Perceived infection risk, infection exposure, and compliance to infection control measures among the first COVID-19 patients in Norway.

Bjørn Sætrevik, Rebecca J Cox, Dagrun W Linchausen, Sebastian B Bjørkheim

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Bjørn SætrevikOperational Psychology Research Group, Department for Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-9367-6987

Rebecca J CoxInfluenza Centre, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Norway.

Dagrun W LinchausenDepartment of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Norway.

Sebastian B BjørkheimOperational Psychology Research Group, Department for Psychosocial Science, Faculty of Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.

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Abstract

aimsThe COVID-19 pandemic provided a unique opportunity to assess how infected patients viewed risk. We investigated whether cases infected early in the pandemic had assessed the risk to be lower, been more exposed and took fewer precautions to prevent infection.

methodsWe asked first-wave Norwegian COVID-19 patients (

resultsBoth patient groups saw the risk as lower than did the representative sample. Contact with infected people was more frequent for the COVID-19 patients than for the other patients. More of the COVID-19 patients had travelled abroad immediately before the outbreak. COVID-19 patients complied less with the infection control measures than did the representative sample. The COVID-19 patients agreed less than the other patients with a statement that they had 'complied in general'.

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COVID-19Infection ControlPatient ComplianceAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNorwayRisk AssessmentYoung AdultCOVID-19 pandemicsinfectionpublic healthRiskrisk reduction behaviour

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PMID40017045

DOI10.1177/14034948251315341

PMCPMC12159351

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