Abstract:
This study was a descriptive cross-sectional study aimed to investigate predictive factors of Coronavirus disease 2019 preventive behaviors. The sample size were 325 Elderly people in the Eastern region of Thailand by using a multistage random sampling. The interviews questionnaires included preventive behaviors, perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and cues to action in social support for preventive information. Data were collected from December 2021 to July 2022. The descriptive statistics were used percentage, frequency, and standard deviation. The inferential statistics were calculated by multiple regression analysis stepwise method. The study found that preventive behaviors were at a high level, mean 25.80 (SD = 4.83). The result of the multiple regression analysis stepwise method found that there were two factors such as cues to action in social support for preventive information (β = 0.700, p<0.001) and the perceived severity (β = 0.125, p<0.001). These factors could predict preventive behaviors by 53.2% (R2 Adj = 0.532, p<0.001). Therefore, public health officers should apply cues to action and social support for preventive information and perceived severity in order to provide an appropriate guideline to promote the elderly associated with Coronavirus disease 2019 preventive behaviors.