Survey on infection situation and coping attitude of residents in Sichuan Province after the adjustment of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control policies at the end of 2022
Objective To understand the infection situation and characteristics of residents in Sichuan Province after the adjustment of the novel coronavirus infection(COVID-19)epidemic prevention and control policies in December 2022,and the public's response attitude to the optimization of epidemic prevention and control policies.Methods From January 19,2023 to March 4,2023,an online questionnaire survey was conducted among residents in Sichuan Province.SPSS 17.0 software was used to analyze the infection rate,distribution of infected people,clinical symptoms,infection risk factors,coping attitude and so on in cities/prefectures of Sichuan Province through rank sum test,x2 test,Logistic regression and other methods,and test level was α=0.05.Results A total of 8 187 valid questionnaires were obtained from this survey(5 035 for urban residents and 3 152 for rural residents).The infection rate of COVID-19 among these survey objects was 77.66%.The infection rate in urban areas(81.50%)was higher than that in rural areas(71.54%)(x2=110.566,P<0.001).The infection rate in different regions varied greatly.The top three regions of infection rates were Luzhou City(82.11%),Zigong City(80.15%)and Guangyuan City(79.46%).Compared with urban residents,rural residents had a lower risk of infection(odds ratio OR=0.66,95%confidence interval CI:0.59-0.73).Compared with men,women had a higher risk of infection(OR=1.40,95%CI:1.24-1.55).Compared with the group<18 years old,the risk of infection in the 41-50 years old group was the highest(OR=2.52,95%CI:1.70-3.34).Compared with students,the risk of infection among staff in healthcare institutions was the highest(OR=2.24,95%CI:1.77-2.83).Compared with people without basic diseases,people with basic diseases had a higher risk of infection(OR=1.34,95%CI:1.10-1.65).Asymptomatic infections accounted for 14.55%and 17.78%in urban and rural areas,respectively.After the optimization of epidemic prevention and control policies,66.75%of the residents feared COVID-19 infection,and 94.78%of the residents supported the optimization of epidemic prevention and control policies.Compared with urban residents,rural residents were more willing to be vaccinated with COVID-19 booster needles and continue to wear masks(all P<0.05).Conclusions The infection rate of residents in Sichuan Province was high and the epidemic was developing rapidly.There were significant differences in the infection rate of COVID-19 among residents in different regions of Sichuan Province.It is still necessary to investigate the occurrence and development of the epidemic,understand the development trend of the epidemic,and do a good job in health and epidemic prevention work.
COVID-19infection rateclinical symptomscross-sectional study