Factors related to monkeypox preventive behavior among people in Buriram Province

Abstract

This correlational research aimed  to  survey  knowledge on monkeypox, attitude toward monkeypox prevention, and monkeypox preventive behavior among  people in Buriram Province, and to find factors related to  monkeypox preventive behavior.  A sample of 426 people, was selected using  2- stages  sampling method. Research tools  were  a knowledge test on monkeypox,  questionnaires on attitude toward monkeypox prevention and monkeypox preventive behavior. Their content validity indexes were 0.83, 0.91, and 0.87 respectively. The reliability coefficients were  0.83, 0.92, and 0.92 respectively. The data underwent analysis through descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and Pearson correlation. The results revealed that 89.2 percent of people had knowledge on monkeypox at a high level.  Eighty-one percent of them had attitude toward monkeypox prevention  at a very good level, and  80.3 percent of them had monkeypox preventive behavior at a good level.  Monkeypox preventive behavior related to educational level (² = 42.804), occupation (²= 20.689),  income (²= 13.253), information received on monkeypox prevention    (²= 15.676), and knowledge on monkeypox (r = 0.319)  at p < .001, but unrelated to gender (² = 1.301), age (r = 0.075) and attitude toward monkeypox prevention (r = 0.039).