Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Universidade Comunitária da Região de Chapecó, Chapecó, SC, Brazil.
Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2024 Jul 1;22:eAO0223. doi: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2024AO0223. eCollection 2024.
We aimed to analyze the frequency of adherence to social distancing and individual protection measures of adult and older populations in two cities in southern Brazil and to characterize the sociodemographic aspects of these individuals.
This cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted in the cities of Rio Grande, RS, and Criciúma, SC, Brazil. The outcome measure was the frequency of adherence to social distancing measures. Fisher's exact test (5% significance) was used to calculate the differences in prevalence according to exposure variables.
Among the 2,170 participants over the age of 18, the prevalence of adherence to social distancing was 18.5%. Adherence was significantly higher among women; older adults; single, divorced, or widowed people with a low educational level; people of lower socioeconomic status; and people affected by multiple chronic diseases.
Approximately one in five respondents adhered to measures of social distancing, and adherence was more prevalent among the risk groups.
本研究旨在分析巴西南部两个城市的成年和老年人群对社会隔离和个人防护措施的遵守频率，并对这些人群的社会人口学特征进行描述。
这是一项在巴西南里奥格兰德州的里奥格兰德市和圣卡塔琳娜州的克里西乌马市开展的横断面、基于人群的研究。主要结局指标为社会隔离措施的遵守频率。采用 Fisher 确切检验（显著性水平为 5%）来计算根据暴露变量的差异的患病率。
在 2170 名年龄在 18 岁及以上的参与者中，社会隔离措施的遵守率为 18.5%。女性、年龄较大、受教育程度较低的单身、离异或丧偶者、社会经济地位较低以及患有多种慢性疾病的人群中，遵守率显著更高。
约五分之一的受访者遵守了社会隔离措施，且在风险人群中，遵守率更高。
