Frontiers in Public Health (Feb 2023)

Preventive behavior against SARS-CoV-2 infection in adults according to whether or not they live with children. A combined analysis of the nationwide COSMO-SPAIN and ENE-COVID surveys

  • Imane Jroundi,
  • Imane Jroundi,
  • Nerea Fernández de Larrea-Baz,
  • Nerea Fernández de Larrea-Baz,
  • Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez,
  • Carmen Rodríguez-Blázquez,
  • Roberto Pastor-Barriuso,
  • Roberto Pastor-Barriuso,
  • Marina Pollán-Santamaría,
  • Marina Pollán-Santamaría,
  • Maria João Forjaz,
  • Maria João Forjaz,
  • Beatriz Pérez-Gómez,
  • Beatriz Pérez-Gómez,
  • the ENE-COVID Study Group,
  • Pilar Aparicio Azcárraga,
  • Faustino Blanco,
  • Rodrigo Gutiérrez Fernández,
  • Mariano Martín,
  • Saturnino Mezcua Navarro,
  • Marta Molina,
  • Juan F. Muñoz-Montalvo,
  • Matías Salinero Hernández,
  • Jose L. Sanmartín,
  • Manuel Cuenca-Estrella,
  • José León Paniagua,
  • Raquel Yotti,
  • Nerea Fernández de Larrea Baz,
  • Pablo Fernández-Navarro,
  • Roberto Pastor-Barriuso,
  • Beatriz Pérez-Gómez,
  • Marina Pollán,
  • Ana Avellón,
  • Giovann Fedele,
  • Aurora Fernández-García,
  • Jesús Oteo Iglesias,
  • María Teresa Pérez Olmeda,
  • Israel Cruz,
  • Maria Elena Fernández Martínez,
  • Francisco D. Rodríguez-Cabrera,
  • T.H. Chan Harvard,
  • Miguel A. Hernán,
  • José M. Navarro Marí,
  • Susana Padrones Fernández,
  • Begoña Palop Borrás,
  • Ana Belén Pérez Jiménez,
  • Manuel Rodríguez-Iglesias,
  • Rumbao Aguirre José Manuel,
  • Ana María Calvo Gascón,
  • María Luz Lou Alcaine,
  • Ignacio Donate Suárez,
  • Mercedes Rodríguez Pérez,
  • Oscar Suárez Álvarez,
  • Lluis Carbo Saladrigas,
  • Margarita Cases Sanchís,
  • Adoración Hurtado Fernández,
  • Antonio Oliver,
  • Carlos Javier Villafáfila Gomila,
  • José María Barrasa Fernández,
  • Elías Castro Feliciano,
  • María Noemí González Quintana,
  • María Araceli Hernández Betancor,
  • Melisa Hernández Febles,
  • Leopoldo Martín Martín,
  • Inés De Benito Población,
  • Luis-Mariano López López,
  • Teresa Ugarte Miota,
  • Castilla-La Mancha,
  • María Sagrario Celada Pérez,
  • María Natalia Vallés Fernández,
  • Castilla y León,
  • Marta Domínguez-Gil González,
  • Isabel Fernández-Natal,
  • Tomás Maté Enríquez,
  • Gregoria Megías Lobón,
  • Juan Luis Muñoz Bellido,
  • Miguel Villa Arranz,
  • Pilar Ciruela,
  • Maria Doladé Botías,
  • M. Angeles Marcos Maeso,
  • Ariadna Mas i Casals,
  • Dúnia Pérez del Campo,
  • Antonio Félix de Castro,
  • Ramón Limón Ramírez,
  • Maria Francisca Elías Retamosa,
  • Manuela Rubio González,
  • Antonio Aguilera,
  • María Sinda Blanco Lobeiras,
  • German Bou,
  • Alberto Fuentes Losada,
  • Yolanda Caro,
  • Noemí Marauri,
  • Luis Miguel Soria Blanco,
  • Roberto Alonso Fernández,
  • Isabel del Cura González,
  • Montserrat Hernández Pascual,
  • Paloma Merino-Amador,
  • Natalia Cabrera Castro,
  • Cristóbal Ramírez Almagro,
  • Manuel Segovia Hernández,
  • Tomás Lizcano Aurora,
  • Nieves Ascunce Elizaga,
  • María Ederra Sanz,
  • Carmen Ezpeleta Baquedano,
  • Ana Bustinduy Bascaran,
  • Luis Elorduy Otazua,
  • Susana Iglesias Tamayo,
  • Rebeca Benarroch Benarroch,
  • Jesús Lopera Flores,
  • Antonia Vázquez de la Villa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1061367
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11

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IntroductionThe protection of children is a major driver of behavior among those in charge of their care. We evaluated whether compliance with preventive measures against SARS-CoV-2 infection among adults living with children was different from that of those not living with them, in 2020.MethodsWe used the COSMO-SPAIN (N = 867) and the nationally representative ENE-COVID (N = 29,926) surveys to estimate prevalence of compliance (95% confidence interval). Logistic model based standardization methods were applied to estimate standardized prevalence differences (SPrD) to the overall distribution of age, sex, education, history of COVID-19, and residence of other >60 yrs in the household.ResultsWe observed that adults living with children more frequently avoided bars (SPrDENE−COVID: 4.2%; 95% CI: 2.3–6.1), crowded places (SPrDCOSMO: 8.0%; 95% CI: 0.6–15.1) and did not use public transportation (SPrDENE−COVID: 4.9%; 95% CI: 3.0–6.7). They were also more worried about work and family conciliation (SPrDCOSMO: 12.2%; 95% CI: 4.8–19.5) and about closure of education centers (SPrDCOSMO: 26.5%; 95% CI: 19.4–33.6).DiscussionIn general, adults living with children adopted slightly more frequently social distancing measures.

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