Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Iranian people about food safety and hygiene during covid-19 pandemic

AIM: The objective of this study was to develop a cultural adopted questionnaire for evaluation of knowledge (K), attitude (A) and practice (P) of Iranian population toward food safety during Covid-19. METHODS: The study is based on an online questionnaire that filled by 712 Iranians over 16 years o...

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Autores principales: Salehi, Ali, Salmani, Fatemeh, Norozi, Ensiyeh, Sadighara, Parisa, Zeinali, Tayebeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35676671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13559-1
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author Salehi, Ali
Salmani, Fatemeh
Norozi, Ensiyeh
Sadighara, Parisa
Zeinali, Tayebeh
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Salmani, Fatemeh
Norozi, Ensiyeh
Sadighara, Parisa
Zeinali, Tayebeh
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description AIM: The objective of this study was to develop a cultural adopted questionnaire for evaluation of knowledge (K), attitude (A) and practice (P) of Iranian population toward food safety during Covid-19. METHODS: The study is based on an online questionnaire that filled by 712 Iranians over 16 years old. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and reliability assessment were performed. The construct validity of A and P determined by EFA and confirmed by CFA. Difficulty index was used for K. RESULTS: The reliability score of questionnaire was satisfactory. The three items of K-A-P questionnaire were significantly associated with the total score of questionnaire. The KAP questionnaire regarding food safety in covid-19 consisted of 27 items multidimensional scale with strong psychometric features. The respondent showed a satisfactory level of KAP during covid-19 pandemics. CONCLUSION: The KAP questionnaire regarding food safety in covid-19 is a valid and reliable tool for measurement of knowledge, attitude and practice of people regarding food safety in covid-19.
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spelling pubmed-91749232022-06-08 Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Iranian people about food safety and hygiene during covid-19 pandemic Salehi, Ali Salmani, Fatemeh Norozi, Ensiyeh Sadighara, Parisa Zeinali, Tayebeh BMC Public Health Research AIM: The objective of this study was to develop a cultural adopted questionnaire for evaluation of knowledge (K), attitude (A) and practice (P) of Iranian population toward food safety during Covid-19. METHODS: The study is based on an online questionnaire that filled by 712 Iranians over 16 years old. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and reliability assessment were performed. The construct validity of A and P determined by EFA and confirmed by CFA. Difficulty index was used for K. RESULTS: The reliability score of questionnaire was satisfactory. The three items of K-A-P questionnaire were significantly associated with the total score of questionnaire. The KAP questionnaire regarding food safety in covid-19 consisted of 27 items multidimensional scale with strong psychometric features. The respondent showed a satisfactory level of KAP during covid-19 pandemics. CONCLUSION: The KAP questionnaire regarding food safety in covid-19 is a valid and reliable tool for measurement of knowledge, attitude and practice of people regarding food safety in covid-19. BioMed Central 2022-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9174923/ /pubmed/35676671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13559-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Sadighara, Parisa
Zeinali, Tayebeh
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title_short Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Iranian people about food safety and hygiene during covid-19 pandemic
title_sort knowledge, attitudes and practices of iranian people about food safety and hygiene during covid-19 pandemic
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9174923/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13559-1
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