García Balaguera César, Yesenia García Olga, Gutiérrez María Victoria
Public Health, School of Medicine, Cooperative University of Colombia, Villavicencio, Colombia.
Research Incubator of the GRIVI Group, School of Medicine, Cooperative University of Colombia, Villavicencio, Colombia.
PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022 Sep 28;2(9):e0000702. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000702. eCollection 2022.
This study explores the community perceptions of COVID-19 and the healthcare system's response to it.: A web-based descriptive observational study was conducted on the general population during the third quarter of 2020 through the application of a survey via social media. Of the sample, 55% have minimal connection with prevention programs, while 66.3% received little or no information about COVID-19, and 69.62% were considered at risk of getting sick from COVID-19. Further, 73.14% were afraid to go to healthcare centers fearing the risk of becoming infected by COVID-19. The low-income population is at greater risk (OR 4.32), as well as those who have not been informed by their insurer of the risks of COVID-19 (OR 2.18). There is a need to strengthen the healthcare system and the quality and design of effective self-care educational interventions during the pandemic.
本研究探讨了社区对新冠疫情的看法以及医疗系统对此的应对措施。2020年第三季度,通过社交媒体进行了一项在线描述性观察研究,对象为普通人群。在样本中,55%的人与预防项目联系极少,66.3%的人几乎没有或完全没有收到关于新冠疫情的信息,69.62%的人被认为有感染新冠病毒的风险。此外,73.14%的人因担心感染新冠病毒而不敢前往医疗中心。低收入人群面临的风险更大(比值比为4.32),未从保险公司得知新冠病毒风险的人也是如此(比值比为2.18)。在疫情期间,有必要加强医疗系统以及有效自我护理教育干预措施的质量和设计。