Correlation of Perception Disease Severity to Implementation Role for Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Communities among Village Health Volunteers, Phrae Province

Abstract

This correlational research aimed to study the correlation perception of disease severity, and implementation role for control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in communities among Village Health Volunteers, Phrae Province. Using stratified random sampling, a sample consisted of 589 Village Health Volunteers in District of Mueang, Phrae province. The research instruments included the self-assessment questionnaire on perception and implementation role for control of Coronavirus 2019. The data was collected by google form between 7-18 Feb 2021. The data was analyzed by using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and Spearman’s rank coefficient.

The findings of this research found that the majority of sample were female 84% and 51.18 years old on average (SD=9.61). Perception of disease severity of Coronavirus disease 2019 among village health volunteers was at the highest level (M=4.65, SD=0.45) Likewise, implementation role for control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in communities among village health volunteers was at high level (M=2.85, SD=0.22). Perception of disease severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 was low positively associated with implementation role for control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in communities among village health volunteers in the screening of sign and symptoms, monitoring, and report (r = .21, .23, .25, p<0.01) and was associated with the overall implementation role  (r=.29, p<0.01) while it was lower positively associated with implementation role for target group classification (r=.12, p<0.01)

Therefore, the findings suggest organizations that should be training to provide knowledge and practical skills to the VHV for understand how to prevent Coronavirus Disease 2019 and to increase the efficiency of VHV in the control role Infectious of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in accordance with new normal.