The Study of the Recognition and Health Behavior of Undergraduate Students in a Rajabhat University Bangkok in Pandemic of Covid-19 Disease

การศึกษาการรับรู้และพฤติกรรมสุขภาพของนักศึกษา มหาวิทยาลัยราชภัฏแห่งหนึ่งในกรุงเทพมหานคร กรณีเกิดการระบาดของโรค Covid-19

Abstract

          The objective of this research was to study of the perception of information about Covid-19 disease and health behavior of undergraduate students in a Rajabhat University in the pandemic of the Covid-19 disease. The multistage sampling were used for 511 male and female students from the Faculty of Education, Science and Technology, Management Science, and Humanities and Social Science. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between May-October 2020, and a self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and inferential statistics independence t-test and ANOVA. The results revealed that sample group had basic knowledge of Covid-19 between 96.25-97.9%. Their health behaviors in maintaining personal hygiene and disease prevention in the community were good to very good levels of practice, between 61.84-96.87%. There was no statistical difference when comparing factors such as gender and major (p-values > 0.05 at 95 percent confidence interval).