Identifying targets for interventions to support public adherence to government instructions to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2

摘要

Keyworth et al.’s [14] measure was used to assess people’s capabilities, opportunities and motivations with respect to adhering to UK government COVID-19-related instructions. The measure is based on Michie et al.’s (6] capabilities, opportunities and motivations model, which is designed to capture all the key drivers of human behaviour. The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence endorses the model as a key theoretical framework for understanding and supporting behaviour change [15]. Keyworth et al.’s [14] measure comprises six items designed to tap physical capability, psychological capability, physical opportunity, social opportunity, reflective motivation, and automatic motivation, which are presented in Table 1. The items are accompanied by brief definitions of each of the constructs (e.g., the reflective motivation item is accompanied with: “What is motivation? Conscious planning and evaluation (beliefs about what is good and bad) (e.g., I have the desire to, I feel the need to) and are assess on 11-point scales (strongly disagree[0]-strongly agree[10].