Sa'ed M Atallah, Madi T Al-Jaghbir, Ayman A Zayed
The prevalence of diabetic peripheral neuropathy among diabetic Palestinian refugees in the Nuzha area, Jordan: a cross-sectional study
Lancet (London, England)
research indicates effectiveness coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 physical distancing mandates influenced several individual factors including health literacy internal health locus control ihloc belief physical distancing reduce covid19 risk social norms selfefficacy perceptions benefits barriers associated distancing however investigation needed understand links factors compliance intentions study investigates mechanism linking factors intentions comply physical distancing mandates total 759 participants mean age 2913 standard deviation sd 833 685 women surveyed online september 2020 october 2020 data analyzed using anova analysis variance structural equation modeling health literacy associated perceived benefits 175 p 001 greater selfefficacy 193 p 001 less perceived barriers 391 p 001 ihloc significantly associated greater perceived benefits 156 p 007 selfefficacy 294 p 001 family descriptive norms significantly associated fewer perceived barriers 276 p 001 injunctive norms associated perceived benefits 202 p 001 higher selfefficacy 299 p 001 intentions adhere physical distancing mandates significantly associated past compliance 427 p 001 perceived barriers 205 p 001 benefits 295 p 001 posthoc mediation analyses revealed several small yet significant indirect effects highlighting complex pathways shaping adherence intentions study identifies health literacy ihloc social norms perceived benefits barriers selfefficacy intricately shape intentions comply physical distancing mandates findings offer valuable implications public health policy interventions hlrp health literacy research practice 202482e69e78