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Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan
The World Health Organization has acknowledged coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease as a pandemic. Efforts are being made all over the world to raise awareness to prevent the spread of the disease. The goal of this study was to assess the attitude, perception, and knowledge of Pakistani peopl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7755600/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363092 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.602434 |
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author | Mahmood, Sammina Hussain, Tariq Mahmood, Faiq Ahmad, Mehmood Majeed, Arfa Beg, Bilal Mahmood Areej, Sadaf |
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description | The World Health Organization has acknowledged coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease as a pandemic. Efforts are being made all over the world to raise awareness to prevent the spread of the disease. The goal of this study was to assess the attitude, perception, and knowledge of Pakistani people toward COVID-19 disease. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in which a questionnaire of 17 questions was transformed online on Google forms and was sent to random individuals online. A total of 1,000 questionnaires from individuals throughout Pakistan were evaluated. The results revealed that 42.9% of the participants knew about COVID-19 through social media, the largest source of information. Most of the participants (48.3%) started working from home amid the lockdown; 39.9% of the participants reported that they wash their hands every hour, and 56.9% participants are using a surgical mask. About thermal scanners, 30.5% of the people answered they may be effective, and 46.0% of the people think COVID-19 is a bioweapon; 59% of the participants think everyone is susceptible, whereas 83.9% of the people recognize fever as a primary symptom; 65.2% of the people are practicing social distancing, whereas 85.1% of the people think social gatherings causes spread of the disease. In general, participants had a good knowledge about the disease and a positive attitude toward protective measures. 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. |
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spelling | pubmed-77556002020-12-24 Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan Mahmood, Sammina Hussain, Tariq Mahmood, Faiq Ahmad, Mehmood Majeed, Arfa Beg, Bilal Mahmood Areej, Sadaf Front Public Health Public Health The World Health Organization has acknowledged coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease as a pandemic. Efforts are being made all over the world to raise awareness to prevent the spread of the disease. The goal of this study was to assess the attitude, perception, and knowledge of Pakistani people toward COVID-19 disease. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in which a questionnaire of 17 questions was transformed online on Google forms and was sent to random individuals online. A total of 1,000 questionnaires from individuals throughout Pakistan were evaluated. The results revealed that 42.9% of the participants knew about COVID-19 through social media, the largest source of information. Most of the participants (48.3%) started working from home amid the lockdown; 39.9% of the participants reported that they wash their hands every hour, and 56.9% participants are using a surgical mask. About thermal scanners, 30.5% of the people answered they may be effective, and 46.0% of the people think COVID-19 is a bioweapon; 59% of the participants think everyone is susceptible, whereas 83.9% of the people recognize fever as a primary symptom; 65.2% of the people are practicing social distancing, whereas 85.1% of the people think social gatherings causes spread of the disease. In general, participants had a good knowledge about the disease and a positive attitude toward protective measures. 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. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7755600/ /pubmed/33363092 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.602434 Text en Copyright © 2020 Mahmood, Hussain, Mahmood, Ahmad, Majeed, Beg and Areej. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Mahmood, Sammina Hussain, Tariq Mahmood, Faiq Ahmad, Mehmood Majeed, Arfa Beg, Bilal Mahmood Areej, Sadaf Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan |
title | Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan |
title_full | Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan |
title_fullStr | Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan |
title_full_unstemmed | Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan |
title_short | Attitude, Perception, and Knowledge of COVID-19 Among General Public in Pakistan |
title_sort | attitude, perception, and knowledge of covid-19 among general public in pakistan |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7755600/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363092 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2020.602434 |
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