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- Title
Factors associated with the use of masks against COVID-19 among Piauí primary care users.
- Authors
Aragão Moura, Ademir; Correa Filho, João Maria
- Abstract
Objective: To identify factors related to the use of masks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Cross-sectional quantitative study including 303 users interviewed between February and July 2021. Sociodemographic information, usage rate, information universe, perception of susceptibility and severity of the disease and perception of the benefit of the mask were analyzed. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were performed. Results: Wearing a mask was the most received information (95.7%); the most implemented measure (93.7%); and the most important method (53.3%) according to users. Television was the main information vehicle, but the health agent was the safest source. Most classified the disease as severe and were indecisive about the protective potential of the mask. Higher level of income and education were predictors of greater confidence in the measure. Conclusion: Users adopted masks on a large scale, but the sense of protection was low. Such findings may support communication strategies in future pandemics.
- Subjects
MEDICAL masks; HEALTH Belief Model; RESEARCH; COVID-19; CROSS-sectional method; PUBLIC health; QUANTITATIVE research; INTERVIEWING; REGRESSION analysis; PRIMARY health care; PREVENTIVE health services; SEVERITY of illness index; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; PERSONAL protective equipment; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; STATISTICAL sampling
- Publication
Saúde Coletiva, 2023, Vol 13, Issue 84, p12269
- ISSN
1806-3365
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.36489/saudecoletiva.2023v13i84p12262-12275