ปัจจัยที่มีความสัมพันธ์กับพฤติกรรมการป้องกันและลดการแพร่กระจายของเชื้อโควิด-19 ของพนักงานจัดเก็บและกระจายสินค้าของศูนย์กระจายสินค้าแห่งหนึ่ง

Wasana Silangam; Umarat Sirijaroongwong; Wanna Kongkarak; Napat Wangsri

Authors

Wasana Silangam Faculty of Public and Environmental Health Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
Umarat Sirijaroongwong Faculty of Public and Environmental Health, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
Wanna Kongkarak Faculty of Public and Environmental Health, Huachiew Chalermprakiet University
Napat Wangsri Faculty of Public and Environmental Health Huachiew Chalermprakiet University

Keywords:

COVID-19 preventive behaviors, distribution center, distribution Employees

Abstract

Distribution center employees were another group at risk for COVID-19 infection, especially storage and distribution employees. As consumers are increasingly ordering products online, employees are being exposed to a large number of products from both domestic and international locations. This cross-sectional study aimed to study factors associate with prevent and reduce the spread of COVID-19 behaviors among storage and distribution employees at a distribution center. 130 employees participated in the study. The accidental sampling used in this research. The research instruments were the questionnaires about the knowledge of COVID-19 prevention, the attitudes toward COVID-19, the perceived severity of COVID-19, and the prevent and reduce the spread of COVID-19 behaviors which their reliabilities were 0.92, 068, 0.75 and 0.91 respectively. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, Chi-square test and Spearman rank correlation coefficient.

The results indicated that 76.92% of the participants were females; the mean age was 25.63±3.64 years old, 86.15% had a high level of knowledge, 88.46% had a good level of attitude, 97.69% had a high level of perception disease severity, and 98.46% had a good level of behaviors. Behaviors to prevent and reduce the spread of COVID-19 were significantly positively correlated with the age of work, the average monthly income and the perception disease severity of
the COVID-19 (r=0.39, p-value<0.01; r=0.55, p-value<0.01 and r=0.29, p-value<0.01, respectively). To promote prevention and reduce the spread of the COVID-19 behaviors among employee, agencies should regular surveillance, awareness and provide information about the COVID-19.

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