A case study of factors that influence protective behaviors towards COVID-19 / Nur Aina Syazwani Zakaria, Nur Najihah Hanin Mohd Ashri and Noreha Mohamed Yusop

COVID-19 is a dangerous infectious disease that can easily spread from one person to another, and it also can affect everybody's lives' such as causing death. COVID-19 has caused epidemic outbreaks and ruckus to all the countries in the world and the contirmed cases of this disease had become worrisome alert. This research is carried out to test the relationship between the demographic profiles, knowledge, and risks towards protective behaviors of COVID-19. Protective behavior is a vital thing for every inch of society. The pandemic can be controlled if people are willing to change their lifestyles, take preventive measures, being aware of this outbreak and having knowledge and awareness of the risk to fight this disease. Honarvar et al. (2020) stated that the protective behaviors towards COVID-19 among elders are approximately appropriate with more than 80% of them washed hands more than five times daily and more than 60% used face masks then discarded into dustbin after using. This statement was also supported by Alahdal, Basingab, and Alotaibi (2020) where almost all respondents agreed on the value of washing hands and wearing face masks when going out, able to prevent from COV1D-19.