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ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2023

Is fear of COVID-19 higher in individuals residing in more deprived areas? A nationwide study.

Woorim Kim, Soon Young Lee, Yeong Jun Ju

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Article in Journal of public health (Oxford, England), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Woorim KimDivision of Cancer Control & Policy, National Cancer Center, National Cancer Control Institute, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 10408, Republic of Korea.
Soon Young LeeDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16499, Republic of Korea.
Yeong Jun JuDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16499, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4891-0524
Suwon Science College · KRNational Cancer Center · KR

Funding

Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency KDCA-2733-5488
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study investigated the association between various types of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related fear and the level of area deprivation in Korea.

methodsDifferent types of COVID-19-related fear were examined, namely fear of infection, fear of dying from infection, fear of public criticism, fear of a family member getting infected and fear of economic loss. The level of area deprivation was measured based on the Area Deprivation Index, which was calculated based on population census data. The association between various types of COVID-19-related fear and the level of area deprivation was analyzed using multivariable logistic regression analysis.

resultsThis study included 199 859 individuals from the 253 administrative divisions in South Korea. Findings indicated that fear was most common in individuals residing in the most deprived areas, followed by those in the mediocre and least deprived areas (fear of infection: odds ratio (OR) 1.05, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.09; fear of dying from infection: OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.19-1.28; fear of public criticism: OR 1.20, 95% CI 1.15-1.24; fear of a family member getting infected: OR 1.12, 95% CI 1.07-1.18).

conclusionsThe findings suggest the need to monitor and account for area deprivation in managing the psychological health effects of the COVID-19 crisis.

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COVID-19FearHumansMental HealthRepublic of Koreaarea deprivationCOVID-19fear of COVID-19mental healthSouth Korea

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