Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Aging
Date Submitted: Mar 21, 2021
Open Peer Review Period: Mar 21, 2021 - May 16, 2021
Date Accepted: Jun 19, 2021
Date Submitted to PubMed: Aug 3, 2021
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Sociodemographic and health care profile of young and elderly Brazilian people during the COVID-19 outbreak
ABSTRACT
Background:
Knowledge of sociodemographic variables and health behaviors may impact public and authority’s health decisions. The use of a face mask helps to decrease the spread of the COVID-19
Objective:
Our aim was to present the profile of sociodemographic variables and face mask use and characteristics of COVID-19 among young and older adults
Methods:
An online Google survey was applied. Our sample (n=2,673) consisted of a Brazilian sample (≥ 18 years) from different regions
Results:
Most respondents, from groups ≤59 and ≥ 60 years were, respectively women, from Southeast region, and postgraduate. For groups ≤59 and ≥ 60 years, respectively, 83.4% and 92.5% no experienced symptoms and 97.3% and 98.3% no have a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19; and 61.1% and 67.8% was not health professional. Majority of the participants, for both groups, reported the use of face masks that was sig-nificantly influenced by sex, level of education, and whether the participant was a health professional or not
Conclusions:
Young and older adults reported wearing masks during the pandemic. However, it is difficult to measure how much this could have an impact on the degree of infection and spread by the virus. Clinical Trial: -
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