Prevention Behaviors of Coronavirus Disease 2019 among People Living in the Community Surrounding Mahasarakham University

Abstract

The epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which caused of morbidity and mortality among people around the world. All areas, then, raised awareness to strictly prevent the spread of the disease, especially in the community surrounding Mahasarakham University which are normally crowded with people.

This study, therefore, to determine the relationships between of the disease knowledge, attitude towards COVID-19 and prevention behaviors among people living in the community surrounding Mahasarakham University. The samples consisted of 370 people. A questionnaire using for data collection asked about the knowledge, the attitudes towards COVID-19 and behavior to prevent the disease. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used for data analysis.

The study found that the level of education (r² =18.43, p = 0.00) monthly income (r²=4.19, p = 0.04) occupation (r² =5.03, p = 0.02) and Information channel (r² =13.64, p = 0.00), the disease knowledge (r = 0.261, p < 0.001) and the attitude towards COVID-19 (r = 0.387, p < 0.001) were found to be significantly related to the prevention behaviors among those people living in the community surrounding Mahasarakham University.

Recomendation for health staff and related agencies to provide the information about the disease for people by groups of level of education, or occupation. Public announcement via social network maybe convenience for people. In addition, the results of this study would be a guideline for effective management of future pandemics in this area.