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General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan
Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, perceptions, and attitude of the public in Pakistan (using social media) towards COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 1120 individuals nationwide. A self-developed, pre-tested questionnaire was used that comp...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10285421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37359251 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52692.2 |
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author | Alam, Beenish Fatima Almojaibel, Abdullah A. Aziz Ansari, Khalid Haroon, Mohammad Noreen, Sara Tauqir, Saman Almas, Khalid Farooqi, Faraz A. Ali, Saqib |
author_facet | Alam, Beenish Fatima Almojaibel, Abdullah A. Aziz Ansari, Khalid Haroon, Mohammad Noreen, Sara Tauqir, Saman Almas, Khalid Farooqi, Faraz A. Ali, Saqib |
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description | Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, perceptions, and attitude of the public in Pakistan (using social media) towards COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 1120 individuals nationwide. A self-developed, pre-tested questionnaire was used that comprised of sections covering demographic characteristics, medical history, hygiene awareness, COVID-19-related knowledge, and learning attitude. Descriptive statistics were used for frequencies, percentages, averages and standard deviations. Inferential statistics were done using the Student’s t-test and ANOVA. Results: The average age of participants was 31 years (range 18-60 years). In total 56 individuals (5%) had completed primary or secondary school education; 448 (40%) were employed (working from home) and 60% were jobless due to the COVID-19 crisis. Almost all the study subjects (1030 (92%)) were washing their hands multiple times a day. A total of 83% had awareness regarding quarantine time, 82% used face masks whenever they left their homes, 98% were aware of the origin of the disease, and 70% had knowledge regarding the most common symptoms of COVID-19. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the current study that female participants had higher level of education, and more awareness regarding the coronavirus. The majority of the participants followed proper hand washing regimes and washed their faces. Further knowledge and awareness should be promoted. |
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spelling | pubmed-102854212023-06-23 General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan Alam, Beenish Fatima Almojaibel, Abdullah A. Aziz Ansari, Khalid Haroon, Mohammad Noreen, Sara Tauqir, Saman Almas, Khalid Farooqi, Faraz A. Ali, Saqib F1000Res Research Article Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the knowledge, perceptions, and attitude of the public in Pakistan (using social media) towards COVID-19. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 1120 individuals nationwide. A self-developed, pre-tested questionnaire was used that comprised of sections covering demographic characteristics, medical history, hygiene awareness, COVID-19-related knowledge, and learning attitude. Descriptive statistics were used for frequencies, percentages, averages and standard deviations. Inferential statistics were done using the Student’s t-test and ANOVA. Results: The average age of participants was 31 years (range 18-60 years). In total 56 individuals (5%) had completed primary or secondary school education; 448 (40%) were employed (working from home) and 60% were jobless due to the COVID-19 crisis. Almost all the study subjects (1030 (92%)) were washing their hands multiple times a day. A total of 83% had awareness regarding quarantine time, 82% used face masks whenever they left their homes, 98% were aware of the origin of the disease, and 70% had knowledge regarding the most common symptoms of COVID-19. Conclusion: It can be concluded from the current study that female participants had higher level of education, and more awareness regarding the coronavirus. The majority of the participants followed proper hand washing regimes and washed their faces. Further knowledge and awareness should be promoted. F1000 Research Limited 2023-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10285421/ /pubmed/37359251 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52692.2 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Alam BF et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Alam, Beenish Fatima Almojaibel, Abdullah A. Aziz Ansari, Khalid Haroon, Mohammad Noreen, Sara Tauqir, Saman Almas, Khalid Farooqi, Faraz A. Ali, Saqib General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title | General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_full | General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_fullStr | General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_full_unstemmed | General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_short | General public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from Pakistan |
title_sort | general public awareness, knowledge and attitude toward covid-19 infection and prevention: a cross-sectional study from pakistan |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10285421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37359251 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52692.2 |
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