The association between the perception toward health and covid-19 prevention behaviors of people in Phanat Nikhom District, Chonburi province, Thailand

Abstract

            This study “The association between the perception toward health and covid-19 prevention behaviors of people in Phanat Nikhom District, Chonburi province, Thailand” was a cross-sectional descriptive study. The objective of this study was to learn about the relationship between the perception toward health with covid-19 prevention behaviors of people in Phanat Nikhom District, Chonburi province, Thailand. The respondents were 419 people both male and female with an age between 20-60 years. For the data analysis, descriptive statistics (frequency, Mean, Standard deviation, Maximum and Minimum) and inferential statistics (Pearson Product-moment Correlation Coefficient and Chi-square test) were employed. The results indicated that the perception toward health, the risk of Covid-19has a very low level that negatively associated with Covid-19 prevention behaviors with statistical significance at 0.05 (r = - 0.140, p-value = 0.005), the benefit of self-care has a very low level that negatively associated with Covid-19 prevention behaviors with statistical significance at 0.01 (r  = - 0.262, p-value < 0.001), the severity of COVID-19 and the obstacle of self-care were not were associated with Covid-19 prevention behaviors. This study result could help in planning for health promotion and disease prevention, to become a good quality of life also good mental health for the people.