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Factors associated with preventive behaviours of COVID-19 among hospital staff in Iran in 2020: an application of the Protection Motivation Theory.

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For predicting preventive behaviours of healthcare workers (HCW) towards Covid-19 based on the Protection Motivation Theory, threat and coping appraisal were predictors of protection motivation to conduct COVID-19 preventive behaviours.
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This article is published in Journal of Hospital Infection.The article was published on 2020-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 172 citations till now.

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Factors affecting perceived effectiveness of COVID-19 prevention measures among Filipinos during Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon, Philippines: Integrating Protection Motivation Theory and extended Theory of Planned Behavior.

TL;DR: Evaluating factors affecting perceived effectiveness of COVID-19 prevention measures among Filipino during Enhanced Community Quarantine in Luzon, Philippines showed that understanding of CO VID-19 had significant direct effects on perceived vulnerability and perceived severity.
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Mental health effects of COVID-19 pandemia: A review of clinical and psychological traits

TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic is exceptional and its effect will likely be imprinted on each individual involved, and many medical staff workers will be harmfully psychologically affected.
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The panic buying behavior of consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Examining the influences of uncertainty, perceptions of severity, perceptions of scarcity, and anxiety

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how psychological factors such as uncertainty, perceptions of severity, perception of scarcity, and anxiety affected the panic purchasing behavior of consumers in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Application of the protection motivation theory for predicting COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Hormozgan, Iran: a cross-sectional study.

TL;DR: In this paper, a cross-sectional study was conducted over two months in Hormozgan Province, Iran to predict the preventive behaviors of COVID-19 according to the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT).
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How to improve compliance with protective health measures during the COVID-19 outbreak: testing a moderated mediation model and machine learning algorithms

TL;DR: In the wake of the sudden spread of COVID-19, a large amount of the Italian population practiced incongruous behaviors with the protective health measures as discussed by the authors, and the authors of this paper aimed at examining psychological and psychosocial variables that could predict behavioral compliance.
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MERS transmission and risk factors: a systematic review.

TL;DR: The transmissibility and severity of MERS differed by outbreak region and patient characteristics, and older age and concomitant disease were the most common factors related to MERS infection, severity, and mortality.
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Emotional responses and coping strategies of nurses and nursing college students during COVID-19 outbreak

TL;DR: Investigating the current state of emotional responses and coping strategies of nurses and college nursing students in Anhui Province found that women showed more severe anxiety and fear than men and COVID-19 is a pressure source with great influence, both for individuals and for the social public groups.
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