Association Between Precautionary Behaviors Against Coronavirus Disease and Psychosocial Factors in Outpatients with a Pre-existing Disease and Their Attendants

Overview

Journal PCN Rep

Publisher Wiley

Date 2024 Jun 13

PMID 38867827

Authors

Keita Idemoto

Tomihisa Niitsu

Akihiro Shiina

Osamu Kobori

Misaki Onodera

Kiyomitsu Ota

Atsuhiro Miyazawa

Masumi Tachibana

Makoto Kimura

Ryota Seki

Tasuku Hashimoto

Kensuke Yoshimura

Shoichi Ito

Michiko Nakazato

Yoshito Igarashi

Eiji Shimizu

Masaomi Iyo

Affiliations

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Abstract

Aim: The spread of the novel coronavirus infection (coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19]) has caused behavioral changes and mental illness in patients and their attendants during its early phase. The present study aimed to examine the association between precautionary behaviors against COVID-19 and psychosocial factors in outpatients with pre-existing disease and their attendants.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional paper-based questionnaire survey in Chiba University Hospital on 1019 patients and 513 attendants, and a web-based questionnaire survey in Japan on 3981 individuals from the general population. We evaluated the participants' anxiety about COVID-19, depression, health anxiety, and precautionary behaviors.

Results: Regarding knowledge and anxiety about COVID-19, the protective factors for the high precautionary behaviors group were knowledge of COVID-19 (odds ratio [OR] = 1.178, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.099-1.263), anxiety about the spread of COVID-19 (OR = 1.348, 95% CI: 1.243-1.461), and anxiety about infecting someone with COVID-19 (OR = 1.135, 95% CI: 1.039-0.239). Regarding psychosocial factors, the protective factors for the high precautionary behaviors group were patients (OR = 1.759, 95% CI: 1.056-2.929), their attendants (OR = 3.892, 95% CI: 1.416-10.700), health anxiety (OR = 2.005, 95% CI: 1.451-2.772), and nondepression states (OR = 1.368, 95% CI: 1.004-1.864).

Conclusion: Our findings suggest that patients and their attendants may perform high precautionary behaviors. Health anxiety and nondepression states may be associated with high precautionary behaviors.

Citing Articles

Association between precautionary behaviors against coronavirus disease and psychosocial factors in outpatients with a pre-existing disease and their attendants.

Idemoto K, Niitsu T, Shiina A, Kobori O, Onodera M, Ota K PCN Rep. 2024; 2(3):e141.

PMID: 38867827 PMC: 11114330. DOI: 10.1002/pcn5.141.

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