New normal food consumption for supportive medical personnel in Bangkok during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak situation

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to 1 ) study personal factors of food consumption among supportive medical personnel in Bangkok during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak situation. 2) Study the perception of information about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 ( COVID- 19) vaccine among supportive medical personnel in Bangkok during the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID- 19) outbreak situation. 3) Study the new normal food consumption of supportive medical personnel in Bangkok during the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID- 19) outbreak situation. 4) Compare the level of importance for the new normal food consumption approach among supportive medical personnel in Bangkok during the coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID- 19) outbreak situation, classified by personal factors, and 5) comparison of importance for new normal of food consumption among supportive medical personnel in Bangkok during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak situation, classified by the awareness of information on vaccines for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The sample consisted of 400 supportive medical personnel in Bangkok by multistage sampling. The research tool was a questionnaire. The statistics used in the data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t- test and one-way ANOVA. The results of the study showed that 1) the personal factors of the supportive medical personnel are female, aged less than 31 years, single status, educational status at the bachelor's degree level. The sample group works in the position of administrative staff and has an average monthly income of 10,001 - 20,0 00 baht. 2) Supportive medical personnel gave importance to the awareness of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, the overall was at a high level. 3) Supportive medical personnel focused on the new normal food consumption, the overall opinion was at a high level. 4) Supportive medical personnel who have positions in the main medical support and have different average monthly incomes gave different importance to the new normal of consumption by statistically significant at the .05 level. 5) Supportive medical personnel who have different perceptions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine, giving different importance to the new normal food consumption; and it was statistically significant at the .05 level.