Gender and occupation predict Coronavirus Disease 2019 knowledge, attitude and practices of a cohort of a South Indian state population.
Indian J Med Microbiol
; 38(2): 144-151, 2020.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-745215
ABSTRACT
CONTEXT Coronavirus disease 2019 (CoViD 19) pandemic has induced the government to initiate strict control measures. Improvements to these measures and shortcomings could be gleaned with the understanding of the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of the public. AIMS:
The aim of this study the CoViD 19 KAP of a south Indian state population. SETTINGS ANDDESIGN:
This was a Cross-sectional observational study. SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
We conducted an online survey to elicit this information. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED Mean, Standard deviation, Binomial and Multinomial logistic regression.RESULTS:
Of the 1837 subjects who answered the survey, 70% were youth (16-29 years), 54% were postgraduates and 47.8% were desk jobholders. The mean knowledge score was 9.92 ± 2.37/14 and 94.44% secured at least above-average score. The subjects had a positive (70%) attitude towards the CoViD 19 situation and 77% of subjects followed good preventive practices. However, we found that women, people with low education and nonmedical background were associated with poor knowledge and practices. The attitude was poor in subjects occupant in physical works.CONCLUSIONS:
The health policy would better serve the purpose of the groups with poor scores are targeted.Keywords
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Quarantine
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Communicable Disease Control
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pandemics
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Med Microbiol
Journal subject:
Microbiology
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijmm.IJMM_20_263
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