The Effects of Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention Based on the Protection Motivation Theory in Promoting COVID-19 Prevention Behaviors in the Older Adults

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-09-30 DOI:10.33879/amh.133.2022.01006

Mohadese Sadri, M. Barati, S. Bashirian, S. Khazaei

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Background/Purpose: Due to the pandemic of COVID-19 and the need to pay attention to the older adults as one of the most vulnerable groups, this study aimed to determine the effects of educational programs based on the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) as non-pharmaceutical intervention in promoting protective behaviors against COVID-19 among the older adults in Hamadan. Method(s): The present study was a randomized controlled trial performed in 2021 on 80 older adults visiting retirement centers in Hamadan. Participants were randomly assigned to experimental (n=40) and control groups (n=40). The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire including demographic variables and constructs of PMT which were completed before and two months after the intervention. The intervention consisted of four sessions implemented for the experimental group. The collected data was analyzed in SPSS-16 using Chi-square, Mann-Whitney, and Wilcoxon tests. Result(s): There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of all demographic variables and theoretical constructs before the educational intervention. After the educational intervention, there was a significant difference in the constructs of perceived severity (P=0.012), perceived response efficiency (P=0.009), perceived self-efficacy (P=0.021), and perceived response cost (P <0.001) after the intervention. No significant changes were reported in the control group (P >0.05). Also, results showed that there was no significant difference in the mean of COVID-19 preventive behaviors between the two groups after the educational intervention (P >0.05). Conclusion(s): The results showed that the use of educational intervention as non-pharmaceutical intervention based on the PMT was an effective approach to perform preventive behaviors against infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Copyright © 2022, Full Universe Integrated Marketing Limited. All rights reserved.

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基于保护动机理论的非药物干预对促进老年人COVID-19预防行为的影响

背景/目的:鉴于2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19)大流行，需要关注老年人作为最弱势群体之一，本研究旨在确定基于保护动机理论(PMT)的教育计划作为非药物干预措施在哈马丹老年人中促进COVID-19保护行为的效果。方法:本研究是一项随机对照试验，于2021年对80名前往哈马丹退休中心的老年人进行了研究。参与者随机分为实验组(n=40)和对照组(n=40)。数据收集工具是一份由研究者自行制作的问卷，包括人口学变量和PMT的结构，问卷分别在干预前和干预后两个月完成。干预包括实验组实施的四个阶段。收集的数据在SPSS-16中使用卡方检验、Mann-Whitney检验和Wilcoxon检验进行分析。结果:在教育干预前，两组在人口学变量和理论构念方面均无显著差异。教育干预后，学生在知觉严重性(P=0.012)、知觉反应效率(P=0.009)、知觉自我效能(P=0.021)、知觉反应成本(P= 0.05)构念上存在显著差异。教育干预后两组患者的新冠肺炎预防行为均值差异无统计学意义(P < 0.05)。结论:基于PMT的教育干预作为非药物干预是开展COVID-19等传染病预防行为的有效途径。版权所有©2022，全宇宙整合营销有限公司。版权所有。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.