P-1595. Perceived Individual Risk of COVID-19 Mirrors Community Risk: Analysis of Testing Sites in West Virginia
Abstract
Abstract Background There are often large variations in individuals’ perceived vs. actual community risk of contracting infectious diseases. As part of a study to better understand attitudes and behaviors regarding testing and vaccination for COVID-19, we sought to examine factors related to differences between a person’s perceived risk vs. actual community risk and association of a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result.Table 1:Demographics and Clinical CharacteristicsA breakdown of our study section by outcome response type arcross covariates.Table 2:Modeling Results Across Groups Results of our logistic regression model where perceived risk (Low=0, Med/High=1). Gray rows indicate statistically significant covariates at the p
Fields of Study & Subjects
COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Risk Perception and Management
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Open Forum Infectious Diseases
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- Supplement_1
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN