The impacts of the pandemic are multidimensional health, social, psychological, political, and economic. 3 According to a recent study, the virus spreads between individuals through respiratory droplets, direct contact with an infected individual, or indirect contact with surfaces or objects that have been contaminated with respiratory secretions. 2 On 13 March 2020, the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health was confirmed the first case of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa. 1 The disease has been recognized as a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, after cases had started to be seen outside China in less than two months. The first case was reported in the Hubei province of China on 29 th December 2019. Keywords: risk perception, COVID-19, coronavirus, waitersĬoronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is a newly emerged disease caused by a highly infectious novel coronavirus that primarily affects the respiratory system. Proper risk communication to promote protective behaviors is very essential since waiters are more at risk to be infected with COVID-19 and their infection with the virus has important public health implications. Risk perception was associated with age (β= 0.10 95% CI: 0.02, 0.18), knowledge of COVID-19 (β=0.50, 95% CI: 0.23, 0.76) and preventive behaviors (β=0.62 95% CI: 0.33, 0.90).Ĭonclusion: A higher level of risk perception was found regarding the COVID-19. Regarding overall risk perception, two hundred twenty-two (53.4%) participants had high-risk perceptions concerning COVID-19. More than half (53.4%) agreed that COVID-19 causes more deaths than other respiratory diseases. The mean age of respondents was 27.26 (SD=8.35) years. Results: A total of 416 waiters were interviewed, with a 98.6% response rate. A p-value of less than 0.05 was used as a level of significance. Multiple linear regression analysis was done to identify factors associated with risk perception. Data were entered into Epi data manager version 4.0.2 and exported to SPSS version 24 for analysis. The interview-administered structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from June 1 to 15, 2020. However, information regarding their risk perception is scarce hence, this study aimed to assess risk perception regarding COVID-19 and its associated factors among waiters working in the selected towns of southwest Ethiopia. Adane Asefa, 1 Qaro Qanche, 1 Shewangizaw Hailemariam, 2 Tadesse Dhuguma, 3 Tadesse Nigussie 1ġDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia 2Department of Midwifery, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan Aman, Ethiopia 3Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan Aman, Ethiopiaĭepartment of Public Health, College of Health Science, Mizan -Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopiaīackground: Waiters working in hotels, pensions, restaurants, and cafeteria are more susceptible to COVID-19 and easily transmit the virus to others because they interact with almost all individuals who enter those establishments.
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