COVID-19 preventive behaviors and influencing factors in the Iranian population; a web-based survey

COVID19 is a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus. As there has been no definitive treatment for the disease so far, the only way to control the spread is to break the chain of infection. Our study aimed to analyze the preventive behaviors and influencing factors in the Iranian populati...

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Published in:BMC public health 2021-01, Vol.21 (1), p.143-143, Article 143
Main Authors: Firouzbakht, Mojgan, Omidvar, Shabnam, Firouzbakht, Saeedeh, Asadi-Amoli, Arman
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of daily living
Adult
Age
Behavior
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
COVID-19 - epidemiology
COVID-19 - prevention & control
Cross-Sectional Studies
Demographic aspects
Demographics
Disease control
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Economics
Epidemics
Female
Gender
Gloves
Hands
Health Behavior
Humans
Hygiene
Internet
Iran - epidemiology
Male
Masks
Medical supplies
Middle Aged
Online survey
Polls & surveys
Population
Population studies
Preventive behaviors
Public health
Questionnaires
Regression analysis
Respiratory diseases
Social sciences
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Viral diseases
Washing
Web-based
Websites
Womens health
Young Adult
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Summary:COVID19 is a respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus. As there has been no definitive treatment for the disease so far, the only way to control the spread is to break the chain of infection. Our study aimed to analyze the preventive behaviors and influencing factors in the Iranian population. This cross-sectional study was a web-based survey in the Iranian population. We performed the study during the first peak of COVID-19 outbreak (from March 25th, 2020 to April 5th . We used demographic and Preventive behaviors questionnaires to collect the data. This web-based survey was publicized on the internet through the common platforms used by the Iranian population. This survey was released on the website " Porsline.com ". A total of 2097 acceptable questionnaires were filled. All data were analyzed, using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19. 61.9% of the participants checked the hand-washing question as "Always". 55.7 and 58.2% checked the wearing masks and gloves as "Always", respectively. We found a significant relationship between gender and hand washing behavior (P = 0.006) and the use of masks and gloves (P 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-021-10201-4