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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed a serious risk with pre-existing health conditions. This study was conducted to understand the knowledge, attitude, and practices concerning COVID-19 among patients with chronic illnesses in Bangladesh during the pandemic. The study was conducted in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8727516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35004554 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.628623 |
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author | Razu, Shaharior Rahman Nishu, Nishana Afrin Rabbi, Md. Fajlay Talukder, Ashis Ward, Paul R. |
author_facet | Razu, Shaharior Rahman Nishu, Nishana Afrin Rabbi, Md. Fajlay Talukder, Ashis Ward, Paul R. |
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description | The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed a serious risk with pre-existing health conditions. This study was conducted to understand the knowledge, attitude, and practices concerning COVID-19 among patients with chronic illnesses in Bangladesh during the pandemic. The study was conducted in Khulna city of Bangladesh following a qualitative research design. We employed telephone interviews to collect data from 40 participants with four common pre-existing chronic illnesses (diabetes, hypertension, respiratory/asthma, and heart disease). Findings show that the majority of the participants had a moderate level of knowledge and an overall positive attitude regarding COVID-19 but appropriate safety practices were often ignored as the pandemic grows older. We also observed that the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 varied based on age, marital status, education, social class, and rural/urban residence. We concluded that improving medical advice/support, promotion of awareness through mass media, strict monitoring of protective measures and subsidies from the government, and self-consciousness could be effective strategies to mitigate the transmission of the disease and reduce risks for patients with chronic illness in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-87275162022-01-06 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses Razu, Shaharior Rahman Nishu, Nishana Afrin Rabbi, Md. Fajlay Talukder, Ashis Ward, Paul R. Front Public Health Public Health The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has posed a serious risk with pre-existing health conditions. This study was conducted to understand the knowledge, attitude, and practices concerning COVID-19 among patients with chronic illnesses in Bangladesh during the pandemic. The study was conducted in Khulna city of Bangladesh following a qualitative research design. We employed telephone interviews to collect data from 40 participants with four common pre-existing chronic illnesses (diabetes, hypertension, respiratory/asthma, and heart disease). Findings show that the majority of the participants had a moderate level of knowledge and an overall positive attitude regarding COVID-19 but appropriate safety practices were often ignored as the pandemic grows older. We also observed that the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19 varied based on age, marital status, education, social class, and rural/urban residence. We concluded that improving medical advice/support, promotion of awareness through mass media, strict monitoring of protective measures and subsidies from the government, and self-consciousness could be effective strategies to mitigate the transmission of the disease and reduce risks for patients with chronic illness in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8727516/ /pubmed/35004554 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.628623 Text en Copyright © 2021 Razu, Nishu, Rabbi, Talukder and Ward. 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 Razu, Shaharior Rahman Nishu, Nishana Afrin Rabbi, Md. Fajlay Talukder, Ashis Ward, Paul R. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses |
title | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses |
title_full | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses |
title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses |
title_short | Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Concerning COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study of Patients With Chronic Illnesses |
title_sort | knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning covid-19 in bangladesh: a qualitative study of patients with chronic illnesses |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8727516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35004554 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.628623 |
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