Investigation of Preventive Health Behaviors in the Begining Term of COVID / 19 Pandemic, Evidence From Turkey

Abstract

Aim: In this study, it is aimed to determine the level of the compliance of individuals to preventive health behaviors before, during, and after the pandemic to interrupt or reduce the spread of the virus in the Covid-19 pandemic. Materials and Method: This study is a descriptive and cross-sectional study. "Demographic Information Form" and "Questionnaire of Health Behaviors Regarding Influenza" were used as data collection tools. The questionnaire form prepared was designed as 16 questions, 5-point Likert type (1 = Strongly disagree to 5 = Strongly agree). The questionnaire contains the answers of the participants regarding the 14 rule implementation situations before, during, and after the flu. The universe of this study was individuals living in 81 provinces in Turkey between 1-9 April 2020. In this study, the snowball-sampling method was used. The data were collected with an online questionnaire on google forms. 517 people were surveyed from 81 cities in Turkey. In the analysis, SPSS 25.0 statistical software was used to evaluate the data. Results: As a result of the evaluation of the Health Behavior Towards Flu test results; the Cronbach Alpha (α) values were found (0.78) before, during (0.86), and after (0.83). When the participant's compliance with the 14 rules in influenza according to demographic variables was examined according to their learning of these rules, it was determined that; gender, literate in terms of education, and housewives made a significant difference in the course (before-during-after) of the pandemic, In addition, the application situations of the participants before-during-after learning the 14 rules in influenza were compared; while the information was effective during (illness) and after (illness) the informing process and was statistically significant (p