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KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19
OBJECTIVE: The adherence to public health recommendations to control COVID-19 spread is influenced by public knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP). We performed this cross-sectional study to assess the levels and determinants of public KAP towards COVID-19 in a large, multinational sample. DESIGN...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043971 |
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author | Masoud, Ahmed Taher Zaazouee, Mohamed Sayed Elsayed, Sarah Makram Ragab, Khaled Mohamed Kamal, Esraa M Alnasser, Yusra T Assar, Ahmed Nourelden, Anas Z Istatiah, Loai J Abd-Elgawad, Mohamed M Abdelsattar, Ahmed T Sofy, Ahmed A Hegazy, Doaa G Femía, Victor Z Mendonça, Adriana R Sayed, Fatma M Elmoursi, Ahmed Alareidi, Alaa Abd-Eltawab, Ahmed K Abdelmonem, Mohamed Mohammed, Omar M Derballa, EzzEldeen A El-Fas, Kareem A Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Abushouk, Abdelrahman I. |
author_facet | Masoud, Ahmed Taher Zaazouee, Mohamed Sayed Elsayed, Sarah Makram Ragab, Khaled Mohamed Kamal, Esraa M Alnasser, Yusra T Assar, Ahmed Nourelden, Anas Z Istatiah, Loai J Abd-Elgawad, Mohamed M Abdelsattar, Ahmed T Sofy, Ahmed A Hegazy, Doaa G Femía, Victor Z Mendonça, Adriana R Sayed, Fatma M Elmoursi, Ahmed Alareidi, Alaa Abd-Eltawab, Ahmed K Abdelmonem, Mohamed Mohammed, Omar M Derballa, EzzEldeen A El-Fas, Kareem A Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Abushouk, Abdelrahman I. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The adherence to public health recommendations to control COVID-19 spread is influenced by public knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP). We performed this cross-sectional study to assess the levels and determinants of public KAP towards COVID-19 in a large, multinational sample. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study (survey). SETTING: The questionnaire was distributed to potential respondents via online platforms. PARTICIPANTS: 71 890 individuals from 22 countries. METHODS: We formulated a four-section questionnaire in English, followed by validation and translation into seven languages. The questionnaire was distributed (May to June 2020) and each participant received a score for each KAP section. RESULTS: Overall, the participants had fair knowledge (mean score: 19.24±3.59) and attitudes (3.72±2.31) and good practices (12.12±1.83) regarding COVID-19. About 92% reported moderate to high compliance with national lockdown. However, significant gaps were observed: only 68.2% knew that infected individuals may be asymptomatic; 45.4% believed that antibiotics are an effective treatment; and 55.4% stated that a vaccine has been developed (at the time of data collection). 71.9% believed or were uncertain that COVID-19 is a global conspiracy; 36.8% and 51% were afraid of contacting doctors and Chinese people, respectively. Further, 66.4% reported the pandemic had moderate to high negative effects on their mental health. Female gender, higher education and urban residents had significantly (p≤0.001) higher knowledge and practice scores. Further, we observed significant correlations between all KAP scores. CONCLUSIONS: Although the public have fair/good knowledge and practices regarding COVID-19, significant gaps should be addressed. Future awareness efforts should target less advantaged groups and future studies should develop new strategies to tackle COVID-19 negative mental health effects. |
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spelling | pubmed-79076232021-02-26 KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 Masoud, Ahmed Taher Zaazouee, Mohamed Sayed Elsayed, Sarah Makram Ragab, Khaled Mohamed Kamal, Esraa M Alnasser, Yusra T Assar, Ahmed Nourelden, Anas Z Istatiah, Loai J Abd-Elgawad, Mohamed M Abdelsattar, Ahmed T Sofy, Ahmed A Hegazy, Doaa G Femía, Victor Z Mendonça, Adriana R Sayed, Fatma M Elmoursi, Ahmed Alareidi, Alaa Abd-Eltawab, Ahmed K Abdelmonem, Mohamed Mohammed, Omar M Derballa, EzzEldeen A El-Fas, Kareem A Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Abushouk, Abdelrahman I. BMJ Open Public Health OBJECTIVE: The adherence to public health recommendations to control COVID-19 spread is influenced by public knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP). We performed this cross-sectional study to assess the levels and determinants of public KAP towards COVID-19 in a large, multinational sample. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study (survey). SETTING: The questionnaire was distributed to potential respondents via online platforms. PARTICIPANTS: 71 890 individuals from 22 countries. METHODS: We formulated a four-section questionnaire in English, followed by validation and translation into seven languages. The questionnaire was distributed (May to June 2020) and each participant received a score for each KAP section. RESULTS: Overall, the participants had fair knowledge (mean score: 19.24±3.59) and attitudes (3.72±2.31) and good practices (12.12±1.83) regarding COVID-19. About 92% reported moderate to high compliance with national lockdown. However, significant gaps were observed: only 68.2% knew that infected individuals may be asymptomatic; 45.4% believed that antibiotics are an effective treatment; and 55.4% stated that a vaccine has been developed (at the time of data collection). 71.9% believed or were uncertain that COVID-19 is a global conspiracy; 36.8% and 51% were afraid of contacting doctors and Chinese people, respectively. Further, 66.4% reported the pandemic had moderate to high negative effects on their mental health. Female gender, higher education and urban residents had significantly (p≤0.001) higher knowledge and practice scores. Further, we observed significant correlations between all KAP scores. CONCLUSIONS: Although the public have fair/good knowledge and practices regarding COVID-19, significant gaps should be addressed. Future awareness efforts should target less advantaged groups and future studies should develop new strategies to tackle COVID-19 negative mental health effects. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7907623/ /pubmed/33622949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043971 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Masoud, Ahmed Taher Zaazouee, Mohamed Sayed Elsayed, Sarah Makram Ragab, Khaled Mohamed Kamal, Esraa M Alnasser, Yusra T Assar, Ahmed Nourelden, Anas Z Istatiah, Loai J Abd-Elgawad, Mohamed M Abdelsattar, Ahmed T Sofy, Ahmed A Hegazy, Doaa G Femía, Victor Z Mendonça, Adriana R Sayed, Fatma M Elmoursi, Ahmed Alareidi, Alaa Abd-Eltawab, Ahmed K Abdelmonem, Mohamed Mohammed, Omar M Derballa, EzzEldeen A El-Fas, Kareem A Abdel-Daim, Mohamed M. Abushouk, Abdelrahman I. KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 |
title | KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 |
title_full | KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 |
title_short | KAP-COVID(GLOBAL): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 |
title_sort | kap-covid(global): a multinational survey of the levels and determinants of public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards covid-19 |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7907623/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33622949 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043971 |
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