Migrant Workers' Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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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.

Detailed Description
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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.

Official Title
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Responses of International Migrant Workers to Large-Scale Dormitory Outbreaks of COVID-19: A Population Survey

Conditions
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Coronavirus, Trust, Misinformation

Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: At least 21 years old Holds a government work permit identifying their employment status Exclusion Criteria: NIL

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 Years
Maximum Age: 60 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Migrant Workers<br> | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Migrant workers, Singapore, Vulnerable, Trust, Rumours, Resilience