Increase in people’s behavioural risks for contracting COVID-19 during the 2021 New Year holiday season: longitudinal survey of the general population in Japan
Abstract:ObjectivesThere has been no study in Japan on the predictors of risk for acquiring SARS-CoV-2 infection based on people’s behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to document changes in risk behaviour during the New Year’s holiday season in 2021 and to identify factors associated with high-risk behaviour for infection using a quantitative assessment tool.DesignA longitudinal survey.SettingMultiphasic health check-ups for the general population in Iwate Prefecture.ParticipantsSerial cro… Show more
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