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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2021 Jul;27(7):1802-1810.
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210054.
Psychobehavioral Responses and Likelihood of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines during the Pandemic, Hong Kong
Kin On Kwok, Kin Kit Li, Arthur Tang, Margaret Ting Fong Tsoi, Emily Ying Yang Chan, Julian Wei Tze Tang, Angel Wong, Wan In Wei, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong
Abstract
To access temporal changes in psychobehavioral responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, we conducted a 5-round (R1-R5) longitudinal population-based online survey in Hong Kong during January-September 2020. Most respondents reported wearing masks (R1 99.0% to R5 99.8%) and performing hand hygiene (R1 95.8% to R5 97.7%). Perceived COVID-19 severity decreased significantly, from 97.4% (R1) to 77.2% (R5), but perceived self-susceptibility remained high (87.2%-92.8%). Female sex and anxiety were associated with greater adoption of social distancing. Intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines decreased significantly (R4 48.7% to R5 37.6%). Greater anxiety, confidence in vaccine, and collective responsibility and weaker complacency were associated with higher tendency to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Although its generalizability should be assumed with caution, this study helps to formulate health communication strategies and foretells the initial low uptake rate of COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting that social distancing should be maintained in the medium term.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; longitudinal assessment; preventive measures; psychobehavioral; risk perception; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccine uptake; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2021 Jul;27(7):1802-1810.
doi: 10.3201/eid2707.210054.
Psychobehavioral Responses and Likelihood of Receiving COVID-19 Vaccines during the Pandemic, Hong Kong
Kin On Kwok, Kin Kit Li, Arthur Tang, Margaret Ting Fong Tsoi, Emily Ying Yang Chan, Julian Wei Tze Tang, Angel Wong, Wan In Wei, Samuel Yeung Shan Wong
- PMID: 34152948
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2707.210054
Abstract
To access temporal changes in psychobehavioral responses to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, we conducted a 5-round (R1-R5) longitudinal population-based online survey in Hong Kong during January-September 2020. Most respondents reported wearing masks (R1 99.0% to R5 99.8%) and performing hand hygiene (R1 95.8% to R5 97.7%). Perceived COVID-19 severity decreased significantly, from 97.4% (R1) to 77.2% (R5), but perceived self-susceptibility remained high (87.2%-92.8%). Female sex and anxiety were associated with greater adoption of social distancing. Intention to receive COVID-19 vaccines decreased significantly (R4 48.7% to R5 37.6%). Greater anxiety, confidence in vaccine, and collective responsibility and weaker complacency were associated with higher tendency to receive COVID-19 vaccines. Although its generalizability should be assumed with caution, this study helps to formulate health communication strategies and foretells the initial low uptake rate of COVID-19 vaccines, suggesting that social distancing should be maintained in the medium term.
Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; Hong Kong; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; longitudinal assessment; preventive measures; psychobehavioral; risk perception; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; vaccine uptake; vaccines; viruses; zoonoses.