COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors and Influencing Factors in the Thai Population: A Web-Based Survey

Frontiers in Public Health

Karl Peltzer²  Wonpen Kaewpan³  Kunwadee Rojpaisarnkit⁴  Supa Pengpid⁵ 

[1] Department of Health Education and Behavioural Sciences, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand;Department of Psychology, College of Medical and Health Sciences, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan;Department of Public Health Nursing, Faculty of Public Health, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand;Department of Public Health, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Rajabhat Rajanagarindra University, Chachoengsao, Thailand;Department of Research Administration and Development, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africa;

关键词: COVID-19;    preventive behaviors;    face mask wearing;    hand washing;    physical distancing;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.816464

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesTo identify factors influencing COVID-19 preventive behaviors among the Thai population.MethodsA cross-sectional web-based survey was used. A total of 6,521 Thai people completed the survey. The multiple linear regression analysis was performed to identify factors that influenced coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) preventive behaviors. The Predisposing, Reinforcing, and Enabling Constructs in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation (PRECEDE) model was applied to propose factors influencing COVID-19 preventive behaviors.ResultsThe factors that mostly influenced COVID-19 prevention behaviors when controlling for the other variables are social support (β = 0.173, p < 0.001) follow by age (β = 0.162, p < 0.001), flu-like symptoms (β = 0.130, p < 0.001), gender (β = −0.084, p < 0.001), perceived risk of exposure (β = 0.035, p < 0.05), lock down policy (β = 0.029, p < 0.05), and residential area (β = −0.027, p < 0.05), respectively. These factors explained 52% of the COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Thai population.ConclusionThe result of this study was a foundation for further studies on different groups of people to develop different strategies to adopt preventive behaviors to reduce the spread of the COVID-19.

【 授权许可】

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