ความรู้และพฤติกรรมของครอบครัวในการป้องกันการติดเชื้อโควิด-19 ระลอกใหม่ในเด็ก

Pimkanabhon Trakooltorwong; Katemanee Moonpanane; Salisa Kodyee; Nathamon Wuttipan; Kunnara Maneekunwong

Authors

Pimkanabhon Trakooltorwong School of Nursing, Mae Fah Luang University
Katemanee Moonpanane School of Nursing, Mae Fah Luang University
Salisa Kodyee School of Nursing, Mae Fah Luang University
Nathamon Wuttipan School of Nursing, Mae Fah Luang University
Kunnara Maneekunwong School of Nursing, Mae Fah Luang University

Keywords:

COVID-19, Knowledge about COVID-19, Preventive behaviors against COVID-19, Families, Children

Abstract

Between 2020 and 2022, new variants of Coronavirus (COVID-19) were discovered in Thailand. The emergence of new variants, such as BA.2.86, has raised public health concerns and posed challenges to existing precautionary measures due to their increased transmissibility. These variants resulted in an increase in infections among Thai pediatric population. This study aimed to examine the correlation between families’ knowledge and preventive behaviors toward COVID-19 for their children. A sample of 113 primary caregivers who had child aged between 2-6 years was recruited. The relationship between knowledge about COVID-19 and preventive behaviors against it was determined using the Pearson correlation coefficient.

The results show a high level of correlation between a family’s knowledge and preventive behaviors toward COVID-19 (r = 0.35, p < 0.01). Moreover, the mean level of families’ knowledge about COVID-19 was high (Mean = 0.69, SD = 0.46), while that of families’ preventive behaviors against COVID-19 was moderate (Mean = 1.31, SD = 0.74). In conclusion, the results showed that the knowledge of the disease of an individual family directly correlates to the family behaviors used to prevent new COVID-19 variant infections in the pediatric population.

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