People’s Views of Hygiene and Personal Care during COVID-19 Outbreak
Svetlana S. Ivanova 1 , Yeşim Üstün Aksoy 2 * , Yulia S. Krasilnikova 3 , Nikolay A. Mashkin 4 , Nina V. Chizh 5 , Svetlana A. Knyazeva 6
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1 Department of Physical Education Theoretical Foundations, Kozma Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIA2 Department of Educational Administration and Supervision, Near East University, CYPRUS3 Department of Physical Education and Sport, Kozma Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Nizhny Novgorod, RUSSIA4 Department of State and Legal Disciplines, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, Moscow, RUSSIA5 Department “Russian Medical Museum”, N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Moscow, RUSSIA6 Department of Medical and Social Assessment, Emergency, and Ambulatory Therapy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (Sechenov University), Moscow, RUSSIA* Corresponding Author

Abstract

The present research aims to ascertain the views of the people in Russia, about their levels of awareness in terms of hygiene and personal care for protection against the coronavirus. Data for this research were collected through an online questionnaire developed by researchers using a quantitative research approach. A total of 439 people living in different districts of the Russian Federation were involved to the research based on simple random sampling. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequencies and percentages. Results revealed that the participants paid attention to not having close contact with other people to protect themselves against the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings also revealed that they wash their hands after visiting the toilet and stand one meter away from other people. It was also found that television is the mass medium through which they follow the information on personal care and hygiene-related to the COVID-19 pandemic most frequently.

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Article Type: Research Article

EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, Volume 18, Issue 4, April 2022, Article No: em2101

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/11944

Publication date: 31 Mar 2022

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