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Date Published: 26/08/2022
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v517i2.3229
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Vol. 517 No. 2 (2022)
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Lê An, P. ., Ngọc Đăng, T. ., Thị Hoài Thương, Đỗ ., Thị Bé Phương, N. ., Thị Minh Trang, N. ., Trường Viên, N. ., Thị Tường Vy, N. ., Thị Thu Thảo, N. ., Trương Nhật Hạ, T. ., Trần Minh Thư, L. ., & Tấn Tiến, N. . (2022). HEALTH BELIEF MODEL SCALE ON THE USE OF FACE MASKS AMONG MEDICAL STAFF DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN HO CHI MINH CITY. Vietnam Medical Journal, 517(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v517i2.3229

HEALTH BELIEF MODEL SCALE ON THE USE OF FACE MASKS AMONG MEDICAL STAFF DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN HO CHI MINH CITY

Phạm Lê An1,2,, Trần Ngọc Đăng2,3, Đỗ Thị Hoài Thương2, Nguyễn Thị Bé Phương3, Nguyễn Thị Minh Trang3, Nguyễn Trường Viên4, Nguyễn Thị Tường Vy5, Nguyễn Thị Thu Thảo2, Trần Trương Nhật Hạ4, Lê Trần Minh Thư4, Nguyễn Tấn Tiến6,7
1 Family Medicine Training Center, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
2 Grant and Innovation Center (GIC), University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
3 University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
4 Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City
5 Journal of Medical Pharmaceutical Research, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
6 National key Laboratory of Digital Control and System Engineering (DCSELab), Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National University - HCMC
7 Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam National University - HCMC

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Abstract

A face mask is one of the physical measures considered adequate and widely recommended to prevent the spread of Covid - 19. The study aims to evaluate the reliability and validity of  health belief model scale for medical masks among healthcare workers. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 204 health workers at 3 frontline hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). Reliability is assessed through internal reliability. Structural validity was analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The results show that Cronbach's alpha coefficient is 0.84, indicating that the scale has good internal reliability in measuring health trust in medical masks.

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health beliefs model scale, COVID-19, healthcare workers

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