Collecting behavioural data across countries during pandemics: Development of the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tool

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dc.abstract.enTools that can be used to collect behavioural data during pandemics are needed to inform policy and practice. The objective of this project was to develop the Your COVID-19 Risk tool in response to the global spread of COVID-19, aiming to promote health behaviour change. We developed an online resource based on key behavioural evidence-based risk factors related to contracting and spreading COVID-19. This tool allows for assessing risk and provides instant support to protect individuals from infection. The Risk Estimation Questions assessed users’ location, age, gender, work environment, day-to-day behaviours currently performed, and conditions under which these behaviours would change. Users were also asked to estimate how often they keep their distance from others in public and regularly wash their hands, and the procedures they follow to do so. A multidisciplinary research team of more than 150 international experts developed the tool. Over 60,000 users in more than 150 countries have assessed their risk and provided data. The majority of respondents reported that they almost always keep their distance from others in public places, and most participants reported washing their hands after touching public or shared surfaces or when entering buildings. The tool, data, and results were openly shared to support government and health agencies developing behaviour change interventions. This tool creates a blueprint for similar digital infrastructure that can be replicated and used in future pandemics.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.affiliationWydział Psychologii we Wrocławiu
dc.contributor.authorPeters, Gjalt‑Jorn
dc.contributor.authorKwasnicka, Dominika
dc.contributor.authorHoor, Gill A. ten
dc.contributor.authorCrutzen, Rik
dc.contributor.authorVarol, Tugce
dc.contributor.authorWarner, Lisa Marie
dc.contributor.authorAlgargoosh, Mahdi
dc.contributor.authorAli, Eskinder Eshetu
dc.contributor.authorAnwar, Mudassir
dc.contributor.authorAsih, Sali Rahadi
dc.contributor.authorBaltas, Zuhal Feryal
dc.contributor.authorBerry, Emma
dc.contributor.authorBeyene, Kebede
dc.contributor.authorCampbell, Katarzyna Anna
dc.contributor.authorCarneiro, Bruno Moreira
dc.contributor.authorCastillo‑Eito, Laura
dc.contributor.authorChan, Amy Hai Yan
dc.contributor.authorChan, Samuel Suk‑Hung
dc.contributor.authorCipolletta Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorDeSmet, Ann
dc.contributor.authorDewi, Triana Kesuma
dc.contributor.authorDima, Alexandra Lelia
dc.contributor.authorEncantado, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorEpton, Tracy
dc.contributor.authorFigueired, João
dc.contributor.authorFracaroli, Gustavo DalCin
dc.contributor.authorGauchet, Aurelie
dc.contributor.authorGebretekle, Gebremedhin Beedemariam
dc.contributor.authorGérain, Pierre
dc.contributor.authorGodinho, Cristina Albuquerque
dc.contributor.authorLisa Graham‑Wisener
dc.contributor.authorGreen, James A.
dc.contributor.authorGroarke, Jenny M.
dc.contributor.authorGültzow, Thomas
dc.contributor.authorGuven, Elif Basak
dc.contributor.authorHermans, Roel C. J.
dc.contributor.authorHermsen, Sander
dc.contributor.authorInauen, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorKassianos, Angelos P.
dc.contributor.authorKazantseva, Tatiana Valerievna
dc.contributor.authorKeyaerts, Els
dc.contributor.authorKönig, Laura Maria
dc.contributor.authorLange, Daniela
dc.contributor.authorLauwerier, Emelien
dc.contributor.authorLie, Yongchan
dc.contributor.authorLiem, Andrian
dc.contributor.authorŁuszczyńska, Aleksandra
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Marta M.
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Hannah Catherine
dc.contributor.authorNoone, Chris
dc.contributor.authorNurmi, Johanna
dc.contributor.authorNurwant, Ratri
dc.contributor.authorOzbay, Elif Suna
dc.contributor.authorPalacz‑Poborczyk, Iga
dc.contributor.authorPedruzzi, Rebecca Anne
dc.contributor.authorPoppe, Louise
dc.contributor.authorPorter, Lucy Mabel
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorRinaldi, Bruna Salati Nan
dc.contributor.authorRufault, Alexis
dc.contributor.authorSchmitz, Carsten
dc.contributor.authorScholz, Urte
dc.contributor.authorSchweitzer, Ana‑Maria
dc.contributor.authorSelekoğlu Ok, Yasemin
dc.contributor.authorShree, Medha
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Carolina C.
dc.contributor.authorSokang, Yasinta Astin Sokang
dc.contributor.authorTam, Albert W.
dc.contributor.authorTang, Mei Yee
dc.contributor.authorTomaino, Silvia Caterina Maria
dc.contributor.authorvan Beurden, Samantha Barbara
dc.contributor.authorVerweij, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorVluggen, Stan
dc.contributor.authorWatkins, Rochelle E.
dc.contributor.authorZörgő, Szilvia
dc.contributor.authorRoozen, Sylvia
dc.date.access2025-07-14
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-16T09:29:40Z
dc.date.available2025-07-16T09:29:40Z
dc.date.created2025-06-14
dc.date.issued2025-07-14
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Tools that can be used to collect behavioural data during pandemics are needed to inform policy and practice. The objective of this project was to develop the <jats:italic>Your COVID-19 Risk</jats:italic> tool in response to the global spread of COVID-19, aiming to promote health behaviour change. We developed an online resource based on key behavioural evidence-based risk factors related to contracting and spreading COVID-19. This tool allows for assessing risk and provides instant support to protect individuals from infection. The Risk Estimation Questions assessed users’ location, age, gender, work environment, day-to-day behaviours currently performed, and conditions under which these behaviours would change. Users were also asked to estimate how often they keep their distance from others in public and regularly wash their hands, and the procedures they follow to do so. A multidisciplinary research team of more than 150 international experts developed the tool. Over 60,000 users in more than 150 countries have assessed their risk and provided data. The majority of respondents reported that they almost always keep their distance from others in public places, and most participants reported washing their hands after touching public or shared surfaces or when entering buildings. The tool, data, and results were openly shared to support government and health agencies developing behaviour change interventions. This tool creates a blueprint for similar digital infrastructure that can be replicated and used in future pandemics.</jats:p>
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dc.description.issue8
dc.description.physical1-15
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume57
dc.identifier.doi10.3758/s13428-025-02743-x
dc.identifier.issn1554-3528
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1610
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13428-025-02743-x
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
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dc.subject.enHealth behaviour change
dc.subject.enImpact
dc.subject.enRisk
dc.subject.enPeople
dc.subject.enStrategies
dc.subject.enSystems
dc.subject.enCOVID-19
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dc.titleCollecting behavioural data across countries during pandemics: Development of the COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tool
dc.title.journalBehavior Research Methods
dc.typeJournalArticle
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