Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 3 2022
Comparison of Safety and Health Risk Perceptions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic Based on Gender in Korean University Students’ Work While Studying (Original article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 3 2022
Comparison of Safety and Health Risk Perceptions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic Based on Gender in Korean University Students’ Work While Studying (Original article)
Comparison of Safety and Health Risk Perceptions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic Based on Gender in Korean University Students’ Work While Studying (Original article)
Subject
COVID-19
perception
safety
university
work
perception
safety
university
work
Description
Background: This study aims to identify the safety and health risk perceptions toward the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic based on gender in Korean university students who work and study during the pandemic.
Methods: A nationwide convenient sampling method was implemented to eliminate any regionalcharacteristics in 757 university students, including those who studied while working. The participants
answered the online questionnaire for one week. The collected data were analyzed using the R version 3.4.1 program.
Results: The results comparing the safety and health risk perceptions toward COVID-19 based on the gender of the subjects who work while studying, “I often use the Internet to obtain information on COVID-19 infection control” are females appeared to use the internet more often (t 1⁄4 e2.18, p 1⁄4 0.031) than males. “Compared to pre-COVID-19, I am currently feeling safe after the outbreak” is females felt less safe (t 1⁄4 3.43, p < 0.001). Although COVID-19 infection control awareness is high among Korean university students and officials, males reported higher scores over females in all the questions, which was statistically significant.
Conclusion: There should be prioritized psychological measures for prevention against COVID-19 for vulnerable groups with high mental health risks. A network must be established to protect the mental
health of such groups, and candidates who require intervention must be actively identified and supported. Therefore, there must be efforts to deliver accurate information based on scientific evidence of the infectious disease, and the actions should be supported through such active communication.
Methods: A nationwide convenient sampling method was implemented to eliminate any regionalcharacteristics in 757 university students, including those who studied while working. The participants
answered the online questionnaire for one week. The collected data were analyzed using the R version 3.4.1 program.
Results: The results comparing the safety and health risk perceptions toward COVID-19 based on the gender of the subjects who work while studying, “I often use the Internet to obtain information on COVID-19 infection control” are females appeared to use the internet more often (t 1⁄4 e2.18, p 1⁄4 0.031) than males. “Compared to pre-COVID-19, I am currently feeling safe after the outbreak” is females felt less safe (t 1⁄4 3.43, p < 0.001). Although COVID-19 infection control awareness is high among Korean university students and officials, males reported higher scores over females in all the questions, which was statistically significant.
Conclusion: There should be prioritized psychological measures for prevention against COVID-19 for vulnerable groups with high mental health risks. A network must be established to protect the mental
health of such groups, and candidates who require intervention must be actively identified and supported. Therefore, there must be efforts to deliver accurate information based on scientific evidence of the infectious disease, and the actions should be supported through such active communication.
Creator
Sang Hee Kim, Min Soo Park, Tae-Gu Kim
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
September 2022
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
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Language
English
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 3 2022
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Sang Hee Kim, Min Soo Park, Tae-Gu Kim, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 13 Issue 3 2022
Comparison of Safety and Health Risk Perceptions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic Based on Gender in Korean University Students’ Work While Studying (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed December 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2283.
Comparison of Safety and Health Risk Perceptions Toward COVID-19 Pandemic Based on Gender in Korean University Students’ Work While Studying (Original article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed December 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2283.