Knowledge, Attitudes and Behavior Related to the Prevention of COVID-19: A Case of a Community in Maha Sarakham
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Objective: to study knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to prevention of COVID-19 and to study relationships between these variables among public in a community at Maha Sarakham province. Methods: This descriptive study collected the data from 180 subjects by using questionnaires on knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to prevention of COVID-19. Results: Most of the respondents were female with age of 41 – 60 years old, having education at primary school, and working in agricultural sector. In term of knowledge, most of the subjects provided correct answers to the questions with high overall knowledge score (83.9%). The majority of subjects showed high scores on individual attitude items with 80% of them having high overall attitudinal scores. The scores on individual items on behaviors, and overall behavior scores were high, with 75.0% of subjects having a high score. of 75.0. Knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to the prevention of COVID-19 showed significant positive relationship among them. Conclusion: Respondents had high levels of scores in knowledge, attitudes, and behavior related to the prevention of COVID-19. There was a positive relationship among these three factors. Health care providers should support public to become knowledgeable which could lead to appropriate behavior in preventing this disease.
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ผลการวิจัยและความคิดเห็นที่ปรากฏในบทความถือเป็นความคิดเห็นและอยู่ในความรับผิดชอบของผู้นิพนธ์ มิใช่ความเห็นหรือความรับผิดชอบของกองบรรณาธิการ หรือคณะเภสัชศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์ ทั้งนี้ไม่รวมความผิดพลาดอันเกิดจากการพิมพ์ บทความที่ได้รับการเผยแพร่โดยวารสารเภสัชกรรมไทยถือเป็นสิทธิ์ของวารสารฯ
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