Contextual and psychosocial factors predicting Ebola prevention behaviours using the RANAS approach to behaviour change in Guinea-Bissau

Table 4 Questions to measure the psychosocial factors for the intention not to touch someone who might be suffering from Ebola

Scale/construct		Example item	Scale (min/max)
Risk factors	Vulnerability	How high do you feel is the risk that you get Ebola?	1–5
	Severity	Imagine that you contracted Ebola, how severe would be the impact on… … your life in general?	1–5
	Health knowledge	Can people transfer Ebola to others immediately after being infected?	Multiple choice answers: 0 = answer was wrong, 1 = answer was right
	Risk touching	How high do you think is the risk that you contract Ebola, if you touch a person who is suffering from Ebola?	1–5
Attitude factor	Response belief	How certain are you that not touching a sick person prevents you from contracting Ebola?	1–5
Self-regulation factor	Control not to touch	How much control do you have over whether you don’t touch a person who might be suffering from Ebola while taking care of this person at home?	1–5
Additional factor	Opinion of others	What would others think if you don’t touch a person who might be suffering from Ebola?	Open question

Notes. 1 indicates the lowest value on the scale, and 5 represents the highest value on the scale (1 = not at all, 2 = a little, 3 = medium, 4 = strongly, 5 = very strongly)

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