Factors affecting new normal behaviors in the prevention of Coronavirus disease 2019 of people in the provinces which the highest level of the pandemic

Abstract

The cross-sectional analysis study to determine the factors affecting the level of new normal behavior in to prevent the pandemic of the 2019 novel coronavirus. The sample consisted of 576 people from 5 provinces which had the highest level area of ​​the novel coronavirus pandemic. Accidental sampling and data were collected using questionnaires with Index of Item-Objective Congruence (IOC) between 0.9-1.0 and Cronbach Alpha Coefficient of 0.82. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to determine percentages, mean, standard deviation, and test for differences between groups by comparing the pairs with Independent t-test and Fisher's Least Significant Difference (LSD). The results showed that the new normal behavior in to prevent the pandemic of the 2019 novel coronavirus Overall, the score was at a high level (mean = 4.44, SD = 0.54). Distancing was the lowest score compared to hand washing and mask wearing (mean = 4.44, 4.51 and 4.54, respectively). As for the factors affecting the level of the new normal behavior in to prevent the pandemic of the 2019 novel coronavirus statistically significant (p-value < 0.05) were: age, occupation, vaccination, having a family member with COVID, The presence of someone with COVID in a residential community, types of channels for receiving information and the level of congestion in the residential community. The age group is 36-45 years old, civil servants or government employees and receiving information from public health officials. The group had the lowest score on the new normal behavior in to prevent the pandemic of COVID.