Department of Nursing, Changshin University, Changwon 51352, Korea.
Department of Nursing, Dongseo University, Busan 47011, Korea.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 4;19(13):8181. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19138181.
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the World Health Organization recommended prevention measures to minimize the spread of the pandemic. However, strict compliance with prevention measures requires positive health behavior practices, especially among adults. Therefore, this study investigated adults' health behaviors in relation to pandemic prevention based on the health belief model (HBM) and the theory of planned behavior (TPB). This study used a structural model, applying the HBM and the TPB to explain and predict pandemic prevention behaviors in adults. The data obtained were statistically analyzed using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 25.0. The results revealed that, in total, 341 adults (age: 20-64 years; males: 167, females: 174; single: 167; married: 164; divorced: 8) participated in this study. Of the 341 participants, 339 had use of the internet and a smartphone. Furthermore, the results revealed that attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control in relation to pandemic prevention behaviors directly affected people's intentions to adopt pandemic prevention behaviors. Perceived severity and perceived disability had significant indirect effects on the intention to prevent pandemics; pandemic prevention behavior and perceived behavioral control had a significant effect on pandemic prevention intention. The pandemic prevention education programs suggested in this study have the potential to improve adults' health behavior in relation to pandemic prevention.
在 COVID-19 爆发后，世界卫生组织建议采取预防措施，以最大程度地减少大流行的传播。然而，严格遵守预防措施需要积极的健康行为实践，尤其是在成年人中。因此，本研究基于健康信念模型（HBM）和计划行为理论（TPB），调查了成年人与大流行预防相关的健康行为。本研究采用结构模型，应用 HBM 和 TPB 来解释和预测成年人的大流行预防行为。使用 SPSS 25.0 和 AMOS 25.0 对获得的数据进行了统计分析。结果表明，共有 341 名成年人（年龄：20-64 岁；男性：167，女性：174；单身：167；已婚：164；离婚：8）参加了这项研究。在 341 名参与者中，有 339 人使用互联网和智能手机。此外，研究结果表明，与大流行预防行为相关的态度、主观规范和感知行为控制直接影响人们采取大流行预防行为的意愿。感知严重性和感知残疾对预防大流行的意图有显著的间接影响；大流行预防行为和感知行为控制对大流行预防意图有显著影响。本研究提出的大流行预防教育计划有可能改善成年人与大流行预防相关的健康行为。
