Who cares? Pandemic influenza risk perception in urban populations of England and Wales

Who cares? A quantitative study of pandemic influenza risk perception in urban populations of England and Wales

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12619000672156

Enrollment

220

Registered

2019-05-06

Start date

2019-07-31

Completion date

2019-10-18

Last updated

2020-04-27

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The flu is a viral illness that affects many people every year around the world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) categorises the flu as one of the 10 biggest threats to human health in 2019. As it is spread from person to person, attempts to reduce the number of people that get infected is important. This is even more important when lots of people unexpectedly become very sick at the same time, and many of those who become sick die.. The study aims to investigate how and what people decide is a risk to their health. In particular, whether people see influenza (‘the flu’) as a major risk or not, and what things are taken into consideration. The information we collect will be used to see if there are any patterns in the decisions people make and maybe why. If we can better understand what people know about the flu and how bad they think it is or can be, it could help to improve public education and hopefully reduce the chance of people catching it or becoming very sick with the flu in the future. We will ask 400 people to take-part and complete a questionnaire, which should take no more than 10 minutes. All answers will be completely anonymous and unidentifiable. Once the study has been finished, the results can be shared with everyone who took part if they wish.

Interventions

A cross-sectional, quantitative, questionnaire-based survey of the risk perception of participants in England (London) and Wales (Cardiff). Questionnaires will be self-completed and provided to each adult presenting to the study sites. It is expected that the questionnaire will take no more than 20 minutes to complete No follow-up will be planned. No physical or clinical intervention will take place.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Adult participants presenting to each study site

Exclusion criteria

- Age less than 16 years old - Unable or unwilling to consent - Having participated in the study previously - Having knowledge of friends or family that have taken-part in the study

Outcome results