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1. Social distancing in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States.

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Nina B Masters, Shu-Fang Shih, Allen Bukoff, Kaitlyn B Akel, Lindsay C Kobayashi, Alison L Miller, Harapan Harapan, Yihan Lu, and Abram L Wagner

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Medicine, Science
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In order to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, much of the US was placed under social distancing guidelines during March 2020. We characterized risk perceptions and adherence to social distancing recommendations in March 2020 among US adults aged 18+ in an online survey with age and gender quotas to match the general US population (N = 713). We used multivariable logistic and linear regression to estimate associations between age (by generational cohort) and these outcomes. The median perceived risk of infection with COVID-19 within the next month was 32%, and 65% of individuals were practicing more social distancing than before the outbreak. Baby Boomers had lower perceived risk than Millennials (-10.6%, 95% CI: -16.2%, -5.0%), yet were more frequently social distancing (OR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.05, 2.56). Public health outreach should focus on raising compliance with social distancing recommendations, especially among high risk groups. Efforts to address risk perceptions alone may be inadequate.

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2020
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2. Social distancing in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States

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Allen Bukoff, Alison L. Miller, Nina B. Masters, Kaitlyn B. Akel, Lindsay C. Kobayashi, Shu Fang Shih, Harapan Harapan, Yihan Lu, and Abram L. Wagner

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Male, Viral Diseases, Epidemiology, Surveys, Social Distancing, 01 natural sciences, Geographical locations, Medical Conditions, 0302 clinical medicine, Pandemic, Medicine and Health Sciences, Public and Occupational Health, 030212 general & internal medicine, Computer Networks, Social isolation, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, Social distance, Middle Aged, Outreach, Infectious Diseases, Research Design, Quarantine, Medicine, Female, medicine.symptom, Psychology, Coronavirus Infections, Research Article, Adult, Computer and Information Sciences, medicine.medical_specialty, Infectious Disease Control, Adolescent, Science, Population, Physical Distancing, Pneumonia, Viral, Research and Analysis Methods, Compliance (psychology), 03 medical and health sciences, Risk-Taking, medicine, Humans, 0101 mathematics, education, Pandemics, Internet, Survey Research, Public health, 010102 general mathematics, COVID-19, Covid 19, United States, Risk perception, Attitude, Medical Risk Factors, North America, People and places, Demography
Abstract

In order to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, much of the US was placed under social distancing guidelines during March 2020. We characterized risk perceptions and adherence to social distancing recommendations in March 2020 among US adults aged 18+ in an online survey with age and gender quotas to match the general US population (N = 713). We used multivariable logistic and linear regression to estimate associations between age (by generational cohort) and these outcomes. The median perceived risk of infection with COVID-19 within the next month was 32%, and 65% of individuals were practicing more social distancing than before the outbreak. Baby Boomers had lower perceived risk than Millennials (-10.6%, 95% CI: -16.2%, -5.0%), yet were more frequently social distancing (OR = 1.64; 95% CI: 1.05, 2.56). Public health outreach should focus on raising compliance with social distancing recommendations, especially among high risk groups. Efforts to address risk perceptions alone may be inadequate.

Published
2020

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