School of Public Health and the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 310058, Hangzhou, China.
Department of Pharmacy, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
Int J Behav Med. 2022 Apr;29(2):247-252. doi: 10.1007/s12529-021-10004-2. Epub 2021 Jun 23.
Risk perception is an important predictor of health-protective behaviors during pandemics. However, the underlying mechanism connecting risk perception and health-protective behaviors is not well understood. The current study investigates how risk perception predicts hospital pharmacists' engagement in health-protective behaviors during the peak period of COVID-19 pandemic in China and the mediating effects of lay theories of health and self-efficacy.
A cross-sectional study on risk perception and engagement in health-protective behaviors was conducted among hospital pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic in China. A total of 4121 hospital pharmacists completed the study.
Risk perception, self-efficacy, and lay theories of health were significant predictors of health-protective behaviors among pharmacists. Lay (entity) theories of health and self-efficacy mediated the relationship between risk perception and engagement in health-protective behaviors among hospital pharmacists.
Risk perception, self-efficacy, and lay theories (entity versus incremental) of health significantly predicted hospital pharmacists' engagement in health-protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
风险感知是大流行期间健康保护行为的重要预测因素。然而,将风险感知与健康保护行为联系起来的潜在机制尚不清楚。本研究调查了风险感知如何预测中国 COVID-19 大流行高峰期医院药师参与健康保护行为,以及健康和自我效能的朴素理论的中介作用。
在中国 COVID-19 大流行期间,对医院药师的风险感知和参与健康保护行为进行了横断面研究。共有 4121 名医院药师完成了这项研究。
风险感知、自我效能和健康朴素理论是药师健康保护行为的重要预测因素。健康朴素理论(实体论)和自我效能在风险感知与医院药师参与健康保护行为之间起中介作用。
风险感知、自我效能和健康朴素理论(实体论与渐进论)显著预测了中国 COVID-19 大流行期间医院药师参与健康保护行为。