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Describe and correlate the level of knowledge and attitudes with compliance toward personal hygiene and physical distancing practices in Asian countries during the early phase of the pandemic.

August 1, 2021BMJ OpenOpen Access

Factors associated with high compliance behaviour against COVID-19 in the early phase of pandemic: a cross-sectional study in 12 Asian countries

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Describe and correlate the level of knowledge and attitudes with compliance toward personal hygiene and physical distancing practices in Asian countries during the early phase of the pandemic.
Conducted a multinational cross-sectional electronic survey between May and June 2020 across 14 geographical areas.
Recruited N=2574 individuals aged 21 years and older via social media, email, and word of mouth (762 from East Asia and 1812 from Southeast Asia).
A higher proportion of respondents from Southeast Asia committed to practicing physical distancing as long as necessary compared to East Asia (72.8% vs 60.6%).
Independent predictors of high compliance included maintaining distances over 1–2 m (AdjOR 5.09, 95% CI 1.08–24.01) or 3–4 m (AdjOR 7.05, 95% CI 1.32–37.67), prior mask-wearing for flu symptoms, and high psychological well-being (AdjOR 1.39, 95% CI 1.04–1.87).
Using online news platforms (AdjOR 1.73, 95% CI 1.21–2.49) and social media (AdjOR 1.68, 95% CI 1.13–2.50) as primary COVID-19 information sources independently correlated with higher compliance.

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Cross-sectional study reveals behavioral and digital media factors driving COVID-19 guideline compliance across Asian adults, highlighting targets for future pandemic risk communication.

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Chua et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab3410adf4537bc46067e75 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046310

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Cross-sectional study reveals behavioral and digital media factors driving COVID-19 guideline compliance across Asian adults, highlighting targets for future pandemic risk communication.

Factors associated with high compliance behaviour against COVID-19 in the early phase of pandemic: a cross-sectional study in 12 Asian countries

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Factors associated with high compliance behaviour against COVID-19 in the early phase of pandemic: a cross-sectional study in 12 Asian countries

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