Factors Related to Coronavirus Infectious Disease (COVID-19) Preventive Behavior among People in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya City Municipality, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya province
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This descriptive cross-sectional research aimed to study the level of knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors toward the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to assess factors associated with COVID-19 preventive behaviors among people in Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya city municipality, Phranakhon Si Ayutthaya province. The data was collected from 180 participants using questionnaires. The IOC value of the questionnaire ranged between 0.70 – 0.92 The KR-20 value and the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.84 and 0.81, respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Chi-Square and Pearson product moment correlation.
The results showed that participants had a moderate level of knowledge towards the COVID-19 prevention. The attitudes and preventive behaviors regarding COVID-19 among participants was a high level. Factors Related to COVID-19 was education level, which positive correlation at a level of <0.001 (r=0.340) and personal factors including education level, income, entering in risk areas such as religious ceremony, and contact with people travelling from risk areas were significantly correlated with preventive behaviors toward COVID-19 at a level of 0.05.
This finding suggests that knowledge positively affects protective behaviors toward COVID-19. Therefore, the promotion of health literacy among people will help them analyze the data receiving from various channels, especially the knowledge regarding virus, virus infection, and disease transmission, and make good health decisions which will lead to appropriate self-protection behaviors to reduce the COVID-19 pandemic.
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