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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Effect of Digital-Based Self-Learned Educational Intervention about COVID-19 Using Protection Motivation Theory on Non-Health Students' Knowledge and Self-Protective Behaviors at Saudi Electronic University.

Samiha Hamdi Sayed, Mohammed Al-Mohaithef, Wafaa Taha Elgzar

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Samiha Hamdi SayedDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Damman 34223, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0556-5778
Mohammed Al-MohaithefDepartment of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Saudi Electronic University, Damman 34223, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-8312-1005
Wafaa Taha ElgzarDepartment of Maternity and Childhood Nursing, Nursing College, Najran University, Najran 66271, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2866-3119
Saudi Electronic University · SADamanhour University · EG

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Abstract

backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has disastrous impacts that impose the cultivation of knowledge and motivation of self-protection to foster disease containment.

aimEvaluate the effect of digital self-learned educational intervention about COVID-19 using the protection motivation theory (PMT) on non-health students' knowledge and self-protective behaviors at Saudi Electronic University (SEU).

methodsA quasi-experimental study was accomplished at three randomly chosen branches of SEU (Riyadh, Dammam, Jeddah) using a multistage sampling technique to conveniently select 219 students. An electronic self-administered questionnaire was used, which included three scales for assessing the students' knowledge, self-protective behaviors, and the constructs of the PMT. The educational intervention was designed using four stages: need assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. A peer-reviewed digital educational content was developed after assessing the participants' educational needs using the pretest. Then, distributed through their university emails. A weekly synchronous Zoom cloud meeting and daily key health messages were shared with them. Finally, the post-test was conducted after two months.

resultsThe mean participants' age (SD) among the experimental group was 28.94 (6.719), and the control group was 27.80 (7.256), with a high female percentage (63.4%, 73.8%) and a previous history of direct contact with verified COVID-19 patients (78.6%, 69.2%), respectively. A significant positive mean change (

conclusionsThe digital PMT-based self-learned educational intervention effectively boosts non-health university students' COVID-19 knowledge, protection motivation, and self-protective behaviors. Thus, PMT is highly praised as a basis for COVID-19-related educational intervention and, on similar occasions, future outbreaks.

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COVID-19MotivationElectronicsFemaleHumansPandemicsSaudi ArabiaSelf EfficacyStudentsUniversitiesbehaviorCOVID-19knowledgemotivationstudents

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