Table 3.
Risk Perception of Respondents
| Dimension | Risk perception scores (Mean ± SD) | Risk perception score > 3 [N (%)] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | High-risk Area | Other Region | p | Total | High-risk Area | Other Region | p | |
| Susceptibility | 2.76 ± 0.76 | 2.88 ± 0.75 | 2.71 ± 0.76 | < 0.001 | 830(29.2) | 323 (35.3) | 507 (26.3) | < 0.001 |
| I am very likely to be infected | 2.35 ± 0.98 | 2.36 ± 0.98 | 2.35 ± 0.98 | 0.660 | 345 (12.1) | 113 (12.3) | 232 (12.0) | 0.802 |
| I will be infected if in the same room with a patient | 3.43 ± 1.11 | 3.44 ± 1.11 | 3.43 ± 1.11 | 0.698 | 1543 (54.3) | 500 (54.6) | 1043 (54.0) | 0.763 |
| The epidemic is serious in my community | 2.50 ± 1.11 | 2.83 ± 1.18 | 2.35 ± 1.05 | 0.000 | 527 (18.5) | 257 (28.1) | 270 (14.0) | < 0.001 |
| Severity | 4.25 ± 0.62 | 4.30 ± 0.59 | 4.23 ± 0.63 | 0.002 | 2685 (94.4) | 870 (95.1) | 1815 (94.0) | 0.260 |
| The spread of COVID-19 is very wide | 4.43 ± 0.82 | 4.50 ± 0.77 | 4.39 ± 0.83 | 0.000 | 2527 (88.8) | 834 (91.1) | 1693 (87.7) | 0.007 |
| The outbreak is very serious | 4.30 ± 0.82 | 4.38 ± 0.78 | 4.56 ± 0.69 | 0.000 | 2456 (86.4) | 821 (89.7) | 1635 (84.7) | < 0.001 |
| It has high mortality | 4.13 ± 0.94 | 4.18 ± 0.90 | 4.11 ± 0.95 | 0.076 | 2253 (79.2) | 745 (81.4) | 1508 (78.1) | 0.044 |
| Health impact is very serious if infected | 4.15 ± 0.85 | 4.16 ± 0.86 | 4.15 ± 0.84 | 0.789 | 2363 (83.1) | 767 (83.8) | 1596 (82.7) | 0.453 |
| Controllability | 3.37 ± 0.87 | 3.38 ± 0.84 | 3.37 ± 0.89 | 0.717 | 1655 (58.2) | 551 (60.2) | 1104 (57.2) | 0.128 |
| It is difficult to treat | 3.53 ± 0.96 | 3.54 ± 0.96 | 3.53 ± 0.97 | 0.908 | 1642 (57.7) | 526 (57.5) | 1116 (57.8) | 0.865 |
| The spread of COVID-19 is difficult to control | 3.21 ± 1.09 | 3.22 ± 1.06 | 3.20 ± 1.10 | 0.641 | 1209 (42.5) | 390 (42.6) | 819 (42.4) | 0.925 |