Table 4 Main features of eligible studies
Characteristic | Number of studies |
|---|---|
Country | |
 Democratic Republic of Congo | 4a |
 Ethiopia | 5 |
 Guinea | 1 |
 Iraq | 1 |
 Ivory Coast | 2 |
 Kenya | 3a |
 Lao | 1 |
 Lebanon | 1 |
 Liberia | 2 |
 Malawi | 2 |
 Myanmar | 2 |
 Nigeria | 13 |
 Pakistan | 7 |
 Sierra Leone | 6 |
 Sudan | 1 |
 Tanzania | 2a |
 Uganda | 2 |
 Yemen | 1 |
Epidemic-prone disease | |
 Ebola virus disease | 19b |
 COVID-19 | 18b |
 Dengue fever | 4b |
 Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) | 3 |
 Cholera | 2 |
 Lassa fever | 2 |
 Malaria | 2 |
 Rift valley fever | 2 |
 Zoonotic infections | 2 |
 Cutaneous leishmaniasis | 1b |
 Marburg virus disease | 1 |
 Poliomyelitis | 1 |
 Typhoid fever | 1~ |
Active epidemic during data collection? | |
 Yes | 19 |
 No | 37 |
Type of study population | |
 General population (15 years or older) | 40 |
 General population: cases with disease under study | 1 |
 Clinical health professionals | 10 |
 Other health professionals | 9 |
Data collection methods | |
 Self-administered questionnaire (in-person or online) | 17 |
 Interviewer administered questionnaire | 32 |
 Focus group discussion | 2 |
 Semi-structured interviews | 7 |
 Free listing | 1 |
 Experimental fame | 1 |
 SMS-based survey | 1 |
Number of dimensions of risk perception reported on | |
 One | 33 |
 Two | 36 |
 Three | 3 |
Dimensions of risk perception reported on | |
 Perceived likelihood | 36 |
 Perceived severity | 27 |
 Perceived susceptibility | 8 |
 Affective risk perception | 14 |
Conceptual framework used | |
 No framework | 36 |
 Knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) | 10 |
 Health belief model | 3 |
 Explanatory model interview catalogue | 1 |
 Moderated mediation model | 1 |
 Ideation metatheory | 1 |
 Social process theory | 1 |
 Weberian social action theory | 1 |
 Original framework developed by authors | 1 |
Method for measuring/assessing risk perception | |
 Likert- or Likert-type scale | 34 |
 Dichotomous question (yes/no; agree/disagree) | 11 |
 Open-ended question | 3 |
 Comparison of two diseases | 2 |
 Ranking of diseases | 1 |
 Comparison of vulnerability of two population groups | 1 |
 Score against pre-determined ‘correct’ risk perception defined by author | 1 |
 Unable to ascertain | 6 |