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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Patterns of Perceived Harms and Benefits of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Hong Kong Adults: A Latent Profile Analysis.

Bo-Wen Chen, Wei-Jie Gong, Agnes Yuen-Kwan Lai, Shirley Man-Man Sit, Sai-Yin Ho, Man-Ping Wang, Nancy Xiaonan Yu, Tai-Hing Lam

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Bo-Wen ChenDepartment of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1073-4599
Wei-Jie GongSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2410-7518
Agnes Yuen-Kwan LaiSchool of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7321-2632
Shirley Man-Man SitSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8429-707X
Sai-Yin HoSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9485-0273
Man-Ping WangSchool of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4000-2388
Nancy Xiaonan YuDepartment of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6371-2684
Tai-Hing LamSchool of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2033-9971

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Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic caused different types of harms and benefits, but the combined patterns of perceived harms and benefits are unclear. We aimed to identify the patterns of perceived harms and benefits of the COVID-19 outbreak and to examine their associations with socio-demographic characteristics, happiness, and changes in smoking and drinking. A population-based cross-sectional online survey was conducted in May 2020 on Hong Kong adults (N = 4520). Patterns of perceived harms and benefits of COVID-19 were identified using latent profile analysis. Their associations with socio-demographic characteristics, happiness, and changes in smoking and drinking were examined using multinomial logistic regression. We identified three distinct patterns: indifferent (66.37%), harm (13.28%), and benefit (20.35%). Compared with the indifferent subgroup, the harm subgroup was younger, less happy, and had increased drinking, and hence might be at higher risk, whereas the benefit subgroup was more likely to be female, live with one or more cohabitants, have postsecondary education, be happier, and have decreased drinking, and could be more adaptive. Future studies can target the harm subgroup to facilitate their positive adjustments.

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COVID-19AdultCross-Sectional StudiesDisease OutbreaksFemaleHong KongHumansMalePandemicsCOVID-19latent profile analysismeaning makingperceived benefitperceived harm

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