Inclination to Ethical Values in Controlling the Spread of COVID-19

Abstract

we the responsibility of from preventing In this study, we aimed to determine whether the behaviors exhib- ited in epidemic control change according to the inclination to the ethical values. In this cross-sectional study we reached 620 people over the age of 18 actively using their social media accounts. The data of the study were collected using the “Introductory Information Form” created by the researchers, and “The Inclination to Ethical Values Scale” in between October 23 and November in 2021. The mean age of participants was 28.56±10 were 77.7% female and 62.9%, were single participant 11.8% of the participants lived at home with an individual aged 65 or over and 14.2% of the participants had chronic illness. The rate of having a coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) test was 25.2% and a pos- itive rate of COVID-19 testing was 11.0%. The mean score of the participants’ “Behaviors for the control of the spread of COVID-19” was 4.46. The average score of the participants for “The Inclination to Ethical Values Scale” was 4.38. There was an increase in score of “Be- haviors for the control of the spread of COVID-19” with the increase in score of “The Inclination to Ethical Values Scale”. As a result of this study, in the contagious “text-based case”, those who felt responsible were more sensitive to controlling the spread of the infection.