Limkunakul Chutatip, Phuthomdee Sadiporn, Srinithiwat Palakorn, Chanthanaroj Sasinun, Boonsawat Watchara, Sawanyawisuth Kittisak
Department of Internal Medicine, Panyananthaphikkhu Chonprathan Medical Center, Srinakharinwirot University, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Department of Academic and Research, Panyananthaphikkhu Chonprathan Medical Center, Srinakharinwirot University, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Trop Med Health. 2022 Sep 7;50(1):65. doi: 10.1186/s41182-022-00454-z.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic disease. There are limited data on predictors of good preventive behaviors among healthcare workers. This study aimed to evaluate if any factors were predictors of good preventive behaviors in healthcare workers under the theory of health behavior model.
This was a cross-sectional study in healthcare workers who were willing to participate in the study. Participants were requested to fill out a self-administered questionnaire that comprised health behavior model and preventive behaviors from COVID-19 infection. Factors associated with preventive behavior, an outcome, were analyzed by multivariate linear regression analysis.
There were 273 healthcare workers who participated in this study. The average (SD) age and working duration of participants was 38.9 (12.1) and 11.4 (9.8) years. The preventive behavior category had an average score of 87.6% (70.3/80). After adjusted, knowledge and perception of personal preventability were independently associated with preventive behaviors. The adjusted coefficients of both factors were-0.911 (p 0.009) and 0.477 (p < 0.001).
Specific knowledge and perception of personal ability questions were associated with preventive behaviors for COVID-19 infection. To improve personal preventive behaviors in healthcare workers, these factors should be emphasized.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一种大流行病。关于医护人员良好预防行为预测因素的数据有限。本研究旨在根据健康行为模型理论评估是否有任何因素可作为医护人员良好预防行为的预测指标。
这是一项针对愿意参与研究的医护人员的横断面研究。要求参与者填写一份包含健康行为模型和预防COVID-19感染行为的自填式问卷。通过多元线性回归分析来分析与作为结果的预防行为相关的因素。
共有273名医护人员参与了本研究。参与者的平均（标准差）年龄和工作年限分别为38.9（12.1）岁和11.4（9.8）年。预防行为类别平均得分为87.6%（70.3/80）。调整后，知识和对个人可预防性的认知与预防行为独立相关。这两个因素的调整系数分别为-0.911（p = 0.009）和0.477（p < 0.001）。
对个人能力问题的特定知识和认知与COVID-19感染的预防行为相关。为提高医护人员的个人预防行为，应强调这些因素。
