The Extent of Preventive Behaviors Against Coronavirus and Factors Related to Them: Results of a Survey Among Adult Residents in Shiraz City, Iran

The pandemic of coronavirus can be considered as one of the most important issues in the world in the last two years. Undoubtedly, reducing the outbreak of coronavirus requires preventive behaviors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of preventive behaviors of people and its relationship with demographic and socio-economic variables.

A total of 385 residents aged 18 to 65 years in Shiraz City were surveyed using the cluster sampling method and a structured questionnaire. The SPSS.20 software was used to analyse the data.

The findings showed that with increasing age and level of education preventive behaviors increased, while increasing income led to a decrease in such behaviors. Preventive behaviors were more common among women than men, and less common among employed people and housewives than students.

Preventive behaviors in connection the coronavirus are relatively acceptable but far from ideal. Men, young people and people with lower literacy levels should be given more attention in health-related teaching programs.