Individual and collective protective responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 different countries: Results from the EUCLID online survey

Koller, Julia E.; Villinger, Karoline; Lages, Nadine C.; Absetz, Pilvikki; Bamert, Melanie; Branquinho, Cátia; Chaves-Avilés, Lourdes; Dimitropoulou, Panagiota; Fernández, Ana Lucía Fernández; Matos, Margarida Gaspar de; Griškēviča, Ingūna; Gutiérrez‐Doña, Benicio; Hankonen, Nelli; Inauen, Jennifer; Peshevska, Dimitrinka Jordanova; Kassianos, Angelos P.; Kolsenikova, Jelena; Lavrič, Meta; Mitanovska, Tamara; Neter, Efrat; Poštuvan, Vita; Trups-Kalne, Ingrīda; Vargas-Carmiol, Jorge; Schupp, Harald T.; Renner, Britta

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2022.06.012

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“…A first major approach is to join forces and contributing to large trials. This approach was successfully adopted by observational studies investigating the adoption of protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic [32,38]. Differently, research on behavior change interventions for protective behaviors saw fewer collaborative efforts [39], and largescale multicenter trials were not common.…”

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Promoting hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial of the optimized Soapp+ app

Baretta,

Rüttimann,

Amrein

et al. 2023

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Background: The adoption of protective behaviors represents a crucial measure to counter the spread of infectious diseases. The development of effective behavior change interventions therefore emerged as public health priority during the COVID-19 pandemic, but randomized controlled trials testing such interventions during the pandemic were scarce. We conducted a Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) to develop, optimize and evaluate a smartphone app, Soapp+, to promote hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic. Purpose: In this paper, we present the results of the evaluation phase of Soapp+ that tested the app’s efficacy in promoting hand hygiene in comparison to an active control group that used a simplified version of the same app. Methods: We conducted a randomized controlled trial from March 2022 to April 2023 involving 193 participants. After baseline, the Soapp+ intervention lasted 32 days, followed by a post-intervention assessment and a 6-month follow-up. The primary outcome was the difference in hand hygiene behavior pre-post, and pre-follow-up. Hand hygiene was assessed with electronic diaries. Group differences were tested intention-to-treat with the Student’s t-test and the non-parametric Wilcoxon Rank Sum test. Results: Pre-registered t-tests didn’t show significant differences between groups. Differently, non-parametric analyses evidenced significant group differences in hand hygiene between pre-post and pre-follow-up in favor of the group using the full version of Soapp+. Conclusions: Soapp+ was developed through a rigorous experimental method during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The randomized controlled trial provided mixed but encouraging evidence for the efficacy of Soapp+ to promote hand hygiene in the context of a pandemic.

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Promoting hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial of the optimized Soapp+ app

Baretta,

Rüttimann,

Amrein

et al. 2023

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Illusion of Invulnerability, Risky Behavior, and Social standards amongst Pakistani University Undergraduates in Coronavirus disease-2019

Hussain

Rasheed²

2022

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This research inspects even if the illusion of invulnerability in Coronavirus disease-2019 among persons raises uncertain behavior via questionnaire statistics of university undergraduates in Pakistan. We investigate whether members' illusion of invulnerability varies depending on their point of intimacy with other people. Research detected that the classmates' presence in the place of neighbourhoods/guests creates members with greater Coronavirus disease-2019 illusion of invulnerability disposed to take more threats. As well, it is observed that preventive behavioral standards tailed by members lessen uncertain behavior amongst members with the greater illusion of invulnerability. Our research results suggest significant inferences for officials to reduce the spread of the virus among university undergraduates.

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Individual and collective protective responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 10 different countries: Results from the EUCLID online survey

Cited by 2 publications

References 49 publications

Promoting hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial of the optimized Soapp+ app

Promoting hand hygiene during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled trial of the optimized Soapp+ app

Illusion of Invulnerability, Risky Behavior, and Social standards amongst Pakistani University Undergraduates in Coronavirus disease-2019

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