Fear of COVID-19 as a precautionary measure to prevent the epidemic among the population of the Kurdistan Region/Iraq: based on a questionnaire survey.
Background and objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the appearance of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei province, China, to be a public health emergency of international concern. The objectives of this study can be highlighted through classifying the information sources for ide...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 513 - 521 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=162638873&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 162638873 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 21981833 NENI jtl: Journal of Public Health: From Theory to Practice (2198-1833) issn: 21981833 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Apr2023 vid: 31 iid: 4 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 162638873 10.1007/s10389-021-01568-0 ppf: 513 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: Fear of COVID-19 as a precautionary measure to prevent the epidemic among the population of the Kurdistan Region/Iraq: based on a questionnaire survey. aug: au: Barzinjy, Azeez A. Aziz, Kareem F. Hussen, Bashdar M. Qader, Saleem S. Hamad, Samir M. Qader, Arez S. Jamal, Abdullah L. affil: Department of Physics, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq Physics Education Department, Tishk International University, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq College of Nursing, Hawler Medical University, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq Hawler Medical University/College of Pharmacy, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq Hawler Medical University/Kurdistan Board for medical speciality, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq Scientific Research Centre, Soran University, 44008, Soran, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq Computer Department, Cihan University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq PAKY Hospital, Erbil, Iraq College of Business, University of Kurdistan-Hawler, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region, Iraq su: Iraq Fear Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation Sex distribution Age distribution Families Sociodemographic factors COVID-19 pandemic Educational attainment Mortality risk factors Risk assessment Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Research methodology Data analysis software COVID-19 sug: subj: Fear Cross-sectional method Self-evaluation Sex distribution Age distribution Families Sociodemographic factors COVID-19 pandemic Educational attainment Iraq Mortality risk factors Risk assessment Descriptive statistics Chi-squared test Research methodology Data analysis software COVID-19 keyword: Epidemic Kurdistan region Precautionary measure Epidemic Kurdistan region Precautionary measure ab: Background and objectives: The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the appearance of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei province, China, to be a public health emergency of international concern. The objectives of this study can be highlighted through classifying the information sources for identifying protective practices, death probability, gender–death associations probability and education level. Methodology: This is a descriptive design study conducted among the Kurdistan Region/Iraq population via an online application between 1 March and 1 May 2020. Three hundred twenty people participated in this questionnaire study. The data were collected through an online form, relying upon a self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire had three main parts. The first part is related to the socio-demographic characteristics of the sample, including gender, age, family status, address status and education level. The second part involves the items related to precautionary measures using none, sometimes, and always. The last part contains items related to death probability owing to other causes and this includes five categories: extremely low, low, intermediate, high and extremely high. The validity and reliability of this questionnaire were revised by the panel of experts before the data collection. Results: The outcomes of the study revealed that the majority, ca. 73%, of the Kurdistan Region/Iraq population depended on TV to obtain information about COVID-19. Also, this investigation showed that there is a substantial association between participants with infection prevention and control practices relevant to COVID-19. Moreover, according to this study, there is a significant relationship between the death probability and COVID-19. Concurrently, there is not any significant association between other causes, namely cancer, heart diseases, diabetes and road traffic accidents, and the death probability. Conclusion: This study showed that for the majority of the Kurdistan Region/Iraq population the most reliable source of information for any COVID-19 related updates is the TV broadcast. This study also indicated that there is strong association for the majority of individuals regarding their practices for prevention from COVID-19 and death probability with COVID-19. However, there is not any substantial association between the epidemic and the other deadly calamities and the death probability. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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