The role of institutional trust in medical care seeking during the COVID-19 pandemic / Wong, Li Ping et al., [Qunhong Wu, Yanhua Hao, Xi Chen, Zhuo Chen, Haridah Alias, Mingwang Shen, Jingcen Hu, Shiwei Duan, Jinjie Zhang, Liyuan Han]

This paper investigates the associations between institution trust and public response to the COVID-19 outbreak. An Internet-based, cross-sectional survey was administered on January 29, 2020 to the epicenter Hubei province, China. A total of 4,393 adults who ≥18 years of age and residing or working in the province of Hubei were included in the study. The majority of the participants expressed a higher level of trust in the information and preventive instructions provided by the central government than by the local government. Being under quarantine (adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 2.35, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.80-3.08) and having a high institutional trust score (OR = 2.23, 95% CI 1.96-2.53) were both strong and significant determinants of higher preventive behavior scores. The majority of study participants (85.7%, n = 3,640) reported that they would seek hospital treatment if they suspected themselves to have been infected with COVID-19. Few of the participants from Wuhan (16.6%, n = 475) and those participants who were under quarantine (13.8%, n = 550) expressed an unwillingness to seek hospital treatment. Institutional trust is an important factor influencing adequate preventive behavior and seeking formal medical care during an outbreak..

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

Essen: Global Labor Organization (GLO) ; 2020

Reihe:

GLO discussion paper - no. 558

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wong, Li Ping [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Qunhong [VerfasserIn]
Hao, Yanhua [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhuo [VerfasserIn]
Alias, Haridah [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Mingwang [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Jingcen [VerfasserIn]
Duan, Shiwei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jinjie [VerfasserIn]
Han, Liyuan [VerfasserIn]

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1 Online-Ressource (circa 21 Seiten) ; Illustrationen

Weitere IDs:

10419/217496

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

1699213038