Latest posts tagged with #perceivedRisk on Bluesky
We found support for the associations most frequently cited in the literature: #conscientiousness <-> #compliance, and #neuroticism <-> #perceivedRisk. Other associations that are only occasionally seen in the literature were less strongly indicated, and there were some novel discoveries.
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We often assume that perceived risk determines compliance with protective measures. But both factors may vary over time, and what happens at one point may influence what happens at a later point. In a registered report that reached stage 2 approval this week (https://osf.io/jehm7 our team led […]
Open-access published today in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#risk #PerceivedRisk #compliance #PublicHealth #COVID19
Title: Perceived infection risk, infection exposure, and compliance to infection control measures among the first COVID-19 patients in Norway Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to assess how infected patients viewed risk. We investigated whether cases infected early in the pandemic had assessed the risk to be lower, been more exposed and took fewer precautions to prevent infection. Methods: We asked first-wave Norwegian COVID-19 patients (n = 88) to recall how they had thought about risk of infection, exposure in potential infectious situations and their compliance to infection control measures early in the pandemic. Answers from this group were compared WITH emergency room patients with non-pulmonary complaints (n = 75) and with a nationally representative sample (n = 4083). Results: Both patient groups saw the risk as lower than did the representative sample. Contact with infected people was more frequent for the COVID-19 patients than for the other patients. More of the COVID-19 patients had travelled abroad immediately before the outbreak. COVID-19 patients complied less with the infection control measures than did the representative sample. The COVID-19 patients agreed less than the other patients with a statement that they had ‘complied in general’. Conclusions: Risk-behaviour was overrepresented among the first COVID-19 patients. Potential memory artefacts should be considered when interpreting the results.
What characterised people who became infected in the few first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic? Had they underestimated the risk, been in more risky situations, or not followed public health advice? We compared perceived risk, behaviour and compliance of […]
[Original post on fediscience.org]
