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Table 1 Items collected and descriptions in the questionnaire

From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Identify and measure the degree of over-prevention behaviors in the post-COVID-19 era in China

Item

Description

X1

Disinfecting the surrounding outdoors rarely touched by hands, such as the ground, plants, and walls, is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [23].

X2

Disinfecting clothes and soles by using alcohol and other disinfectants after getting home even without close contact with confirmed cases of infection is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [24, 25].

X3

Using alcohol and other disinfectants to clean the house every day, even without patients living, is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [24, 25].

X4

Using ultraviolet rays at home, even without patients living, is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [25].

X5

Using alcohol and other disinfectants to clean packages of carry-out, parcel, and shopping commodities is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [25].

X6

Using disinfectants (75% alcohol excepted) to clean hands every day even without close contact with infected cases is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [25].

X7

Using alcohol to clean used medical or N95 masks is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [22].

X8

Using converted mist cannon trucks and drones to spray disinfectants to the air outdoors is an over-prevention behavior exhibited by staff in the high- and low-risk regions [21, 23].

X9

Disinfecting wheels and surfaces of ordinary cars that did not carry patients is an over-prevention behavior exhibited by staff in the high- and low-risk regions [23, 25].

X10

Building disinfection shed at the gate of a community to clean people thoroughly who entered it is an over-prevention behavior exhibited by staff in the high- and low-risk regions [21, 23].

X11

Using high-concentration or large amounts of disinfectants to clean corridors in a community in non-focus of infection is an over-prevention behavior exhibited by staff in the high- and low-risk regions [25].

X12

Using disinfectants to clean outdoors in a community in non-focus of infection is an over-prevention behavior exhibited by staff in the high- and low-risk regions [21, 25].

X13

Requiring people to disinfect their clothes and soles before entering public areas is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [21, 25].

X14

Disinfecting the air outdoors on rainy and snowy days is an over-prevention behavior exhibited by staff in the high- and low-risk regions [21].

X15

Casting disinfectants to lakes, reservoirs, and pools is an over-prevention behavior exhibited by staff in the high- and low-risk regions [21].

X16

Wearing masks indoors, such as in an office, chamber, school, and other ventilated rooms, where people can remain one meter apart, is an over-prevention behavior in the low-risk regions [26].

X17

Wearing masks in private cars without patients is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [26].

X18

Wearing masks outdoors where people can remain one meter apart is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [26].

X19

Enforcing people to wear masks indoors, such as in an office, chamber, school, and other ventilated rooms, where they can remain one meter apart, is an over-prevention behavior in the low-risk regions [26].

X20

Inhibiting people to go outdoors without wearing masks is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [26].

X21

Restricting human rights violently by implementing preventive measures, such as breaking into houses and hitting people, is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [27].

X22

Setting pandemic checkpoints inappropriately, which harms human rights, such as the steel wire accidentally killing a passer-by reported in China, is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [27].

X23

Collecting private information frequently or forcing privacy disclosure is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [28].

X24

Damaging individual property rights as part of pandemic prevention, for instance, staff throwing away students’ items from the dormitory without permission to make room for patients that hospitals could not accommodate, is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [27].

X25

Isolating received parcels in the corner of the house for several days is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [25].

X26

Wearing gloves in public areas without the need to nurse patients or clean infected areas is an over-prevention behavior in the high- and low-risk regions [22].

X27

Delaying the operation of some enterprises in places qualified to allow the opening of workplaces is an over-prevention behavior in the low-risk regions [29].