Migrant Workers' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT04718519 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 510d2
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 1,011
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Rumors circulate widely during public health crises and have deleterious consequences. In this study, we seek to document the base rates of migrant workers' rumor exposure and identify predictors of rumor hearing, sharing and belief.

Conditions

Coronavirus; Trust; Misinformation

Keywords

Migrant workers; Singapore; Vulnerable; Trust; Rumours; Resilience

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Confidence in government

  Participants were asked how confident they were that the government could control the nationwide spread of COVID-19

  baseline

• Fear for health

  Participants were asked how fearful they were about their health during the COVID-19 situation

  baseline

• Fear for job

  Participants were asked how fearful they were about their job during the COVID-19 situation

  baseline

• Degree of exposure to rumours

  We investigated participants' familiarity with five rumors that had been widely spread during the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) drinking water frequently will help prevent infection (COVID-19 prevention); (2) eating garlic can help prevent infection (COVID-19 prevention); (3) the outbreak arose from people eating bat soup (COVID-19 origins); (4) the virus was created in a US lab to affect China's economy (COVID-19 origins); and (5) the virus was created in a Chinese lab as a bioweapon (COVID-19 origins).

  baseline

• Online habits

  We investigated the number of hours per day that participants' spent checking COVID-19 news and discussing COVID-19 on social media.

  baseline

Study Arms (1)

Migrant Workers

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The study population consist of male migrant workers employed in manual labor jobs within Singapore

You may qualify if:

• At least 21 years old
• Holds a government work permit identifying their employment status

You may not qualify if:

• NIL

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale-NUS College: lead

Study Sites (1)

Yale NUS

Singapore, Singapore

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coronavirus Infections; Communication

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Infections; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 20, 2021
• First Posted: January 22, 2021
• Study Start: June 22, 2020
• Primary Completion: October 11, 2020
• Study Completion: October 11, 2020
• Last Updated: May 6, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SG (1)