Pakpour HA, Amir and Liu, Chieh-hsiu and Hou, Wen-Li and Chen, Yu-Pin and Li, Yueh-Ping and Kuo, Yi-Jie and Lin, Chung-Ying and Scarf, Damian (2021) Comparing Fear of COVID-19 and Preventive COVID-19 Infection Behaviors Between Iranian and Taiwanese Older People: Early Reaction May Be a Key. Frontiers in Public Health.
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Abstract
This study assessed fear of the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19), preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors, and the association between fear of COVID-19 and preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among older people in Iran and Taiwan. Older people aged over 60 years (n = 144 for Iranians and 139 for Taiwanese) completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and two items on preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors (i.e., hand washing and mouth covering when sneezing). Iranian older people had a significantly higher level of fear of COVID-19 than did Taiwanese older people. Moreover, Iranian older people had significantly lower frequencies of preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors than did Taiwanese older people. Different timings in implementing COVID-19 infection control policies in Iran and Taiwan may explain why Iranian older people had greater fear of COVID-19 and lower preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors than did Taiwanese older people.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RN Health > RN1004 Health Care Management |
| Divisions: | University Portal > research center > sdh |
| Depositing User: | pr SDH research |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2022 05:32 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2022 05:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.qums.ac.ir/id/eprint/11278 |
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