ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2021
Individual-Level Heterogeneity in Mask Wearing during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malaysia.
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- What Sustains Mask-Wearing Behavior among Elders in a Rural Community in the Post-COVID-19 Era: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Correlations of demographic factors and hygiene factors with face mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic and suggestion for future research: A cross-sectional study of adults in Malaysia.Journal of public health research · 2023Article
- Explicating gender disparity in wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Contextual Factors of Face Mask Wearing During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Recommendations to Increase Compliance Rate.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2022Article
- Factors affecting face mask-wearing behaviors to prevent COVID-19 among Thai people: A binary logistic regression model.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Facing the unknown COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study with nurses and nursing assistants in three European countries.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Wearing a face mask has been a key approach to contain or slow down the spread of COVID-19 in the ongoing pandemic. However, there is huge heterogeneity among individuals in their willingness to wear face masks during an epidemic. This research aims to investigate the individual heterogeneity to wear face masks and its associated predictors during the COVID-19 pandemic when mask-wearing was not mandatory. Based on a survey of 708 Malaysian adults and a multivariate least-squares fitting analysis, the results reveal a significant variance among individuals in wearing masks, as 34% of the individual adults did not always wear masks in public places. Female individuals, individuals who wash their hands more frequently, and those who reported more availability of personal protective equipment were more likely to practice mask-wearing. The identification of less-compliant groups of mask wearing has critical implications by enabling more specific health communication campaigns.
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