PREVENTION BEHAVIORS, STRESS AND COPING DURING CORONA VIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC IN AMNATCHAROEN PROVINCE
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Prevention Behaviors, Stress, Coping, COVID-19Abstract
This cross-sectional research aimed to study prevention behaviors, stress and stress coping during Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among people who took the different risk situation at Amnatcharoen province. The 332 sample and cluster sampling were used. The data were collected during April to June 2020 by using online questionnaire about prevention behaviors, stress and stress coping with .86 and .85 confidential level, respectively. The stress Test Questionnaire (ST-5) (Thai version) was also used in this work. Descriptive statistics, Independent Sample T-test, One-Way ANOVA were used for data analysis.
The results showed that a majority were woman (68.4%) with aged 40-54 years (46.4%), marriage status (72.6%) and graduated below bachelor degree (80.7%). The people in risk group had sufficient personal protective equipment, a good level of prevention behaviors, mild stress level and a good level of stress coping. The average value of stress and stress coping were not different among people in risk group in various different.
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