Effect of Health Preventive Program toward COVID-19 on Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices among Older Adults | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 103, Volume 12, Issue 1, March 2021, Page 1667-1688 PDF (341.22 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.222519 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Zakia T. Toama.1; Ola Gouda Mohamed Elshiekh* 2; Ola Ezzat Eltohamy Mohamed2; Nermeen Mahmoud Abd El-Aziz3 | ||||
| 1Professor Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University | ||||
| 3Assistant Professor of Gerontological Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assuit Universty | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Older adults are more vulnerable to COVID-19 disease due to their reduced immunity and comorbidity. Awareness of dealing with extremely infectious respiratory diseases plays an important role in limiting the spread of the infection. Aim of the study: Is to investigate the effect of applying health preventive program toward COVID-19 on knowledge, perceptions and practice among older adults in Damanhur city. Subjects & method: 120 older adult from social and silver club affiliated in Damanhur city. Research design: A quasi experimental Tool I: Older adults' health status and, socio – demographic characteristics, Tool II: Knowledge questionnaire about COVID-19 among older adults, & Tool III: perceptions of the older adults about COVID-19. In addition to, Tool IV: practices of the participants related to COVID-19. Data were analyzed using percentages & ANOVA with repeated measures, Friedman test and Student t-test. Results: Statistically significant improvement of COVID-19 Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices immediately after the program implementation and the improvement still apparent across all the studied subjects regardless of their demographic characteristics and clinical data. Conclusion: It was concluded that older adult’s knowledge, perceptions, and practice toward COVID-19 was greatly enhanced by applying the health preventive program. Additionally, improve the older people’s perception of their own vulnerability to COVID-19 and the effectiveness continuation for COVID-19 related application of preventive measures. Recommendation: Development of health preventive programs targeting older adults, designing guidelines by healthcare authorities to improve access for education and health services. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| COVID-19; aging; Knowledge; perceptions; practice; Older adults | ||||
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