Factors Associated with Quality of Life during COVID-19 Pandemic among Village Health Volunteers in Chaiyaphum Province

Abstract

     Objectives of a cross-sectional analytical research were to study the level of quality of life, the level of health literacy, and factors associated with the quality of life among village health volunteers (VHVs) from the COVID-19 outbreak in Chaiyaphum province. Data collection tools were questionnaires that distributed to 788 participants by multistage randomization procedure.

     Results of this study revealed that most of Village Health Volunteers (VHVs) were female (82.61), mean aged was 48.40 ± 7.15 years old and a majority group was 50 – 59 years old (50.38 %). Quality of life was discovered at a good level (61.27%). Focused on health literacy, main group of VHVs was found at a good level (42.39%), followed by a very good level (38.96%). There were five factors found significantly associated statistics, 1) had no underlying disease (OR adj.= 1.63; 95% CI: 1.15 to 2.32; p-value = 0.006), 2) Very good level of accessibility skills of health literacy (OR adj.= 1.73; 95 % CI: 1.15 to 2.61; p-value <0.001), 3) Very good level of communication skills of health literacy (OR adj.= 1.86 ; 95% CI: 1.21 to 2.85 ; p-value = 0.008), 4) Very good level of knowledge and decision-making skills of health literacy (OR adj.= 1.60; 95% CI: 1.08 to 2.35; p-value = 0.017) and 5) Very good level of media literacy skills (OR adj.= 3.12; 95% CI: 2.14 to 4.55 ; p-value <0.001)