COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10)
BACKGROUND content: Understanding public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 may foster improved public cooperation. Trust in government and population risk of exposure may influence public perception of the response. Other population-level characteristics, such as country socio-economic...
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| Publication date: | 2020 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repository: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/185019 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185019 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | COVID-19 Gestió d'emergències Emergency management |
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| author | Lazarus, Jeffrey V. |
| author2 | Ratzan, Scott Palayew, Adam Billari, Francesco C. Binagwaho, Agnes Kimball, Spencer Larson, Heidi J. Melegaro, Alessia Rabin, Kenneth White, Trenton M. El-Mohandes, Ayman |
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| author_browse | Billari, Francesco C. Binagwaho, Agnes El-Mohandes, Ayman Kimball, Spencer Larson, Heidi J. Lazarus, Jeffrey V. Melegaro, Alessia Palayew, Adam Rabin, Kenneth Ratzan, Scott White, Trenton M. |
| author_facet | Lazarus, Jeffrey V. Ratzan, Scott Palayew, Adam Billari, Francesco C. Binagwaho, Agnes Kimball, Spencer Larson, Heidi J. Melegaro, Alessia Rabin, Kenneth White, Trenton M. El-Mohandes, Ayman |
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| description | BACKGROUND content: Understanding public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 may foster improved public cooperation. Trust in government and population risk of exposure may influence public perception of the response. Other population-level characteristics, such as country socio-economic development, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, and degree of democratic government, may influence perception. - Label: METHODS AND FINDINGS content: We developed a novel ten-item instrument that asks respondents to rate key aspects of their government's response to the pandemic (COVID-SCORE). We examined whether the results varied by gender, age group, education level, and monthly income. We also examined the internal and external validity of the index using appropriate predefined variables. To test for dimensionality of the results, we used a principal component analysis (PCA) for the ten survey items. We found that Cronbach's alpha was 0.92 and that the first component of the PCA explained 60% of variance with the remaining factors having eigenvalues below 1, strongly indicating that the tool is both reliable and unidimensional. Based on responses from 13,426 people randomly selected from the general population in 19 countries, the mean national scores ranged from 35.76 (Ecuador) to 80.48 (China) out of a maximum of 100 points. Heterogeneity in responses was observed across age, gender, education and income with the greatest amount of heterogeneity observed between countries. National scores correlated with respondents' reported levels of trust in government and with country-level COVID-19 mortality rates. - Label: CONCLUSIONS content: The COVID-SCORE survey instrument demonstrated satisfactory validity. It may help governments more effectively engage constituents in current and future efforts to control COVID-19. Additional country-specific assessment should be undertaken to measure trends over time and the public perceptions of key aspects of government responses in other countries. |
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| publishDate | 2020 |
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| publisher | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
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| spelling | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) Lazarus, Jeffrey V. Ratzan, Scott Palayew, Adam Billari, Francesco C. Binagwaho, Agnes Kimball, Spencer Larson, Heidi J. Melegaro, Alessia Rabin, Kenneth White, Trenton M. El-Mohandes, Ayman COVID-19 Gestió d'emergències Emergency management BACKGROUND content: Understanding public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 may foster improved public cooperation. Trust in government and population risk of exposure may influence public perception of the response. Other population-level characteristics, such as country socio-economic development, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, and degree of democratic government, may influence perception. - Label: METHODS AND FINDINGS content: We developed a novel ten-item instrument that asks respondents to rate key aspects of their government's response to the pandemic (COVID-SCORE). We examined whether the results varied by gender, age group, education level, and monthly income. We also examined the internal and external validity of the index using appropriate predefined variables. To test for dimensionality of the results, we used a principal component analysis (PCA) for the ten survey items. We found that Cronbach's alpha was 0.92 and that the first component of the PCA explained 60% of variance with the remaining factors having eigenvalues below 1, strongly indicating that the tool is both reliable and unidimensional. Based on responses from 13,426 people randomly selected from the general population in 19 countries, the mean national scores ranged from 35.76 (Ecuador) to 80.48 (China) out of a maximum of 100 points. Heterogeneity in responses was observed across age, gender, education and income with the greatest amount of heterogeneity observed between countries. National scores correlated with respondents' reported levels of trust in government and with country-level COVID-19 mortality rates. - Label: CONCLUSIONS content: The COVID-SCORE survey instrument demonstrated satisfactory validity. It may help governments more effectively engage constituents in current and future efforts to control COVID-19. Additional country-specific assessment should be undertaken to measure trends over time and the public perceptions of key aspects of government responses in other countries. Public Library of Science (PLoS) https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185019 |
| spellingShingle | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) Lazarus, Jeffrey V. COVID-19 Gestió d'emergències Emergency management |
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| title | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) |
| title_full | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) |
| title_fullStr | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) |
| title_short | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) |
| title_sort | COVID-SCORE: A global survey to assess public perceptions of government responses to COVID-19 (COVID-SCORE-10) |
| topic | COVID-19 Gestió d'emergències Emergency management |
| topic_facet | COVID-19 Gestió d'emergències Emergency management |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185019 |