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Factors associated with adherence to self-isolation and lockdown measures in the UK: a cross-sectional survey.
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- The impact of COVID-19 self-isolation on healthcare workers' psychological wellbeing: a systematic review.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of self-isolation on psychological wellbeing in adults and how to reduce it: A systematic review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Behavioural Sciences Contribution to Suppressing Transmission of Covid-19 in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Pooled it
- What have we learned about COVID-19 volunteering in the UK? A rapid review of the literature.BMC public health · 2021Pooled it
- Implementing Public Health Strategies-The Need for Educational Initiatives: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Factors Associated with the Implementation of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions for Reducing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Intentional and unintentional non-adherence to social distancing measures during COVID-19: A mixed-methods analysis.PloS one · 2021Trial
- Home isolation capacity after Covid-19 diagnosis in vulnerable communities of two Brazilian cities: TQT Covid-19 Study.Revista de saude publica · 2026Article
- Adherence to mask wearing and social distancing and use of lateral flow tests during the COVID19 pandemic in England and Wales based on the virus watch community cohort study.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Sustainable Personalized Home Care for Pandemic Management: A Service-Oriented Approach.Digital government (New York, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Dynamic interactions of COVID-19 incidences, mobility, and social distancing policies in seoul: A VAR model approach.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- For Better or Worse? Subjective Expectations and Cost-Benefit Trade-Offs in Health Behavior: An Application to Lockdown Compliance in the United Kingdom.Health economics · 2025Article
- Convergence and diversity: how collective risk perception shapes public compliance behaviour - a case study of China's Covid-19 response.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Impact of non-pharmacological interventions on the first wave of COVID-19 in Portugal 2020.Heliyon · 2025Article
- GATI-RS model using Bi-LSTM and multi-head attention mechanism to enhance online shopping experience for the elderly with accurate click-through rate prediction.PeerJ. Computer science · 2025Article
- Understanding the social and cognitive influences on the adoption of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions: a survey of a Saudi Arabian sample.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Modeling the transmission mitigation impact of testing for infectious diseases.Science advances · 2024Article
- Closing the Gap: How Psychological Distance Influences Willingness to Engage in Risky COVID Behavior.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate factors associated with adherence to self-isolation and lockdown measures due to COVID-19 in the UK. STUDY
designOnline cross-sectional survey.
methodsData were collected between 6th and 7th May 2020. A total of 2240 participants living in the UK aged 18 years or older were recruited from YouGov's online research panel.
resultsA total of 217 people (9.7%) reported that they or someone in their household had symptoms of COVID-19 (cough or high temperature/fever) in the last 7 days. Of these people, 75.1% had left the home in the last 24 h (defined as non-adherent). Men were more likely to be non-adherent, as were people who were less worried about COVID-19, and who perceived a smaller risk of catching COVID-19. Adherence was associated with having received help from someone outside your household. Results should be taken with caution as there was no evidence for associations when controlling for multiple analyses. Of people reporting no symptoms in the household, 24.5% had gone out shopping for non-essentials in the last week (defined as non-adherent). Factors associated with non-adherence and with a higher total number of outings in the last week included decreased perceived effectiveness of government 'lockdown' measures, decreased perceived severity of COVID-19 and decreased estimates of how many other people were following lockdown rules. Having received help was associated with better adherence.
conclusionsAdherence to self-isolation is poor. As we move into a new phase of contact tracing and self-isolation, it is essential that adherence is improved. Communications should aim to increase knowledge about actions to take when symptomatic or if you have been in contact with a possible COVID-19 case. They should also emphasise the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 when out and about and the effectiveness of preventative measures. Using volunteer networks effectively to support people in isolation may promote adherence.
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