A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South Korea
The present study used a cross-sectional, descriptive survey design to investigate the influencing factors of COVID-19-related infection prevention behaviors of workers in the automobile manufacturing sector. An online survey was conducted on 157 workers in the automobile manufacturing sector of a c...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2022-09-01
|
| Series: | Healthcare |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/1826 |
| _version_ | 1797473105343414272 |
|---|---|
| author | Ji-Hye Kim Hye-Young Song Jin-Hee Park Purum Kang Hyun-Ju Lee |
| author_facet | Ji-Hye Kim Hye-Young Song Jin-Hee Park Purum Kang Hyun-Ju Lee |
| author_sort | Ji-Hye Kim |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The present study used a cross-sectional, descriptive survey design to investigate the influencing factors of COVID-19-related infection prevention behaviors of workers in the automobile manufacturing sector. An online survey was conducted on 157 workers in the automobile manufacturing sector of a company in Korea. We analyzed the collected data using SPSS to test whether there were significant differences in COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, health literacy, and infection prevention behaviors according to the general characteristics of the participants. An independent sample t-test and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed. A Pearson’s correlation analysis was performed to identify the correlations among COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, health literacy, and infection prevention behaviors. Multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the influencing factors of COVID-19 infection prevention behaviors. The regression model was found to be significant, and the employment period at current job, COVID-19 prevention education, source of information, COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, and health literacy were also found to be significant. Among the demographic variables, employment period at current job of 5–10 years showed a higher level of infection prevention behaviors than that of <5 years. Moreover, the level of infection prevention behaviors was also significantly higher when COVID-19-related information was acquired through the KDCA/health center. Higher COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, and health literacy were associated with significantly higher levels of infection prevention behaviors. Therefore, based on the results, health managers need to develop programs and educate and improve information comprehension and crisis communication skills in order to promote workers’ infection prevention behaviors of emerging infectious diseases in an era of global change. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-09T20:11:12Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-ef2d9f194be44565bf4d571c1ab59878 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2227-9032 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-09T20:11:12Z |
| publishDate | 2022-09-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Healthcare |
| spelling | doaj.art-ef2d9f194be44565bf4d571c1ab598782023-11-24T00:18:45ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-09-011010182610.3390/healthcare10101826A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South KoreaJi-Hye Kim0Hye-Young Song1Jin-Hee Park2Purum Kang3Hyun-Ju Lee4College of Nursing, Woosuk University, 443 Samnye-ro, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun 55338, KoreaCollege of Nursing, Woosuk University, 443 Samnye-ro, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun 55338, KoreaCollege of Nursing, Woosuk University, 443 Samnye-ro, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun 55338, KoreaCollege of Nursing, Woosuk University, 443 Samnye-ro, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun 55338, KoreaCollege of Nursing, Woosuk University, 443 Samnye-ro, Samnye-eup, Wanju-gun 55338, KoreaThe present study used a cross-sectional, descriptive survey design to investigate the influencing factors of COVID-19-related infection prevention behaviors of workers in the automobile manufacturing sector. An online survey was conducted on 157 workers in the automobile manufacturing sector of a company in Korea. We analyzed the collected data using SPSS to test whether there were significant differences in COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, health literacy, and infection prevention behaviors according to the general characteristics of the participants. An independent sample t-test and a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed. A Pearson’s correlation analysis was performed to identify the correlations among COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, health literacy, and infection prevention behaviors. Multiple regression analysis was performed to identify the influencing factors of COVID-19 infection prevention behaviors. The regression model was found to be significant, and the employment period at current job, COVID-19 prevention education, source of information, COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, and health literacy were also found to be significant. Among the demographic variables, employment period at current job of 5–10 years showed a higher level of infection prevention behaviors than that of <5 years. Moreover, the level of infection prevention behaviors was also significantly higher when COVID-19-related information was acquired through the KDCA/health center. Higher COVID-19 risk perception, crisis communication, and health literacy were associated with significantly higher levels of infection prevention behaviors. Therefore, based on the results, health managers need to develop programs and educate and improve information comprehension and crisis communication skills in order to promote workers’ infection prevention behaviors of emerging infectious diseases in an era of global change.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/1826COVID-19risk perceptioncrisis communicationhealth literacyinfection prevention behaviors |
| spellingShingle | Ji-Hye Kim Hye-Young Song Jin-Hee Park Purum Kang Hyun-Ju Lee A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South Korea Healthcare COVID-19 risk perception crisis communication health literacy infection prevention behaviors |
| title | A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South Korea |
| title_full | A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South Korea |
| title_fullStr | A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South Korea |
| title_short | A Study on the COVID-19 Preventive Behaviors of Automobile Manufacturing Workers in South Korea |
| title_sort | study on the covid 19 preventive behaviors of automobile manufacturing workers in south korea |
| topic | COVID-19 risk perception crisis communication health literacy infection prevention behaviors |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/10/1826 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT jihyekim astudyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT hyeyoungsong astudyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT jinheepark astudyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT purumkang astudyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT hyunjulee astudyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT jihyekim studyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT hyeyoungsong studyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT jinheepark studyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT purumkang studyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea AT hyunjulee studyonthecovid19preventivebehaviorsofautomobilemanufacturingworkersinsouthkorea |