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Awareness, Attitudes, and Actions Related to COVID-19 Among Adults With Chronic Conditions at the Onset of the U.S. Outbreak
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evolving outbreak coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 requiring social distancing measures protect public health however messaging inconsistent unclearto determine covid19 awareness knowledge attitudes related behaviors among us adults vulnerable complications infection age comorbid conditionscrosssectional survey linked 3 active clinical trials 1 cohort study5 academic internal medicine practices 2 federally qualified health centers630 adults aged 23 88 years living 1 chronic conditionsselfreported knowledge attitudes behaviors related covid19a fourth 246 participants worried getting coronavirus nearly third could correctly identify symptoms 283 ways prevent infection 302 one 4 adults 246 believed likely get virus 219 reported covid19 little effect daily routine one 10 respondents confident federal government could prevent nationwide outbreak multivariable analyses participants black living poverty level low health literacy likely less worried covid19 believe would become infected feel less prepared outbreak low health literacy greater confidence federal government responsecrosssectional study adults underlying health conditions 1 city initial week covid19 us outbreakmany adults comorbid conditions lacked critical knowledge covid19 despite concern changing routines plans noted disparities suggest greater public health efforts may needed mobilize vulnerable communitiesnational institutes health