AN ONLINE SURVEY ON KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES REGARDING CORONA VIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) AMONG THE GENERAL POPULATION OF DISTRICT PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN.
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COVID-19, District Peshawar, Willingness
Abstract
Introduction:
Objective: To determine the level of knowledge, association of socio-demographic characteristics with knowledge, attitudes and practices of COVID-19 and behavior towards Covid-19 survivors among general population of Peshawar.
Material & methods: The online-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2020 in Peshawar. A validated structured online questionnaire was drafted, modified and distributed online among Peshawar residents, to explore the respondent’s knowledge, attitudes, practices for corona virus disease as well as the behavior towards COVID-19 survivors. Analysis was conducted through associations of socio demographic characteristics with computation of p values with 0.05 as cut off limit.
Results: Majority of the respondents 319 (41.4%) among the total 770 were 18-27 years old and 480 (62%) of the total participants were men. The mean COVID-19 knowledge score was 8.49 (SD:1.52, range: 0-12), suggesting an overall 70.8% (8.49/12*100) correct rate on this knowledge test. Knowledge scores were significant with the occupation of a participant when compared (p=0.001). All socio-demographic variables were statistically significant (p<0.05) when correlated to the attitude questions. In the practices section, age and employment status of the respondents and the variables were significant (p<0.05). Gender, age, education levels and employment status were found to be significant (p<0.05) when behavior towards survivors and socio-demographic variables were compared.
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Dr. Suleiman Khan Afridi
Lecturer. Community Health Sciences Department. Peshawar Medical College, Warsak Road. Peshawar. Riphah International University, Islamabad
Dr. Farhat. R. Malik
Professor-Community Health Sciences, Peshawar Medical College. Warsak Road, Peshawar. Riphah International University, Islamabad
Hammad Muhammad Khan
Lecturer. Anatomy Department. Peshawar Medical College, Warsak Road. Peshawar. Riphah International University, Islamabad
Dr. Hafiza Ayesha Jawaid
Lecturer. Anatomy Department. Peshawar Medical College, Warsak Road. Peshawar. Riphah International University, Islamabad
Aasma Sajawal
Undergraduate Medical Student- Final Year MBBS, Peshawar Medical College. Warsak Road, Peshawar. Riphah International University, Islamabad