Effectiveness of Program for Improving Self-Care Behaviors to Prevent COVID-19 of Communities among Village Health Volunteers in Pathumthani Province
Keywords:
Self-care behaviors, health belief model, preventive for covid- 19, communities among Village health VolunteersAbstract
The purposes of this quasi experimental research were to study the effectiveness of program for improving self-care behaviors to prevent Covid-19 of communities among village health volunteers in Pathumthani Province.The study samples were 54 subjects divided into two groups: an experimental and a control group of 27 subjects. The experiment’s duration was 5 weeks. Data collected during between July to September 2020. Data were collected using the demographic data record form, program based on Health Belief Model, the health belief questionnaire, and self-care behaviors to prevent Covid-19 questionnaire. Content validity of the instruments was tested and yield the score of 1.00, 0.90, and 1.00 respectively. The reliability of both questionnaires was tested yielding Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of 0.89, and 0.82 respectively. The data were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. Comparisons between groups were analyzed using t-tests.
The results of the study showed that 1) the average scores of self-care behavior for Covid-19 prevention among the samples from the experimental group were significantly higher than before receiving the program at p< .05, and 2) the average scores of the self-care behavior for Covid-19 prevention among the samples from the experimental group were significantly higher than those who received regular care at p<.05.
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