Designing a tool for measurement of preventive behaviors against coronavirus in the lifestyle and home-based jobs in Iranian society

The outbreak of coronavirus is a global crisis that has greatly affected the daily activities of individuals and has caused many deaths and injuries in the world. Because observing the preventive behaviors of the general public is one of the main ways to break the chain of transmission of the disease and get rid of this crisis. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of prevention of coronavirus disease in lifestyle and home-based jobs in Iranian society.

In this validation and methodological study, after reviewing the opinions of experts, basic and effective questions were collected to evaluate the extent of preventive behaviors against coronavirus. Formal and content validity in quantitative and qualitative methods were used to validate the instrument. Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used to evaluate the internal reliability of the instrument. Questions with a face validity index greater than 1.5, a CVI index greater than 0.79, and a CVR index greater than 0.62 were considered appropriate. If Cronbach's alpha coefficient is greater than 0.7, the internal reliability of the instrument is established.

The face validity of all questions was more than 1.5 and the face validity of all questions was confirmed. The value of the CVI index in the 5 questions of the questionnaire was less than 0.79. Also, the value of the CVR index in the same 5 questions was less than 0.62. After removing the above 5 questions, the final questionnaire of 16 questions was introduced as a tool. Also, the internal reliability of the instrument was (α = 0.71).

The results of this study showed that the proposed questionnaire is suitable for measuring the level of preventive behaviors against coronavirus in lifestyle and home-based businesses and has good validity and reliability as a useable tool.