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en Designing a tool for measurement of preventive behaviors against coronavirus in the lifestyle and home-based jobs in Iranian society Designing a Tool for Measuring Preventive Behaviors Against Coronavirus (PBAC) in Lifestyle and Home-based Jobs of Iranian تخصصي Special كاربردي Applicable <div style="text-align: left;">Introduction: 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. Materials and Methods: 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. Results: 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). Conclusion: 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.</div> Background: The outbreak of coronavirus is a global crisis, which has caused many deaths and injuries around the world. Observing preventive behaviors of the general public is one of the main ways to break the chain of transmission, and get rid of this crisis. The aim of this study is to determine the extent of preventive measures regarding Coronavirus disease in the lifestyle and home-based jobs of Iranian society. Methods: In this validation, methodological study, after reviewing the opinions of experts, the authors collected questions to evaluate the extent of preventive behaviors against coronavirus (PBAC). Questions with a face validity index greater than 1.5, a Content Validity Index (CVI) index greater than 0.79, and a Content Validity Ratio (CVR) index greater than 0.62 were considered appropriate. If Cronbach's alpha coefficient was greater than 0.7, the internal reliability of the instrument was established. Results: The face validity of all questions was more than 1.5, and the face validity of all questions was confirmed. In the 5 questions, the CVI index was less than 0.79, and the CVR index was less than 0.62. After removing those 5 questions, the final questionnaire of 16 questions was introduced as a tool. Also, the internal reliability of the instrument was (α = 0.71). Conclusion: Results of this study demonstrated that the proposed questionnaire is suitable for measuring the level of preventive PBAC regarding the lifestyle and home-based businesses, and has good validity and reliability as a useable tool. Coronavirus, preventive behaviors, lifestyle, home-based jobs Coronavirus, Prevention, Lifestyle, Covid-19 1218 1223 http://aoh.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-198-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 zahra ghalichi zaveh زهرا قلیچی زاوه No Health Sciences Research Center, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran Amin Babaei Pouya 0000-0001-6062-4067 No Department of Occupational Health and safety Engineering, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran Nastuna Ghanbari Sagharloo 0000-0001-8264-7382 No Department of Environmental Engineering, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Leila Azizi Fard 0000-0002-4812-9175 No Department of Marin Environmental Engineering, Tehran North Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Mahbubeh Abdollahi 0000-0001-8907-2745 No Health Sciences Research Center, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran. Department of public Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran Alireza Khammar 0000-0002-5590-8767 No Department of Occupational Health and safety Engineering, School of Health, zabol University of Medical Sciences, zabol, Iran Mostafa Kamali 0000-0003-1104-3121 No Department of Health Information Sciences, Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran• Vice Chancellery of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Mohsen Poursadeqiyan 0000-0003-3606-7613 Yes Department of Occupational Health and safety Engineering, School of Health, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran