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Use of Rapid Online Surveys to Assess People's Perceptions During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Cross-sectional Survey on COVID-19

Journal of medical Internet research, 2020-04, Vol.22 (4), p.e18790-e18790 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Pascal Geldsetzer. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 02.04.2020. ;2020. This work is licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;Pascal Geldsetzer. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 02.04.2020. 2020 ;ISSN: 1438-8871 ;ISSN: 1439-4456 ;EISSN: 1438-8871 ;DOI: 10.2196/18790 ;PMID: 32240094

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Title:
Use of Rapid Online Surveys to Assess People's Perceptions During Infectious Disease Outbreaks: A Cross-sectional Survey on COVID-19
Author: Geldsetzer, Pascal
Subjects: Adolescent ; Adult ; Adults ; African Americans ; Age groups ; Aged ; Betacoronavirus ; Campaigns ; Coronavirus ; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology ; Coronavirus Infections - psychology ; Coronaviruses ; COVID-19 ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Data collection ; Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control ; Disease transmission ; Enrollments ; Epidemics ; Ethnic Groups ; Ethnicity ; False information ; Family income ; Female ; Health authorities ; Health Communication ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Health services utilization ; High risk ; Higher education ; Households ; Humans ; Infections ; Infectious diseases ; Internet ; Male ; Medical research ; Middle Aged ; Misconceptions ; Multimedia ; Original Paper ; Pandemics ; Perceptions ; Permutations ; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology ; Pneumonia, Viral - psychology ; Polls & surveys ; Population ; Public Health ; Public Opinion ; Questionnaires ; Response rate ; Restaurants ; Sample size ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome ; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ; Social networks ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Telephone surveys ; Terminal illnesses ; Tracking ; United Kingdom ; United States ; Young Adult
Is Part Of: Journal of medical Internet research, 2020-04, Vol.22 (4), p.e18790-e18790
Description: Given the extensive time needed to conduct a nationally representative household survey and the commonly low response rate of phone surveys, rapid online surveys may be a promising method to assess and track knowledge and perceptions among the general public during fast-moving infectious disease outbreaks. This study aimed to apply rapid online surveying to determine knowledge and perceptions of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) among the general public in the United States and the United Kingdom. An online questionnaire was administered to 3000 adults residing in the United States and 3000 adults residing in the United Kingdom who had registered with Prolific Academic to participate in online research. Prolific Academic established strata by age (18-27, 28-37, 38-47, 48-57, or ≥58 years), sex (male or female), and ethnicity (white, black or African American, Asian or Asian Indian, mixed, or "other"), as well as all permutations of these strata. The number of participants who could enroll in each of these strata was calculated to reflect the distribution in the US and UK general population. Enrollment into the survey within each stratum was on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants completed the questionnaire between February 23 and March 2, 2020. A total of 2986 and 2988 adults residing in the United States and the United Kingdom, respectively, completed the questionnaire. Of those, 64.4% (1924/2986) of US participants and 51.5% (1540/2988) of UK participants had a tertiary education degree, 67.5% (2015/2986) of US participants had a total household income between US $20,000 and US $99,999, and 74.4% (2223/2988) of UK participants had a total household income between £15,000 and £74,999. US and UK participants' median estimate for the probability of a fatal disease course among those infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was 5.0% (IQR 2.0%-15.0%) and 3.0% (IQR 2.0%-10.0%), respectively. Participants generally had good knowledge of the main mode of disease transmission and common symptoms of COVID-19. However, a substantial proportion of participants had misconceptions about how to prevent an infection and the recommended care-seeking behavior. For instance, 37.8% (95% CI 36.1%-39.6%) of US participants and 29.7% (95% CI 28.1%-31.4%) of UK participants thought that wearing a common surgical mask was "highly effective" in protecting them from acquiring COVID-19, and 25.6% (95% CI 24.1%-27.2%) of US participants and 29.6% (95% CI 28.0%-31.3%) of UK participants thought it was prudent to refrain from eating at Chinese restaurants. Around half (53.8%, 95% CI 52.1%-55.6%) of US participants and 39.1% (95% CI 37.4%-40.9%) of UK participants thought that children were at an especially high risk of death when infected with SARS-CoV-2. The distribution of participants by total household income and education followed approximately that of the US and UK general population. The findings from this online survey could guide information campaigns by public health authorities, clinicians, and the media. More broadly, rapid online surveys could be an important tool in tracking the public's knowledge and misperceptions during rapidly moving infectious disease outbreaks.
Publisher: Canada: Gunther Eysenbach MD MPH, Associate Professor
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 1438-8871
ISSN: 1439-4456
EISSN: 1438-8871
DOI: 10.2196/18790
PMID: 32240094
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