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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has recently emerged as a global threat. Understanding workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding this new infectious disease is crucial to preventing and controlling it. This study aimed to assess KAP regarding COVID-19 during the outbreak among...

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Autores principales: Li, Zhi-Hao, Zhang, Xi-Ru, Zhong, Wen-Fang, Song, Wei-Qi, Wang, Zheng-He, Chen, Qing, Liu, Dan, Huang, Qing-Mei, Shen, Dong, Chen, Pei-Liang, Mao, Ang, Zhang, Duo, Yang, Xingfen, Wu, Xian-Bo, Mao, Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32941447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008584
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author Li, Zhi-Hao
Zhang, Xi-Ru
Zhong, Wen-Fang
Song, Wei-Qi
Wang, Zheng-He
Chen, Qing
Liu, Dan
Huang, Qing-Mei
Shen, Dong
Chen, Pei-Liang
Mao, Ang
Zhang, Duo
Yang, Xingfen
Wu, Xian-Bo
Mao, Chen
author_facet Li, Zhi-Hao
Zhang, Xi-Ru
Zhong, Wen-Fang
Song, Wei-Qi
Wang, Zheng-He
Chen, Qing
Liu, Dan
Huang, Qing-Mei
Shen, Dong
Chen, Pei-Liang
Mao, Ang
Zhang, Duo
Yang, Xingfen
Wu, Xian-Bo
Mao, Chen
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has recently emerged as a global threat. Understanding workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding this new infectious disease is crucial to preventing and controlling it. This study aimed to assess KAP regarding COVID-19 during the outbreak among workers in China. The present study was part of a cross-sectional online survey study conducted based on a large labor-intensive factory, which has 180,000 workers from various Chinese provinces, from 2 February 2020 to 7 February 2020. KAP related to COVID-19 were measured by 32 items, each item was measured with an agree/disagree/unclear format, and only correct responses were given 1 point. KAP regarding COVID-19 were measured with 20 items, 6 items and 6 items, respectively. A total of 123,768 valid responses (68.8%) were included in the analysis. Generally, the levels of knowledge (mean: 16.3 out of 20 points), attitudes (mean: 4.5 out of 6 points), and practices (mean: 5.8 out of 6 points) related to COVID-19 were high. Only 36,373 respondents (29.4%) disagreed that gargling with salt water is effective in protecting against COVID-19. Moreover, older respondents had decreased levels of knowledge and practices related to COVID-19 (both P values for the trend <0.001), while better-educated respondents had increased levels of knowledge and practices related to COVID-19 (both P values for the trend <0.001). These results suggest that Chinese workers are highly aware of COVID-19, but health authorities still need to provide correct information on COVID-19 prevention and strengthen health interventions, particularly for older and less-educated workers.
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spelling pubmed-74980292020-09-24 Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study Li, Zhi-Hao Zhang, Xi-Ru Zhong, Wen-Fang Song, Wei-Qi Wang, Zheng-He Chen, Qing Liu, Dan Huang, Qing-Mei Shen, Dong Chen, Pei-Liang Mao, Ang Zhang, Duo Yang, Xingfen Wu, Xian-Bo Mao, Chen PLoS Negl Trop Dis Research Article Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has recently emerged as a global threat. Understanding workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding this new infectious disease is crucial to preventing and controlling it. This study aimed to assess KAP regarding COVID-19 during the outbreak among workers in China. The present study was part of a cross-sectional online survey study conducted based on a large labor-intensive factory, which has 180,000 workers from various Chinese provinces, from 2 February 2020 to 7 February 2020. KAP related to COVID-19 were measured by 32 items, each item was measured with an agree/disagree/unclear format, and only correct responses were given 1 point. KAP regarding COVID-19 were measured with 20 items, 6 items and 6 items, respectively. A total of 123,768 valid responses (68.8%) were included in the analysis. Generally, the levels of knowledge (mean: 16.3 out of 20 points), attitudes (mean: 4.5 out of 6 points), and practices (mean: 5.8 out of 6 points) related to COVID-19 were high. Only 36,373 respondents (29.4%) disagreed that gargling with salt water is effective in protecting against COVID-19. Moreover, older respondents had decreased levels of knowledge and practices related to COVID-19 (both P values for the trend <0.001), while better-educated respondents had increased levels of knowledge and practices related to COVID-19 (both P values for the trend <0.001). These results suggest that Chinese workers are highly aware of COVID-19, but health authorities still need to provide correct information on COVID-19 prevention and strengthen health interventions, particularly for older and less-educated workers. Public Library of Science 2020-09-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7498029/ /pubmed/32941447 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008584 Text en © 2020 Li et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Li, Zhi-Hao
Zhang, Xi-Ru
Zhong, Wen-Fang
Song, Wei-Qi
Wang, Zheng-He
Chen, Qing
Liu, Dan
Huang, Qing-Mei
Shen, Dong
Chen, Pei-Liang
Mao, Ang
Zhang, Duo
Yang, Xingfen
Wu, Xian-Bo
Mao, Chen
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study
title Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study
title_full Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study
title_short Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to Coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in China: A large cross-sectional study
title_sort knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to coronavirus disease 2019 during the outbreak among workers in china: a large cross-sectional study
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7498029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32941447
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008584
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