Greek population's perceptions of non-pharmacological interventions towards the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic mitigation: A regression-based association analysis
Greek population's perceptions of non-pharmacological interventions
towards the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic mitigation: A
regression-based association analysis
Boutsikari, Eleni C.
Christakou, Anna
Elpidoforou, Michail and
Kopsidas, Ioannis
Nikolovienis, Nicholas
Kardara, Despina and
Boutsikari, Chrissoula C.
Triantafyllou, Christos
INTRODUCTION In the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, even though vaccines have been rolled out and the vaccination
campaigns in some countries have already been followed by a decline in
number and severity of cases, non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) are
still playing an important role on COVID-19 management (e.g. social
distancing) that are imposed by the authorities and require the public’s
adherence and behavioral adjustment. This study aims to identify factors
that affect the general public’s attitudes towards the importance of NPI
in Greece.
METHODS This prevalence study, enrolled 657 adults from the general
Greek population in order to assess their beliefs and identify possible
factors that influence their perceptions of NPI. All associations were
assessed through multivariate logistic regression.
RESULTS Overall, Greeks considered NPI important for health protection.
The participants who were less likely to consider NPI important were men
compared to women (OR=1.64; 95% CI: 1.15-2.36, p=0.007), people aged
<40 years compared to those >= 40 years (OR=0.48; 95% CI: 0.34-0.68,
p<0.001), and people who did not choose the Hellenic National Public
Health Organization (NPHO) to get informed about COVID-19 compared to
other sources (OR=0.65; 95% CI: 0.46-0.92, p=0.014).
CONCLUSIONS This study profiled Greek people who do and do not consider
NPI important, primarily on their demographic characteristics. Focused
communicational strategies in certain population subgroups are
recommended.
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