Adoption of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens during the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan

Objectives: To clarify the implementation status of personal protective measures by ordinary citizens in Japan during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study based on internet-based survey. A total of 2400 people (50% male: 20–79 years) were selected between February 25 and 27, 2020, from registrants of an Internet research company, to complete a questionnaire. Participants were asked to indicate how often they implemented the following five personal protective measures recommended by the World Health Organization (hand hygiene, social distancing measures, avoiding touching the eyes, nose and mouth, respiratory etiquette, and self-isolation). In addition, the participants responded to questions regarding the daily frequency of hand hygiene events. Results: The prevalence of the five personal protective measures ranged from 59.8% to 83.8%, with the lowest being avoiding touching the eyes, nose, and mouth. In total, 34.7% implemented all personal protective measures. The median daily hand hygiene events were 5 per day (25th percentile, 75th percentile: 3,8). Conclusions: The protective measures implemented by ordinary citizens are insufficient and further public awareness activities are required..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

Enthalten in:

International Journal of Infectious Diseases - 94(2020), Seite 139-144

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Masaki Machida [VerfasserIn]
Itaru Nakamura [VerfasserIn]
Reiko Saito [VerfasserIn]
Tomoki Nakaya [VerfasserIn]
Tomoya Hanibuchi [VerfasserIn]
Tomoko Takamiya [VerfasserIn]
Yuko Odagiri [VerfasserIn]
Noritoshi Fukushima [VerfasserIn]
Hiroyuki Kikuchi [VerfasserIn]
Takako Kojima [VerfasserIn]
Hidehiro Watanabe [VerfasserIn]
Shigeru Inoue [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Epidemiology
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Outbreak
Prevention
Protective measures
Public health

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ069281173