Level of Perception of Severity and Level of People's Anxiety about the Situation of the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Case Study of a District in Buriram Province.

Abstract

Buriram Province pays attention to the situation of the COVID-19 outbreak as the number of patients is increasing continuously. Therefore, it is imperative that people adopt behaviors to prevent disease and health hazards in order to reduce risks and prevent affecting the health of people in the new normal society. This research aimed to study the level of perception of severity and anxiety level as well as the relationship between people’s perceptions of severity and anxiety about an outbreak of COVID-19: a case study of a district in Buriram province. The research method was a cross-sectional study among Thai people aged 18 and over. The samples consist of 800 people obtained by multistage randomization. Data were collected online. The research instrument used in the research consisted of a set of questionnaire on the perception of severity and on anxiety with a reliability of 0.76. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, One-way ANOVA, and the Spearman correlation test.