Trends and Factors Associated With Risk Perception, Anxiety, and Behavior From the Early Outbreak Period to the Controlled Period of COVID-19 Epidemic: Four Cross-Sectional Online Surveys in China in 2020.

Front Public Health · 2021 · PMC8805284 · PMID 35118042

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showed a trendno p-value reported

Conclusions: The levels of perceived risk and anxiety showed a trend of rising first and then falling.

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a decreasing trendno p-value reported

an increasing trendno p-value reported

This study found a decreasing trend over four study periods in the level of perceived risk and presence of anxiety and an increasing trend in preventive behaviors including wearing mask and avoiding visiting crowded places.

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