Pregnant Women's Awareness, Beliefs and Self-protective Behaviors Regarding COVID-19 Pandemic: Nursing Intervention Based on Health Belief Model. | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 26, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2022, Page 349-364 PDF (281.38 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.252326 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Om Hashim Mahmoud Mahmoud Saadoon* 1; El- Shaimaa El-Ansary2 | ||||
| 1Assistant professor of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt | ||||
| 2Lecturer of Woman's Health and Midwifery Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mansoura University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: COVID-19 is a respiratory infection causing minor to severe complications. Health Belief Model improves pregnant women's awareness, and beliefs and encourages the adoption of self-protective behaviors. Aim: The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of nursing intervention based on health belief model regarding COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women’s awareness, beliefs, and self-protective behaviors. Design: A quasi-experimental design. Setting: The study was conducted at the antenatal outpatient clinics of Mansoura University Hospitals, Egypt. Subjects: A purposive sample of one hundred fifty- four pregnant women was divided into intervention and control groups each containing seventy-seven women). Tools: an interviewing questionnaire, COVID-19 health belief scale, and COVID-19 self-protective behaviors survey were used for data collection. Results: There was no statistically significant difference between the studied groups concerning their general characteristics. Nevertheless, highly statistically significant differences between the studied groups in all areas of COVID-19 awareness and health belief model constructs were found. Furthermore, highly significant positive correlations at P level 0.01 between women's total awareness scores, health belief model scores, and self- protective behaviors regarding COVID-19 for the intervention group than the control group. Conclusion: Nursing intervention based on the health belief model positively improved pregnant women’s awareness, beliefs, and self-protective behaviors regarding COVID-19 pandemic. Recommendation: Nursing interventions for COVID-19 prevention should be provided to all pregnant women at all maternal and child health centers until the virus is completely eradicated. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Awareness; Beliefs; COVID-19 pandemic; Health Belief Model; Nursing Intervention | ||||
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