ArticleFrontiers in public health2023
Fear of COVID-19, risk perception and preventive behavior in health workers: a cross-sectional analysis in middle-income Latin American countries.
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- Impact of local COVID-19 incidence on health care personnel risk perception and social activity.American journal of infection control · 2026Article
- COVID-19 Infection Risk Among Vulnerable Healthcare Workers: The Protective Role of Pre-Pandemic Recognition.Clinics and practice · 2026Article
- The association between self-employed workers' risk perception and use of preventive occupational physician care.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Use of personal protective equipment among nurses in the pre- and post-COVID-19 vaccination periods.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Risk perception of healthcare workers in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Health risk perception and exercise intention of college students: a moderated mediation model of health anxiety and lay theories of health.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Social support for overcoming fear of contagion at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional study in Latin America.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the association between fear of COVID-19 and risk perception with preventive behavior in health professionals from four Latin American countries. An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted. Health professionals with on-site care in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Peru were surveyed. Information was collected through an online self-report questionnaire. The main variables were preventive behavior as the dependent variable and fear of COVID-19 and risk perception as independent variables. Linear regression was used, and unstandardized beta coefficient and value of ps were calculated. Four hundred and thirty-five health professionals were included, the majority were aged 42 years or older (45.29, 95%CI: 40.65-50.01) and female (67.82, 95%CI: 63.27-72.05). It was shown that the greater the fear of COVID-19, the greater the preventive behavior of COVID-19 infection (
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