Effects of Home Isolation Service Support System of Primary Care Units on the Success of Supporting COVID-19 Operational Control in Dan Chang District, Suphanburi Province

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research, one-group pretest-posttest design, aimed to study the effects of home isolation service support system of primary care units on the success of supporting COVID-19 operational control in Dan Chang district, Suphanburi province. The experimental group consisted of 45 sub-district health-promoting hospital staff working under the Dan Chang district public health office. The research tools included the service support system for sub-district health promoting hospitals, according to the district public health office's role, including workforce supports, budgets, materials and equipment, academic knowledge and morale boosting, during May–July 2022. Data were collected by questionnaire related to succeed in supporting COVID-19 operational control with its validation at 0.67 – 1.00 and Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.948. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and Paired sample t-test.  

              The results showed that after implementing the home isolation service support system of primary care units, there was a statistically significant increase in the success of supporting for COVID-19 operational control at 0.01 (P-value <0.001).

              Therefore, the public health offices or supporting agencies should support workforce, budgets, materials, equipment, academic knowledge and also morale boosting for primary care units to be confident in their providing health care services and the clients may feel positive and cooperated with healthcare providers and also related agencies to be more effective and successful in control and prevention of the spreading of COVID-19.