The Effects of Using Home Isolation (HI) Service System on Health Management and Behaviors to Prevent the Spread of Germs Infection in COVID-19 Patients

Abstract

This quasi-experimental research, one-group pretest-posttest design, aimed to study the effects of using home isolation service system on health management and behaviors to prevent the spread of germs infection in COVID-19 patients at Plak Nu Health Promoting Hospital. The sample group, selected by non-specific random sampling, was 27 COVID-19 patients who received medical treatment as Home Isolation (HI). The research instruments were the COVID-19 patient care management system in HI, health management questionnaire and behaviors to prevent the spread of germs infection in COVID-19 patients questionnaire having IOC between .67-1.00 and Cronbach's alpha coefficient with .91 and .90, respectively. Data were analyzed using one sample t-test and dependent t-test. The results found that:

1. Health management according to the perceptions of COVID-19 patients after receiving HI service management system had the average score significantly higher than before the system development at the .001 level.

2. After using the HI service management system of Plak Nu Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital, the overall health management based on the patient perceptions had the average score significantly higher than before the development of the system at the .001 level.

3. After implementing the HI service management system for COVID-19 patients, the infection prevention behaviors were significantly higher than before entering HI at the .05 level.

Therefore, Plak Nu Sub-district Health Promoting Hospital should apply concrete HI service system for the COVID-19 patients focusing on understanding the procedures and behaviors to prevent the spread of germs infection while recovering in Home Isolation.