ArticlePreventive medicine2021
What challenges do UK adults face when adhering to COVID-19-related instructions? Cross-sectional survey in a representative sample.
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- Behavioural Sciences Contribution to Suppressing Transmission of Covid-19 in the UK: A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2024Pooled it
- 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
- Impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency on healthcare professional delivery of opportunistic behaviour change interventions: a retrospective cohort study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Challenges to self-isolation among contacts of cases of COVID-19: a national telephone survey in Wales.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2023Article
- What affected UK adults' adherence to medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic? Cross-sectional survey in a representative sample of people with long-term conditions.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2023Article
- Experiences, Perceptions of Risk, and Lasting Impacts of COVID-19 for Employees in the Public Transport Sector.Annals of work exposures and health · 2023Article
- "We want to live a little longer and our family want[s] us around": A summative content analysis of adherence to COVID-19-related guidelines using the Theoretical Domains Framework.British journal of health psychology · 2022Article
- The association between COVID-19-related fear and reported self-harm in a national survey of people with a lifetime history of self-harm.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- What Should I do and Who's to blame? A cross-national study on youth's attitudes and beliefs in times of COVID-19.PloS one · 2022Article
- Between division and connection: a qualitative study of the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on social relationships in the United Kingdom.Wellcome open research · 2022Article
- Editorial: Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): The Mental Health, Resilience, and Communication Resources for the Short- and Long-term Challenges Faced by Healthcare Workers.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Identifying targets for interventions to support public adherence to government instructions to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Adherence to government COVID-19-related instructions is reported to be high, but the psychosocial impacts of measures such as self-isolation and physical distancing could undermine long-term adherence to containment measures. The first step in designing interventions to mitigate the impacts of adhering to COVID-19-related instructions is to identify what are the most prevalent challenges and what characterises the people facing them. A cross-sectional survey was administered to a representative sample of the UK population (N = 2252), of whom n = 2139 (94.9%) reported adhering to the UK government's COVID-19-related instructions, and were included in the final analysis. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression. Of the people who reported adhering to UK government's COVID-19-related instructions, 80.3% reported experiencing challenges. Adults aged 55 years or over (OR = 1.939, 95%CI 1.331-2.825) and men (OR = 0.489, 95%CI 0.393-0.608) were least likely to report challenges. Adjusting to changes in daily routine (reported by 48.7% of the sample), mental health (reported by 41.4% of the sample) and physical health (reported by 31.5% of the sample) were the most prevalent challenges. For the first time, the present study quantifies the extent to which people experienced challenges when adhering to government COVID-19-related instructions. Few people reported experiencing no challenges when adhering to COVID-19-related instructions. Interventions to address the effects of changes in daily routine, mental health challenges, and physical health challenges should be prioritised, with a focus on key subgroups including women, younger adults, and people without care commitments.
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