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@article{Kanellopoulou:2021:10.1186/s12889-021-11193-x,
author = {Kanellopoulou, A and Koskeridis, F and Markozannes, G and Bouras, E and Soutziou, C and Chaliasos, K and Doumas, MT and Sigounas, DE and Tzovaras, VT and Panos, A and Stergiou, Y and Mellou, K and Papamichail, D and Aretouli, E and Chatzidimitriou, D and Chatzopoulou, F and Bairaktari, E and Tzoulaki, I and Evangelou, E and Rizos, EC and Ntzani, E and Vakalis, K and Tsilidis, K},
doi = {10.1186/s12889-021-11193-x},
journal = {BMC Public Health},
title = {Awareness, knowledge and trust in the Greek authorities towards COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Epirus Health Study cohort},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11193-x},
volume = {21},
year = {2021}
}

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AB  - Background: To assess the level of knowledge and trust in the policy decisions taken regarding the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic among Epirus Health Study (EHS) participants.Methods: The EHS is an ongoing and deeply-phenotyped prospective cohort study that has recruited 667 participants in northwest Greece until August 31st, 2020. Level of knowledge on coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) transmission and COVID-19 severity was labeled as poor, moderate or good. Variables assessing knowledge and beliefs towards the pandemic were summarized overall and by sex, age group (25-39, 40-49, 50-59, ≥60 years) and period of report (before the lifting of lockdown measures in Greece: March 30th to May 3rd, and two post-lockdown time periods: May 4th to June 31st, July 1st to August 31st). A hypothesis generating exposure-wide association analysis was conducted to evaluate the associations between 153 agnostically-selected explanatory variables and participants’ knowledge. Correction for multiple comparisons was applied using a false discovery rate (FDR) threshold of 5%.Results: A total of 563 participants (49 years mean age; 60% women) had available information on the standard EHS questionnaire, the clinical and biochemical measurements, and the COVID-19-related questionnaire. Percentages of poor, moderate and good knowledge status regarding COVID-19 were 4.5%, 10.0% and 85.6%, respectively. The majority of participants showed absolute or moderate trust in the Greek health authorities for the management of the epidemic (90.1%), as well as in the Greek Government (84.7%) and the official national sources of information (87.4%). Trust in the authorities was weaker in younger participants and those who joined the study after the lifting of lockdown measures (p-value0.001). None of the factors examined was associated with participants’ level of knowledge after correction for multiple testing.Conclusions: High level of knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic and t
AU  - Kanellopoulou,A
AU  - Koskeridis,F
AU  - Markozannes,G
AU  - Bouras,E
AU  - Soutziou,C
AU  - Chaliasos,K
AU  - Doumas,MT
AU  - Sigounas,DE
AU  - Tzovaras,VT
AU  - Panos,A
AU  - Stergiou,Y
AU  - Mellou,K
AU  - Papamichail,D
AU  - Aretouli,E
AU  - Chatzidimitriou,D
AU  - Chatzopoulou,F
AU  - Bairaktari,E
AU  - Tzoulaki,I
AU  - Evangelou,E
AU  - Rizos,EC
AU  - Ntzani,E
AU  - Vakalis,K
AU  - Tsilidis,K
DO  - 10.1186/s12889-021-11193-x
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 1471-2458
TI  - Awareness, knowledge and trust in the Greek authorities towards COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Epirus Health Study cohort
T2  - BMC Public Health
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11193-x
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/89224
VL  - 21
ER  -

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