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Migrant Workers' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04718519
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : January 22, 2021
Last Update Posted : May 6, 2021
Sponsor:
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Yale-NUS College

Study Description
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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.

Condition or disease
Coronavirus Trust Misinformation

Detailed Description:

Rumors circulate widely during public health crises and have deleterious consequences. Vulnerable populations such as migrant workers tend to lack access to accurate health information, which can put them at higher risk for receiving and spreading misinformation.

In this study, we seek to document (i) the base rates of migrant workers' rumor exposure and (ii) identify predictors of rumor hearing, sharing and belief. These predictors include trust in institutions, risk perceptions, online habits and socio-demographic variables.

Data was taken from the COVID-19 Migrant Health Study, a cross-sectional study of male migrants employed in manual labor jobs within Singapore.

Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Actual Enrollment : 1011 participants
Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
Official Title: Responses of International Migrant Workers to Large-Scale Dormitory Outbreaks of COVID-19: A Population Survey
Actual Study Start Date : June 22, 2020
Actual Primary Completion Date : October 11, 2020
Actual Study Completion Date : October 11, 2020

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Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort
Migrant Workers


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Confidence in government [ Time Frame: baseline ]
    Participants were asked how confident they were that the government could control the nationwide spread of COVID-19

  2. Fear for health [ Time Frame: baseline ]
    Participants were asked how fearful they were about their health during the COVID-19 situation

  3. Fear for job [ Time Frame: baseline ]
    Participants were asked how fearful they were about their job during the COVID-19 situation

  4. Degree of exposure to rumours [ Time Frame: baseline ]
    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).

  5. Online habits [ Time Frame: baseline ]
    We investigated the number of hours per day that participants' spent checking COVID-19 news and discussing COVID-19 on social media.


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Ages Eligible for Study:   21 Years to 60 Years   (Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   Male
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
The study population consist of male migrant workers employed in manual labor jobs within Singapore
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

  • NIL
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04718519


Locations
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Singapore
Yale NUS
Singapore, Singapore
Sponsors and Collaborators
Yale-NUS College
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Responsible Party: Yale-NUS College
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04718519    
Other Study ID Numbers: 510d2
First Posted: January 22, 2021    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: May 6, 2021
Last Verified: April 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No
Plan Description: Due to stipulations by the Institutional Review Board, data cannot be shared.

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
Keywords provided by Yale-NUS College:
Migrant workers
Singapore
Vulnerable
 Trust
Rumours
Resilience
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Coronavirus Infections
Coronaviridae Infections
Nidovirales Infections
 RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Infections