LETTER
Public Health Experts have the Highest Impact on Citizens’ Compliance with COVID-19 Prevention Recommendations
Bernard Tahirbegolli1, Iliriana A. Tahirbegolli2, 3, *, Leonora Paice2, Sefedin Muçaj4, 5, Adnan Hoxha1, Suphi Vehid6
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2021Volume: 14
First Page: 300
Last Page: 303
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-14-300
DOI: 10.2174/1874944502114010300
Article History:
Received Date: 30/9/2020Revision Received Date: 19/4/2021
Acceptance Date: 12/4/2021
Electronic publication date: 13/07/2021
Collection year: 2021
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction:
In this study, we investigated the sources of information that have had the highest impact on Kosovans’ compliance with preventive measures against COVID-19.
Methods:
We recruited 744 participants, aged 18-35, to participate in this cross-sectional survey between 27th April and 5th May 2020, utilising an online questionnaire.
Results:
Our findings show that public health experts had the greatest influence in persuading citizens to obey the recommendations, with 63.2% (470) compliance, followed by family members, with 18% (134), and health workers, with 10.2% (76).
Conclusion:
Our study has shown that public health experts have had the greatest impact on Kosovo citizens, persuading them to follow recommendations designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19.