Factors Associated with Personal Protective Measures Utilization among Community Dwelling Older Adults during COVID-19 Pandemic in Alexandria , Egypt | ||||
| NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 3, COVID-19, July 2020, Page 74-90 PDF (495.78 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/niles.2020.164360 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Sarah Ali Hafez  1; Nadia Omar Emam Abdelnasser 2; Eman Mahmoud Mohammed Shoukr 1
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| 1Department of Gerontological Nursing- Faculty of Nursing- Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
| 22Department of Gerontological Nursing, South Valley University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Introduction: The world’s population is aging. Elderly faces various physiological and pathological changes make them at higher risk to be infected with COVID-19 and to suffer more from its complications. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the factors associated with personal protective measures utilization among community dwelling older adults during COVID-19 Pandemic in Alexandria, Egypt. Setting: The study was conducted at El-Wafaa club in Mohram Bec, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Social Solidarity in Alexandria, Egypt. Subjects: 190 eligible older adult participants, have neither cognitive impairment nor depression, able to read and write and have access to the internet. Tools: three tools were applied for data collection. Results: This study revealed that more than one third of the studied elderly had fair practice level toward COVID prevention (36.8 %), all the studied elderly had unsatisfactory level regrading social distancing, more than one half (56.8 %) of the studied elderly had negative attitude toward Covid-19, and more one half (55.8%) of the study subjects had good knowledge level. Conclusion: This study concluded that, the study elders have personal, psychological, and environmental factors that hinder their utilization of the protective measures against COVID-19, and the level of practices is affected significantly by sex, different educational level, and living alone or with others, (P = 0.010, 0.045, 0.005 respectively). Recommendations: The current study recommended designing of interventions targeted at improving older adults’ practices , knowledge and attitudes regarding coronavirus and the usage of its preventive measures . | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| COVID-19 - personal protective measures- Older adults; Egypt | ||||
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