Perception of Threat of Covid-19 Among Residents of Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State

@article{1707595,
      author = {Mac-Fisi Kenneth Wariebi, ThankGod, Amaigbani},
      title = {Perception of Threat of Covid-19 Among Residents of Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2025},
      volume = {8},
      number = {9},
      pages = {1680-1686},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1707595.pdf},
      abstract = {Perception of threat is a key component of a population?s response to an epidemic. COVID-19 had increased level of threat to the health of population, huge losses to the economy of the country as well increased level of fear and rumour surrounding it. The aim of the study was to investigated the perception of threat of COVID-19 among residents of Yenagoa local government area, Bayelsa state. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted with a study population which consisted of 543,536 residents in Yenagoa. A sample size of 440 was selected using a convenient sampling technique. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 0.71 and analyzed using percentage, mean, standard deviation, and chi-square. The result of the study showed a negative perception of susceptibility to COVID-19 (2.18?1.02), and positive perception of severity of COVID-19 (3.03?0.77). The result further showed that there was a low extent of adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures (1.71?1.28). The tested hypotheses showed that there was a statistically significant relationship between adherence to COVID-19 preventive measures and both perception of susceptibility (X2-value = 116.36, df = 1, p<0.05) and perception of severity of COVID-19 (X2-value = 78.88, df = 1, p<0.05). It was concluded that, the residents of Yenagoa had a negative perception of susceptibility to COVID-19 and positive perception of severity of COVID-19 however, the extent of adopted of preventive measures was low. It was recommended that, the ministry of health should strengthen their communication systems to ensure timely dissemination of COVID-19 related information.},
      keywords = {COVID-19, Perceived severity, Perceived severity, Yenagoa.},
      month = {March},
  }