The different between ages and self-protection behavior of covid-19, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive study aimed to 1) explore the self-protection behavior of Covid-19 and 2) the difference between ages and self-protection behavior of Covid-19. The subjects comprised 2,220 people in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province who were chosen through multi-stage sampling. The instrument was a questionnaire that the researcher applied from D-M-H-T-T. The reliability using Cronbach's s alpha coefficient was 0.858. Descriptive statistics, One-way ANOVA, and Fisher's least significant difference test were used to analyze.

The findings revealed that the overall self-protection behavior of Covid-19 was reported at a good level, when separating the measures, it was found that all age groups had a good level of behavior in all aspects. Except people in working age group and teenage group was a moderate level in using application Thai Cha na. In addition, the difference between ages to self-protection behavior of Covid-19 demonstrated that distancing, mask-wearing, Application Thai Cha Na and overall behavior were statistically significant at p- value < 0.05, temperature,  testing was statistically significant p- value < 0.01, people in teenage group had the self-protection behavior of Covid-19 less than working age group and elderly group.

Therefore, it is encouraging adolescents to follow the DMHTT measures and raise awareness of the correct behavior. therefore it is important especially the check-in through the application "Thai Chana Because as adolescents grow into adulthood, they will be able to instill the correct behavior.