peña-Otero D (2022). Fear and Attitude towards SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Infection in Spanish Population during the Period of Confinement. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health, 19(2), -. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020834
Article's DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19020834
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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