Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden.
Front Public Health. 2021 Sep 23;9:740333. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.740333. eCollection 2021.
This study assessed fear of the novel coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19), preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors, and the association between fear of COVID-19 and preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors among older people in Iran and Taiwan. Older people aged over 60 years ( = 144 for Iranians and 139 for Taiwanese) completed the Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S) and two items on preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors (i.e., hand washing and mouth covering when sneezing). Iranian older people had a significantly higher level of fear of COVID-19 than did Taiwanese older people. Moreover, Iranian older people had significantly lower frequencies of preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors than did Taiwanese older people. Different timings in implementing COVID-19 infection control policies in Iran and Taiwan may explain why Iranian older people had greater fear of COVID-19 and lower preventive COVID-19 infection behaviors than did Taiwanese older people.
本研究评估了伊朗和中国台湾地区老年人对新型冠状病毒-2019（COVID-19）的恐惧、预防 COVID-19 感染的行为，以及 COVID-19 恐惧与预防 COVID-19 感染行为之间的关系。年龄在 60 岁以上的老年人（伊朗老年人 144 人，中国台湾老年人 139 人）完成了 COVID-19 恐惧量表（FCV-19S）和预防 COVID-19 感染行为的两个项目（即打喷嚏时洗手和捂住口鼻）。伊朗老年人对 COVID-19 的恐惧程度明显高于中国台湾老年人。此外，伊朗老年人预防 COVID-19 感染的行为频率明显低于中国台湾老年人。伊朗和中国台湾实施 COVID-19 感染控制政策的时间不同，这可能解释了为什么伊朗老年人对 COVID-19 的恐惧程度更高，预防 COVID-19 感染的行为频率更低。
