Introduction: The world’s population is aging. Elderly faces various physiological and pathological changes make them at higher risk to be infected with COVID-19 and to suffer more from its complications. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the factors associated with personal protective measures utilization among community dwelling older adults during COVID-19 Pandemic in Alexandria, Egypt. Setting: The study was conducted at El-Wafaa club in Mohram Bec, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Social Solidarity in Alexandria, Egypt. Subjects: 190 eligible older adult participants, have neither cognitive impairment nor depression, able to read and write and have access to the internet. Tools: three tools were applied for data collection. Results: This study revealed that more than one third of the studied elderly had fair practice level toward COVID prevention (36.8 %), all the studied elderly had unsatisfactory level regrading social distancing, more than one half (56.8 %) of the studied elderly had negative attitude toward Covid-19, and more one half (55.8%) of the study subjects had good knowledge level. Conclusion: This study concluded that, the study elders have personal, psychological, and environmental factors that hinder their utilization of the protective measures against COVID-19, and the level of practices is affected significantly by sex, different educational level, and living alone or with others, (P = 0.010, 0.045, 0.005 respectively). Recommendations: The current study recommended designing of interventions targeted at improving older adults’ practices , knowledge and attitudes regarding coronavirus and the usage of its preventive measures .
Hafez, S., Abdelnasser, N., & Shoukr, E. (2020). Factors Associated with Personal Protective Measures Utilization among Community Dwelling Older Adults during COVID-19 Pandemic in Alexandria , Egypt. NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology, 3(COVID-19), 74-90. doi: 10.21608/niles.2020.164360
MLA
Sarah Ali Hafez; Nadia Omar Emam Abdelnasser; Eman Mahmoud Mohammed Shoukr. "Factors Associated with Personal Protective Measures Utilization among Community Dwelling Older Adults during COVID-19 Pandemic in Alexandria , Egypt". NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology, 3, COVID-19, 2020, 74-90. doi: 10.21608/niles.2020.164360
HARVARD
Hafez, S., Abdelnasser, N., Shoukr, E. (2020). 'Factors Associated with Personal Protective Measures Utilization among Community Dwelling Older Adults during COVID-19 Pandemic in Alexandria , Egypt', NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology, 3(COVID-19), pp. 74-90. doi: 10.21608/niles.2020.164360
VANCOUVER
Hafez, S., Abdelnasser, N., Shoukr, E. Factors Associated with Personal Protective Measures Utilization among Community Dwelling Older Adults during COVID-19 Pandemic in Alexandria , Egypt. NILES journal for Geriatric and Gerontology, 2020; 3(COVID-19): 74-90. doi: 10.21608/niles.2020.164360
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