{"id":9039,"date":"2020-08-13T11:30:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T18:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=9039"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T18:31:12","slug":"knowledge-and-behaviors-of-adults-with-underlying-health-conditions-during-the-onset-of-the-covid-19-u-s-outbreak-the-chicago-covid-19-comorbidities-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/13\/knowledge-and-behaviors-of-adults-with-underlying-health-conditions-during-the-onset-of-the-covid-19-u-s-outbreak-the-chicago-covid-19-comorbidities-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge and Behaviors of Adults with Underlying Health Conditions During the Onset of the COVID-19 U.S. Outbreak: The Chicago COVID-19 Comorbidities Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"34\" data-aria-posinset=\"2019\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">O\u2019Conor et al.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0conducted<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0survey\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">among older adults who had\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">at least one<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0chronic condition (n=673, average age 63 years) to characterize\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">their knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms, prevention strategies, and prevention behaviors.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a070%\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">participants were aware of symptoms and preventive actions, only 38% reported social distancing themselves<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">only\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">29% reported obtaining prescription medication to prepare for the outbreak. The authors concluded that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">c<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">onsistent messaging and the provision of tangible resources may improve future adherence to safety recommendations.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">O\u2019Conor et al. (Aug 11, 2020). Knowledge and Behaviors of Adults with Underlying Health Conditions During the Onset of the COVID-19 U.S. Outbreak: The Chicago COVID-19 Comorbidities Survey. Journal of Community Health.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10900-020-00906-9\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10900-020-00906-9<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O\u2019Conor et al.\u00a0conducted\u00a0a\u00a0survey\u00a0among older adults who had\u00a0at least one\u00a0chronic condition (n=673, average age 63 years) to characterize\u00a0their knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms, prevention strategies, and prevention behaviors.\u00a0Although\u00a070%\u00a0of\u00a0participants were aware of symptoms and preventive actions, only 38% reported social distancing themselves,\u00a0and\u00a0only\u00a029% reported obtaining prescription medication to prepare for the outbreak. The authors concluded that\u00a0consistent messaging and the&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/08\/13\/knowledge-and-behaviors-of-adults-with-underlying-health-conditions-during-the-onset-of-the-covid-19-u-s-outbreak-the-chicago-covid-19-comorbidities-survey\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"topic":[16],"class_list":["post-9039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","topic-public-health-policy-and-practice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9040,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9039\/revisions\/9040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9039"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=9039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}