Cargando…
Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study
AIM: This study explored the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of higher education students towards COVID-19. In addition, this study analysed the association of socio-demographic variables with KAP apart from finding the relationship between KAP. SUBJECT AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional...
Autores principales: | , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8118369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01561-7 |
_version_ | 1783691736025923584 |
---|---|
author | Padmanaban, Srinivasan Rajendran, Poornima Davis, Prem Velayutham, Prabu |
author_facet | Padmanaban, Srinivasan Rajendran, Poornima Davis, Prem Velayutham, Prabu |
author_sort | Padmanaban, Srinivasan |
collection | PubMed |
description | AIM: This study explored the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of higher education students towards COVID-19. In addition, this study analysed the association of socio-demographic variables with KAP apart from finding the relationship between KAP. SUBJECT AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in India. Study participants were selected using a convenient sampling method from various higher educational institutions across 22 states in India. Data was collected using self-administered close-ended questionnaires via Google forms. The data were analysed using frequencies and percentage for descriptive purposes. A chi-square test was used to determine the association between groups, and correlation analysis was used to illustrate the significant relationship between KAP. RESULTS: The majority, that is, 65.5% of students possess a high level of knowledge about the disease. It was noteworthy that 71.0% of them had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 and 66.7% of them exhibited desirable practices to mitigate COVID-19. Furthermore, the results showed a significant association between KAP and some of the socio-demographic variables studied. Social media emerged as a vital source of information regarding COVID-19 for the majority (81.0%) of students. Also, a strong significant positive correlation was observed between KAP variables. CONCLUSION: One-fourth of the students demonstrated only low and moderate levels of knowledge, negative attitude and undesirable practices in preventing COVID-19. The implications suggesting various approaches to enhance KAP to moderate the spread of COVID-19 among the students were recommended to aid the higher educational institutions. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8118369 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-81183692021-05-14 Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study Padmanaban, Srinivasan Rajendran, Poornima Davis, Prem Velayutham, Prabu Z Gesundh Wiss Original Article AIM: This study explored the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of higher education students towards COVID-19. In addition, this study analysed the association of socio-demographic variables with KAP apart from finding the relationship between KAP. SUBJECT AND METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in India. Study participants were selected using a convenient sampling method from various higher educational institutions across 22 states in India. Data was collected using self-administered close-ended questionnaires via Google forms. The data were analysed using frequencies and percentage for descriptive purposes. A chi-square test was used to determine the association between groups, and correlation analysis was used to illustrate the significant relationship between KAP. RESULTS: The majority, that is, 65.5% of students possess a high level of knowledge about the disease. It was noteworthy that 71.0% of them had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 and 66.7% of them exhibited desirable practices to mitigate COVID-19. Furthermore, the results showed a significant association between KAP and some of the socio-demographic variables studied. Social media emerged as a vital source of information regarding COVID-19 for the majority (81.0%) of students. Also, a strong significant positive correlation was observed between KAP variables. CONCLUSION: One-fourth of the students demonstrated only low and moderate levels of knowledge, negative attitude and undesirable practices in preventing COVID-19. The implications suggesting various approaches to enhance KAP to moderate the spread of COVID-19 among the students were recommended to aid the higher educational institutions. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021-05-13 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8118369/ /pubmed/34007782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01561-7 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Padmanaban, Srinivasan Rajendran, Poornima Davis, Prem Velayutham, Prabu Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study |
title | Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study |
title_full | Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study |
title_short | Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 among higher education students in India: a cross sectional study |
title_sort | knowledge, attitude and practices towards covid-19 among higher education students in india: a cross sectional study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8118369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34007782 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-021-01561-7 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT padmanabansrinivasan knowledgeattitudeandpracticestowardscovid19amonghighereducationstudentsinindiaacrosssectionalstudy AT rajendranpoornima knowledgeattitudeandpracticestowardscovid19amonghighereducationstudentsinindiaacrosssectionalstudy AT davisprem knowledgeattitudeandpracticestowardscovid19amonghighereducationstudentsinindiaacrosssectionalstudy AT velayuthamprabu knowledgeattitudeandpracticestowardscovid19amonghighereducationstudentsinindiaacrosssectionalstudy |