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Background: COVID-19 is defined as a new type of coronavirus that spreads rapidly from person to person and becomes a major epidemic that causes a great tragedy. The starting point of the virus is considered to be the Wuhan city of China, and the first fatal cases were reported in late 2019. At this point, this virus causes fatal effects, especially on the elderly and those with chronic diseases. As of May 7, 2020, COVID-19 has been confirmed in over 3. 8 million individuals worldwide and has resulted in more than 268,000 deaths. Knowledge of disease transmission, public health person hygiene are vitally important for developing effective control measures The objective of the study was to assess the awareness of COVID-19 transmission, prevention and control among general public. Methods: In this cross-sectional, web-based survey, conducted during February 2020 to April 2020 among the general population of in and around Chennai, questions asked regarding the Knowledge of the populati...
Annals of Community Health, 2021
INTRODUCTION C oronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rising respiratory disease that is brought about by a novel coronavirus and was first recognized in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed regarding 44 cases of pneumonia of unknown microbial etiology related with Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, on December 31, 2019. [1] On January 7, 2020, declared that a novel coronavirus had been recognized in tests taken from these patients. From that point forward, the outbreak has raised quickly, with that the WHO announced a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020. [2] The flare-up spread quickly from a solitary city to a whole nation in just 30 days. On February 11, virus renamed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and disease COVID-19. [3] On February 12, UN activated WHOled Crisis Management team, On March 13, 2020, the WHO declared that SARS-CoV-2 infection as COVID-19 Disease as Pandemic. The sickness is profoundly infectious, and its
The Professional Medical Journal
Objectives: To determine and assess the level of awareness and knowledge regarding COVID-19 the among residents of Lahore. Study Design: Descriptive Cross Sectional study. Setting: Different Institutions in Lahore. Period: March 2020. Material & Methods: The present study was organized by the Department of Microbiology, Pakistan kidney and liver institute & research center. Respondents filled a pre-tested structured questionnaire consisting of 21 multiple-choice questions. The variables were accessed their knowledge of disease regarding etiology, mode of transmission, prevention and control measures of COVID-19 infection. A total of 1875 questionnaires were collected. Results: The data showed that 49.6% of respondents were male and rest 50.4% were females. From the total data 6.56% of respondents were doctors by profession. While 14.4% were nurses, 6.08% laboratory & other medical staff and 72.96% were students. 74.68% of respondents give correct answers on their knowledge about COV...
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, 2020
Background: Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread across the entire globe causing a lot of fear among the masses. India had more than 2,500 confirmed cases and more than 70 deaths at the time of submission of this article. This is probably the first study from India on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19. Presently, there is only 1 similar study from China. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was performed in a tertiary care hospital in India to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of the participants toward COVID-19 during the pandemic. The participants had to answer a questionnaire in the language well understood by them. It pertained to their basic knowledge about this disease, their attitudes, and correct practices. The participants were either doctors, staff, patients, or relatives visiting the hospital. Results: Among the various age groups, the highest proportion (57.21%) of very good knowledge was in the 20 to 30 years age group. Among the respondents, poor knowledge was seen in the patients. Overall, 47.99% participants had an extremely optimistic attitude, whereas <50% doctors had extremely correct practices toward COVID-19. This is unacceptable during the ongoing pandemic and reveals scope for improvement. Conclusions: The public health authorities at the regional and state level can use this information to increase awareness among the population, which may help to contain the pandemic. Educational campaigns targeting the correct population groups are essential to reduce the public anxiety toward this pandemic.
Awareness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic among interns of a tertiary care hospital
International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 2020
Novel coronaviruses (nCoV) are enveloped non-segmented positive-sense RNA viruses which belong to the family Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales distributed among humans and other mammals. Most human coronavirus infections are mild, the epidemics of the two betacoronaviruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), and Middle East respiratory SARS-CoV (MERS-CoV) have resulted in more than 10,000 cases in during past two decades. [1] In the year 2003, an outbreak of severe acute respiratory SARS-CoV occurred. In 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the discovery of a nCoV named MERS-CoV. Both SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV caused fatal human disease with mortality rates of 11% and 43%, respectively. [2-4] The WHO recommends that avoiding unprotected contact farm and wild animals for the possible role of animals in CoV infection. The live-animal markets, like in China, would provide chances to animal CoV to get transmitted to humans and these markets may act as critical places for the origin of new zoonotic pathogens. The pathogens can be counteracted by immediate and timely international collaboration, Background: Coronavirus disease officially called as COVID-19, which was noticed during December 2019 (Wuhan) China, later became a major public health problem leading to pandemic affecting worldwide and causing morbidity and mortality, despite various control measures. This research was undertaken to assess the level of awareness of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among interns of a tertiary care hospital. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess awareness of coronavirus (COVID-19) among interns of a tertiary care hospital. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted among 97 interns of a tertiary care hospital in Dharwad district, Karnataka, India. An online pre-designed and pre-tested questionnaire was developed using Google forms, with a consent form attached to it for voluntary participation, through which data were collected and the distributions of responses were presented as frequencies and percentages. Results: Awareness regarding coronavirus among 97 interns were assessed. Of which 41 (42.3%) were male and 56 (57.7%) were female. Newspaper and television were the primary reliable source of information about coronavirus. Cough (95.87%) and fever (90.72%) were the most common symptoms. The majority of the interns (90%) agreed that coronavirus could lead to pneumonia, respiratory failure, and renal failure. About 90% considered that it can be prevented by handwashing, wearing masks, and by maintaining distance. However, with respect to curability of the disease, the awareness was on a dismal note. Conclusion: Awareness of acquiring and transmitting coronavirus was found to be adequate, except for the curability aspects. Thus, it is the need of the hour to have timely updates about the disease and newer guidelines to restraint the ongoing pandemic of COVID-19.
Knowledge, attitude, and perception of Indian population toward coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2020
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread very fast worldwide as a pandemic causing unprecedented morbidity and mortality. Most countries in the world have undergone emergency lockdown in an attempt to flatten the curve and reduce the load on healthcare systems. Objective: This study was done to assess the knowledge, attitude, and perception toward the disease among the home-bound Indian population during the lockdown. Methodology: This was a questionnaire-based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted online. Compilation and assessment of the online data in the form of responses were done as for descriptive studies. Results: Among the 320 participants of the study, the awareness about the epidemiological features, including the signs and symptoms of the disease, was very good (more than 99% in some aspects). The attitude toward the measures for prevention of disease at home and outside was also very good (more than 97%) in some aspects, with a scope of improvement in a few others. Only one-third had the knowledge of online (e-consultation) services floated by governments and hospitals for medical advice. Ten percent had the potential to misuse drugs as prophylaxis. Most of the participants perceived that they had no predictable idea about the shape of disease epidemiology in the near future and only hoped for things to get better. Conclusion: This study reflects that aggressive awareness drives have played an important role in the dissemination of knowledge and the development of informed positive attitude toward COVID-19. Few gaps in knowledge and practices related to disease epidemiology, safe practices, mobile app for tracking and the availability of e-resources for medical advice, still remain. These should be addressed more aggressively, to strengthen the efforts to overcome this unprecedented crisis.
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This study aimed to assess the knowledge, practice, and attitude of the Debre Markos and Burie town public towards the COVID-19 disease. Method: We conducted a cross-sectional survey on 384 voluntary participants in Debre Markos and Burie town. The analysis was done by using SPPS software (version 20.0). The level of significance was set at a 95% confidence interval (P< 0.05). Result: Most of the participants respond that COVID-19 is a dangerous virus all over the globe. The main source of information to the disease is social-medias, internet, health education, and news from television and radios. Almost most of the participants respond that using a face mask, proper handwashing, and maintaining social distance are the main methods of COVID-19 disease prevention. Conclusion: In general most of the study participants were had good knowledge, a positive attitude, and better protective measures towards coronavirus disease 2019. KEY WORD: COVID-19, KAPS, and Ethiopia BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health and societal emergency respiratory disease that is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome a novel coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus is characterized by sudden onset, fever, fatigue dry cough, myalgia, and dyspepsia [1,2]. This disease emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, and spread quickly around the world [3,7]. Since the disease's rapidly spread worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the COVID-19 outbreak was a global public health pandemic, in January 2020 [4, 5]. This disease creates high pressure on global health care systems. The COVID-19 was identified as a novel and contagious primary atypical (viral) pneumonia reported to cause clusters of onset similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS
Knowledge and practices in the wake of novel corona virus (COVID-19) pandemic
The Professional Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: This study aims to assess the knowledge and practices towards novel corona virus pandemic (COVID-19) among general patients of a tertiary care hospital in Gadap town, Karachi, Pakistan. Study Design: Cross Sectional study. Setting: At OPD of Fatima Hospital, Baqai Medical University, Karachi. Period: 16th to 21st March 2020. Material & Methods: A total of 267 respondents were included using non-probability convenience sampling. Knowledge and Practices towards COVID-19 were assessed using interview based, open-ended questionnaire. The knowledge questionnaire consists of 11 questions assessing, General information, symptoms, modes of disease spread, methods of disease control and self-isolation techniques. Practice assessment was based on five parameters towards prevention. Mean knowledge and practice scores were calculated. A bivariate Pearson correlation, independent sample T-test and One Way ANOVA were utilized to depict statistical correlations between variables. Post-H...
https://www.ijhsr.org/IJHSR\_Vol.11\_Issue.10\_Oct2021/IJHSR-Abstract.010.html, 2021
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 is an upcoming contagious respiratory infection caused by a new coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV2) which is transmitted through the respiratory droplets produced by coughing or sneezing of an infected person. The behavior of the general public will probably have an important bearing on the course of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. Human behavior is influenced by knowledge and perceptions. This paper aims to identify the awareness and perception regarding COVID-19 among general public. Method: A cross sectional descriptive design was used by using structured online questionnaire through Google form. The study was conducted at certain area of Kathmandu. Sample size was 423 with non probability convenience sampling technique. Result: The findings revealed that overall, 44.9% respondents had low, 34.0% had average and 21% had high level of awareness. Likewise, 56.6% had positive perception and 43.2% had negative perception about COVID outbreak. Also 62% respondents had positive and 37.7% had negative perception about prevention of COVID. There is an association between educational status and level of awareness with 'p' value lesser than 0.05 at 95% level of confidence. Conclusion: Majority of respondents were not aware about the outbreak of COVID19. Also more than half of respondents had positive perception about outbreak of COVID 19. The effective measures are being taken by the government and the public, still there remains a need for further awareness campaigns and knowledge of safe interventions to combat the spread of disease.