Department of Criminology, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
Department of Psychology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
BMC Res Notes. 2021 Nov 25;14(1):429. doi: 10.1186/s13104-021-05848-6.
During the COVID pandemic, government authorities worldwide have tried to limit the spread of the virus. Sweden's distinctive feature was the use of voluntary public health recommendations. Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of this strategy. Based on data collected in the spring of 2020, this study explored associations between compliance with recommendations and observed symptoms of contagion in others, using self-report data from university students.
Compliance with recommendations ranged between 69.7 and 95.7 percent. Observations of moderate symptoms of contagion in "Someone else I have had contact with" and "Another person" were markedly associated with reported self-quarantine, which is the most restrictive recommendation, complied with by 81.2% of participants. Uncertainty regarding the incidence and severity of contagion in cohabitants was markedly associated with the recommendation to avoid public transportation, a recommendation being followed by 69.7%. It is concluded that students largely followed the voluntary recommendations implemented in Sweden, suggesting that coercive measures were not necessary. Compliance with recommendations were associated with the symptoms students saw in others, and with the perceived risk of contagion in the student's immediate vicinity. It is recommended that voluntary recommendations should stress personal relevance, and that close relatives are at risk.
在 COVID 大流行期间，世界各国政府都试图限制病毒的传播。瑞典的特点是使用自愿的公共卫生建议。很少有研究评估这种策略的有效性。本研究基于 2020 年春季收集的数据，使用大学生的自我报告数据，探讨了遵守建议与观察到他人感染症状之间的关联。
建议的遵守率在 69.7%至 95.7%之间。观察到“我有过接触的其他人”和“另一个人”有中度感染症状与报告的自我隔离明显相关，81.2%的参与者遵守了这一最严格的建议。对同居者感染的发生率和严重程度的不确定性与避免使用公共交通工具的建议明显相关，遵守该建议的比例为 69.7%。研究结论认为，学生们在很大程度上遵守了瑞典实施的自愿建议，这表明没有必要采取强制性措施。建议的遵守与学生观察到的他人症状以及学生周围近距离接触者的感染风险有关。建议自愿建议应强调个人相关性，并关注近亲的风险。
