Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 among students in Kirkuk Medical College, Iraq
Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
; 30(8):e434-e440, 2023.
Article
Dans Anglais
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-2323526
ABSTRACT
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated the new coronavirus COVID-19 to be epidemic. Adherence to infection control methods is strongly affected by an individual's knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). The study aimed to evaluate medical students' understanding, and attitudes toward COVID-19 at the Kirkuk Medical College in Iraq. From October 16 to October 26, 2020, a cross-sectional online study was conducted, among a sample of students in Kirkuk Medical College, one of the Iraqi governorates. A total of 214 students were included in this research, and the age varied between 20-25 years. The questionnaire was divided into demographic data, knowledge, attitudes, and practices, modified from an online questionnaire regarding COVID-19 previously used. Descriptive statistics and t-tests were conducted. Among the study sample (n=214), age ranged between 20-25 years, 72.9% were females, and 86.9% resided in urban areas. The learning questionnaire's total accuracy rate was 96.3%. 98.1% of the students know that the virus is spreading by respiratory droplets from infected individuals, 30.4% have a good attitude towards COVID-19, and 100% have good practice dodging crowded places and practicing appropriate hand hygiene. The majority of students are knowledgeable of disease transference prevention and good practices. Female gender and urban residency play a positive role in knowledge and practice in respect to COVID-19 but not in what concerns the attitude. It is recommended to continue health education programs to correct the negative attitude among students, especially those who reside in rural areas.Copyright © 2023, Codon Publications. All rights reserved.
application; covid-19; Kirkuk; medical college; outlook; understanding; adult; article; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; demographics; female; gender; health education; human; hygiene; Iraq; learning; major clinical study; male; medical school; nonhuman; prevention; questionnaire; respiratory droplets and aerosols; rural area; transference; urban area; virus; young adult
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Type d'étude:
Études expérimentales
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Étude observationnelle
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Essai contrôlé randomisé
langue:
Anglais
Revue:
Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology
Année:
2023
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Article
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