Community responses during the early phase of the COVID-19 epidemic in Hong Kong: risk perception, information exposure and preventive measures

Kin On Kwok; Kin Kit Li; Ho Hin Chan; Yuan Yuan Yi; Arthur Tang; Wan In Wei; Yeung Shan Wong

Individuals who were aged 18 or above, understood Chinese and lived (on average) over five days per 112 week in Hong Kong in the last month are eligible to participate. Respondents were compensated with a 113 HKD10 cash coupon if they indicated willingness for receipt. To avoid duplicated responses from the 114 same respondent, the survey could only be taken once from the same electronic device. Respondents were asked about their demographics (including sex, age, living district, education 118 attainment, household income), self-perceived health status, travel history in the past month, occurrence 119 of respiratory symptoms in the past fourteen days and anxiety level using the Hospital, Anxiety and 120 Depression scale -Anxiety (HASD-A) (0-7 = Normal; 8-10 = Borderline abnormal; 11-21 = Abnormal).