FACTORS PREDICTING INDIVIDUAL HEALTH BEHAVIORS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC
| Autor: | Vu Dung, Dao Thi Dieu Linh, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nga, Le Minh Nguyet, Le Thanh Ha, Ngo Xuan Hieu, Vu Thu Trang, Nguyen Nhan Ai, Le Minh Thuan, Huynh Van Chan, Nguyen Thi Mai Lan, Vu Ha Le, Nguyen Xuan Long, Ngo Thuy Hao, Dau Minh Long |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty Population Computer-assisted web interviewing Covid – 19 General Works Quality of life (healthcare) Pandemic Health care medicine T1-995 education Technology (General) H1-99 education.field_of_study business.industry Public health Behavior change General Medicine Mental health health behaviors Social sciences (General) predictors people in the community business Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Revista de Investigaciones Universidad del Quindío, Vol 33, Iss 1 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2500-5782 1794-631X |
| DOI: | 10.33975/riuq.vol33n1.461 |
| Popis: | Background: Covid - 19 is a global pandemic, affecting all areas of social life in every country. In the current conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic, individual health behaviors are of primary importance. Each citizen consciously implements their health behaviors not only to prevent them from being infected but also to help the country's prevention of Covid-19 effective. The study of factors predicting people’s health behaviors in the community will help managers come up with appropriate measures to improve public health and to quickly repel the pandemic. Objectives: The research analyzes factors predicting personal health behaviors during the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam, including: pandemic awareness, self-assessment of the possibility of becoming infected, fear of disease, quality of life, and mental health (anxiety). Methods: This was a cross-sectional quantitative study. Data were collected from a convenient sample of 572 people in Vietnam (118 males, 451 females; M age =27.0 (sd = 10.0) ) by a means of an online questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was constructed based on the YouGov Behavior Change questionnaire; the Fear of Coronavirus-19 Scale (FCV-19), WHOQOL-BREF, the Moral Foundation Questionnaire, and Knowledge of Covid-19. This study performed multivariate regression analysis to explore effects of moral, quality of life, knowledge and fear of Coronavirus-19 on health behaviors of participants. Result: The result showed that fear and sex factors explain 4% (R2-adj = 4%) of health behavior change in the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, there is a signìicant relationship between health behaviors and fear, age, gender, and occupation. Conclusion: People's health behaviors are particularly concerned during the Covid-19 pandemic. Community healthcare activities for the people should be tailored to suit different population groups such as gender, age or emotional experiences. More in-depth studies are needed to find out the causes of these differences, thereby proposing practical solutions to help people practice more effective health behaviors, contributing to preventing and combating the outbreak. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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