Research Article | Open Access
CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS: BRAND TRUST TO SUPPORT OF THE THAI HERB TO TREAT COVID-19 DISEASES
Nutthapon Jitprapai , Sidanuch Kittisaereekul , Wongsakorn Choteviboonthanawong , Jantima Kheokao
Pages: 1390-1394
Abstract
The objective of this study is to conduct a confirmatory factor analysis of brand trust in support
of a Thai herb used to treat Covid-19 diseases. The study was conducted by a quantitative method with 630
samples who used to take Thai herbal medicines to treat Covid-19, which involved probability random
sampling. Data collection was gathered by means of a questionnaire that was composed of the five-point scale.
Cronbach’s alpha reliability for all items indicated a high value of 0.814 at the overall reliability. It used
confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to detect the underlying latent variables that significantly determine brand
trust. The result found that four components to the validation of a goodness fitted model and correlated to brand
trust consisted of; 1) Quality of ingredients (QU), 2) Creditability of manufacturing (CR), 3) Influencer (IN),
and 4) Channel and Distributor (CH) which the components had convergence with empirical evidence along
with indexes consisted chi-square = 41.751, df = 29, p-value = 0.059, CMIN/DF = 1.440, GFI = 0.987, and
RMSEA = 0.026.
Keywords
Brand trust, Thai herb, Covid-19 Diseases