Roghayeh Ezati Rad|Shokrollah Mohseni|Hesamaddin Kamalzadeh Takhti|Mehdi Hassani Azad|Nahid Shahabi|Teamur Aghamolaei|Fatemeh Norozian
Application of the protection motivation theory for predicting COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Hormozgan, Iran: a cross-sectional study
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences|Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences|Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences|Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences|Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences|Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences|Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
abstract background high prevalence mortality coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 made important health social challenge around world however disease largely prevented adherence hygienic principles protective behaviors seems identifying processes involved protective health behaviors effective planning implementing suitable interventions encourage community toward protective behaviors therefore present study aimed predict preventive behaviors covid19 according protection motivation theory pmt methods crosssectional study conducted 2 months hormozgan province iran study population consisted citizens age 15 years online questionnaire used collect data questionnaire link available participants social networks questionnaire consisted two sections including demographic information pmt constructs statistical calculations hypothesis testing performed spss version 21 amos version 21 significance level considered 005 hypothesis testing results total 2032 subjects mean age 3484 98 years r 1598 participated study participants 3140 years old female 604 married 72 urban residents 873 employed 588 majority also bachelors degree higher 588 significant positive correlations observed preventive behaviors covid19 perceived vulnerability r 0192 p lt 0001 perceived severity r 0092 p lt 0001 response efficacy r 0398 p lt 0001 selfefficacy r 0497 p lt 0001 protection motivation r 0595 p lt 0001 hand significant negative correlations found preventive behaviors covid19 maladaptive behavior rewards r 0243 p lt 0001 perceived costs r 0121 p lt 0001 conclusion present findings showed maladaptive behavior reward fear negatively predicted protective behaviors hand response efficacy selfefficacy positively predicted protective behaviors impact selfefficacy strongest overall information provided study contribute health policymaking iran