Determining the predictors of preventive behaviors adopted by pregnant women against COVID-19 based on the Health Belief Model constructs: a cross sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pregnant women face great challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) pandemic. The purpose of this study was to explain the main dimensions of adoption of self-care behaviors against COVID-19 based on the health belief model(HBM) in pregnant women.

Methods

This cross-sectional and analytical study was conducted in Iran, at the end of the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, between January and April 2021. Two hundred and thirty pregnant women who referred to Urmia health centers were selected using multi-stage random sampling. The data were collected using an online questionnaire including items that measured the participants' demographic characteristics, the knowledge questionnaire, the HBM items, and questions assessing the adoption of self-care be

SUBMITTER: Bayrami R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11414123 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature