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ArticlePreventive medicine2022

Political stringency, infection rates, and higher education students' adherence to government measures in the Nordic countries and the UK during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak.

G Berg-Beckhoff, M Bask, S S Jervelund, J D Guldager, A Quickfall, F Rabiee Khan, G Oddsson, K A van der Wel, K K Sarasjärvi, S Olafsdottir and 3 more

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Article in Preventive medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 11 institutions in 7 countries.

G Berg-BeckhoffUnit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark; University hospital of the University of Southern Denmark, Hospital South West Jutland, Denmark. Electronic address: gbergbeckhoff@health.sdu.dk.
M BaskUppsala University, Department of Sociology, Box 624, 751 26 Uppsala, Sweden.
S S JervelundUniversity of Copenhagen, Department of Public Health, Section for Health Services Research, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
J D GuldagerUnit for Health Promotion Research, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark; Department of Physiotherapy, University College South Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark.
A QuickfallPrimary and Early Years Initial Teacher Education, Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, UK.
F Rabiee KhanSchool of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health, Education & life sciences, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK.
G OddssonDepartment of Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, Borgir v/Norðurslóð, Akureyri 600, Iceland.
K A van der WelDepartment of Social Work, Child Welfare and Social Policy, OsloMet - Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.
K K SarasjärviUniversity of Helsinki, Doctoral Programme in Population Health, P.O. Box 4, Yliopistonkatu 3, 00014, University of Helsinki, Finland.
S OlafsdottirDepartment of Sociology, University of Iceland, Oddi v/Sturlugötu, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland.
V BuffelCentre for Population, Family, and Health, Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
V SkalickáDepartment of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway.
S Van de VeldeCentre for Population, Family, and Health, Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
University of Antwerp · BEUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKBirmingham City University · GBBishop Grosseteste University · GBNorwegian University of Science and Technology · NOOsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University · NOUniversity of Akureyri · ISUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Iceland · ISUppsala University · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding predictors of adherence to governmental measures to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 is fundamental to guide health communication. This study examined whether political stringency and infection rates during the first wave of the pandemic were associated with higher education students' adherence to COVID-19 government measures in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland, and Sweden) and the United Kingdom. Both individual- and country-level data were used in present study. An international cross-sectional subsample (n = 10,345) of higher-education students was conducted in May-June 2020 to collect individual-level information on socio-demographics, study information, living arrangements, health behaviors, stress, and COVID-19-related concerns, including adherence to government measures. Country-level data on political stringency from the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker and national infection rates were added to individual-level data. Multiple linear regression analyses stratified by country were conducted. Around 66% of students reported adhering to government measures, with the highest adherence in the UK (73%) followed by Iceland (72%), Denmark (69%), Norway (67%), Finland (64%) and Sweden (49%). Main predictors for higher adherence were older age, being female and being worried about getting infected with COVID-19 (individual-level), an increase in number of days since lockdown, political stringency, and information about COVID-19 mortality rates (country-level). However, incidence rate was an inconsistent predictor, which may be explained by imperfect data quality during the onset of the pandemic. We conclude that shorter lockdown periods and political stringency are associated with adherence to government measures among higher education students at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19Communicable Disease ControlCross-Sectional StudiesDisease OutbreaksFemaleGovernmentHumansMalePandemicsScandinavian and Nordic CountriesStudentsAdherenceCOVID-19First wave pandemicGovernment measuresHigher-education students

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PMID36075491
PMCPMC9444587
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