Factors Associated with Self-Protective Behavior of COVID-19 in Undergraduate Students in the Northeastern Region
Keywords:
COVID-19, health literacy, knowledge, self-protective behaviorAbstract
This analytical cross-sectional study aimed to determine health literacy, knowledge, self-protective behavior and to determine factors associated self-protective behavior of COVID-19 among undergraduate students. This study was conducted using an online questionnaire survey among the undergraduate students from 6 universities in the northeastern region from 27 October to November 7 in 2021. The questionnaires collected socio-demographic characteristics, health literacy, knowledge and self-protective behavior of COVID-19. The content validity of the health literacy, knowledge and self-protective behavior were 0.93, 0.89 and 0.83. Likewise, the reliability was 0.89, 0.79 and 0.84 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multivariable analysis was performed using multiple logistic regression to identify the factors associated with self-protective behavior of COVID-19. A total of 950 respondence were included in this study, and 57.9% were majoring in health care. Those groups also expressed vaccination intention (42.0%). The majority of participants (91.5%) had a high level of self-protective behavior of COVID-19 (95%CI: 88.9-92.4). Multivariable analyses shown that female respondence (OR = 3.68; 95%CI: 2.11-6.43; p<.001) and the high level of health literacy were likely to be more adopt self-protective behavior of COVID-19 (OR = 6.88; 95%CI: 3.82-12.39; p<0.001). Findings from this study highlight the necessity of education for improving the health literacy of undergraduate students to strengthen for their self-protective behavior of COVID-19 and protect themselves from other infectious diseases.
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