TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous participation in secondary prevention programs The role of psychosocial predictors
AU - Gorini, Alessandra
AU - Giuliani, Mattia
AU - Marton, Giulia
AU - Vergani, Laura
AU - Barbieri, Simone
AU - Veglia, Fabrizio
AU - Tremoli, Elena
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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Disease prevention is a multifaceted construct that has been widely studied. Nevertheless, in spite of its importance, it is still not sufficiently considered by the general population. Since the reasons for this lack of consideration are not yet fully understood, we created an Online Prevention Survey (OPS) to investigate the role of both sociodemographic and psychological factors in predicting individuals’ spontaneous participation in secondary prevention programs. The results revealed that younger people, men, manual workers, unemployed people, and those who do not regularly practise physical activity were less likely to spontaneously participate in such programs. Furthermore, an analysis of the psychological determinants of the willingness to participate in secondary prevention programs showed that depressive symptoms negatively predict it, while an individual’s perception of receiving high social support acts as a positive predictor. Based on these results, we suggest the need for implementing new tailored approaches to promote prevention initiatives to those segments of the population which are more reluctant to spontaneously undertake prevention paths.
AB - Disease prevention is a multifaceted construct that has been widely studied. Nevertheless, in spite of its importance, it is still not sufficiently considered by the general population. Since the reasons for this lack of consideration are not yet fully understood, we created an Online Prevention Survey (OPS) to investigate the role of both sociodemographic and psychological factors in predicting individuals’ spontaneous participation in secondary prevention programs. The results revealed that younger people, men, manual workers, unemployed people, and those who do not regularly practise physical activity were less likely to spontaneously participate in such programs. Furthermore, an analysis of the psychological determinants of the willingness to participate in secondary prevention programs showed that depressive symptoms negatively predict it, while an individual’s perception of receiving high social support acts as a positive predictor. Based on these results, we suggest the need for implementing new tailored approaches to promote prevention initiatives to those segments of the population which are more reluctant to spontaneously undertake prevention paths.
KW - Facebook sampling
KW - Health psychology
KW - Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
KW - Psychosocial predictors
KW - Spontaneous participation in secondary prevention
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph17176298
DO - 10.3390/ijerph17176298
M3 - Article
C2 - 32872473
AN - SCOPUS:85090178749
VL - 17
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SN - 1661-7827
IS - 17
M1 - 6298
ER -