Knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors towards COVID-19 among pharmacy students in Bangkok Metropolitan Region: a A correlational Study
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COVID-19, pharmacy students, knowledge, attitude, disease preventionAbstract
This survey research aimed to investigate the relationships between knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors towards COVID-19 among pharmacy students Total of 340 pharmacy students from 8 universities in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region were included into the study via online questionnaire between January and March 2022. Descriptive statistics and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used for data analysis. The results showed that 51.2% of participants were female with a mean age of 21.32±2.03 years, and 52.9% were enrolled in the pharmaceutical science program. Social media was the primary source of information about COVID-19 (95.5%). The students demonstrated a very high level of knowledge about COVID-19 (mean score 13.44±2.77 out of 15), a good level of attitudes (mean score 3.92±0.47 out of 5), and a good level of preventive behaviors (mean score 2.04±0.48 out of 3). Knowledge was positively correlate with attitudes (r=0.165, p<0.05), and attitudes was also positively correlate with behaviors (r=0.641, p<0.05). However, no significant correlation was found between knowledge and behaviors. These findings suggest that fostering positive attitudes may be more important than providing knowledge alone in changing preventive behaviors, especially among health science students who already have a high level of basic health knowledge. This study provides fundamental information for future research on health behaviors among health science students.
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