Influence of Gender on Teachers’ Contribution to Covid-19 Anxiety Level and Compliance to Preventive Protocols Among Secondary School Teachers in Delta South Senatorial District

Abstract

The study investigated the relationship of Covid-19 Anxiety and Compliance with preventive protocols among teachers in Delta South Senatorial District given to the fact that people resisted covid-19 compliance guidelines of the Delta State government to curtail the dreaded virus. Seven research questions guided the study and seven corresponding hypothesis were tested. The correlational research design was employed in the study. The population for the study comprised all secondary school teachers in Delta South Senatorial District. The population size was 1,989. A Sample of 320 teachers was drawn to make up the respondents using the multi-stage technique, which combined cluster, stratified, and random sampling techniques. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire. The psychometric properties of the instruments were determined and found adequate for use. Factor analysis and Principle Components analysis were used to test for the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficients and it yielded a coefficient of 0.837 and 0.717 for Covid-19 Anxiety Rating Scale and Compliance to Protocols Rating Scale respectively. Data collected were analysed using Pearson’s Moment Correlation to answer the research questions and regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the analysis showed among others that; there was low level of compliance of teachers with low and moderate covi-19 preventive protocols. The study recommended that effect at enforcing compliance should be to intensify campaigns on the disastrous effects of Covid-19 and if possible, to expose teachers either through videos or life experience to infected persons with the ultimate aim of increasing the anxiety and fear of contacting the disease.