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Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has affected the mental and physical wellbeing, social structure, countries' economy as well as individuals and community resilience, trust, and inequalities among societies. However, now almost all of the activities have been returned to the pre-corona era, despite the eme...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9550220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.950202 |
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author | Bedane, Deriba Abdissa, Daba Leta, Bati Gerema, Urge Lomboro, Abraham Kune, Guta Neme, Abiru Kene, Kumsa Berhanu, Nimona Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Tareke, Kasahun Girma |
author_facet | Bedane, Deriba Abdissa, Daba Leta, Bati Gerema, Urge Lomboro, Abraham Kune, Guta Neme, Abiru Kene, Kumsa Berhanu, Nimona Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Tareke, Kasahun Girma |
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description | BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has affected the mental and physical wellbeing, social structure, countries' economy as well as individuals and community resilience, trust, and inequalities among societies. However, now almost all of the activities have been returned to the pre-corona era, despite the emergence of new strains and the spread of the disease. Hence, this study was conducted to assess COVID-19 prevention practice and the associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study triangulated with the qualitative findings was conducted in Jimma town, Oromia, Ethiopia. A total of 422 sample households were involved in the quantitative study. The quantitative data were collected using a structured questionnaire and 12 key informants were also interviewed for the qualitative part. The quantitative data were processed and entered into the Epi Data version 4.6 (software) and analyzed using SPSS 26.0. Similarly, the qualitative data were analyzed using ATLASti.7.1.04 software package. Descriptive statistics and binary logistics regression (p < 0.25) were conducted to identify the candidate variable for multivariable logistics regression analysis (p < 0.05) and a 95% confidence interval was used to establish the level of significance of the variables with the practice. RESULTS: Interviews were conducted with a total of 422 participants, yielding a response rate of 100%. Good preventive practices were found to be adopted by 13.3% of the respondents. People aged ≥ 50 years, [AOR = 2.85, 95%, CI = 1.246–0.53] who recovered from COVID-19, [AOR = 2.41, 95%, CI = 1.184–0.92], had chronic diseases [AOR = 3.70, 95%, CI = 1.887–0.25], and living with COVID-19 high risk [AOR = 2.96, 95%, CI = 1.475–0.991 were independently associated with good preventive practices. CONCLUSION: In this study, it was understood that there were poor COVID-19 preventive practices among the study participants. There was a disparity in adherence to the preventive practices in relation to (i.e., 50 and above years) the experience of contracting COVID-19 and people aged above 65 years old living with the high-risk group. In addition, the community had different misconceptions or risk perceptions related to COVID-19 infection and preventive practices. This highlights the need to design health education programs and implement risk and/or social and behavior change communication interventions to change perceptions or misconceptions of people or community members to bring about the desired behavioral change and prevent the spread of COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-95502202022-10-11 Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study Bedane, Deriba Abdissa, Daba Leta, Bati Gerema, Urge Lomboro, Abraham Kune, Guta Neme, Abiru Kene, Kumsa Berhanu, Nimona Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Tareke, Kasahun Girma Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has affected the mental and physical wellbeing, social structure, countries' economy as well as individuals and community resilience, trust, and inequalities among societies. However, now almost all of the activities have been returned to the pre-corona era, despite the emergence of new strains and the spread of the disease. Hence, this study was conducted to assess COVID-19 prevention practice and the associated factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study triangulated with the qualitative findings was conducted in Jimma town, Oromia, Ethiopia. A total of 422 sample households were involved in the quantitative study. The quantitative data were collected using a structured questionnaire and 12 key informants were also interviewed for the qualitative part. The quantitative data were processed and entered into the Epi Data version 4.6 (software) and analyzed using SPSS 26.0. Similarly, the qualitative data were analyzed using ATLASti.7.1.04 software package. Descriptive statistics and binary logistics regression (p < 0.25) were conducted to identify the candidate variable for multivariable logistics regression analysis (p < 0.05) and a 95% confidence interval was used to establish the level of significance of the variables with the practice. RESULTS: Interviews were conducted with a total of 422 participants, yielding a response rate of 100%. Good preventive practices were found to be adopted by 13.3% of the respondents. People aged ≥ 50 years, [AOR = 2.85, 95%, CI = 1.246–0.53] who recovered from COVID-19, [AOR = 2.41, 95%, CI = 1.184–0.92], had chronic diseases [AOR = 3.70, 95%, CI = 1.887–0.25], and living with COVID-19 high risk [AOR = 2.96, 95%, CI = 1.475–0.991 were independently associated with good preventive practices. CONCLUSION: In this study, it was understood that there were poor COVID-19 preventive practices among the study participants. There was a disparity in adherence to the preventive practices in relation to (i.e., 50 and above years) the experience of contracting COVID-19 and people aged above 65 years old living with the high-risk group. In addition, the community had different misconceptions or risk perceptions related to COVID-19 infection and preventive practices. This highlights the need to design health education programs and implement risk and/or social and behavior change communication interventions to change perceptions or misconceptions of people or community members to bring about the desired behavioral change and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9550220/ /pubmed/36225789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.950202 Text en Copyright © 2022 Bedane, Abdissa, Leta, Gerema, Lomboro, Kune, Neme, Kene, Berhanu, Dubiwak and Tareke. 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 Bedane, Deriba Abdissa, Daba Leta, Bati Gerema, Urge Lomboro, Abraham Kune, Guta Neme, Abiru Kene, Kumsa Berhanu, Nimona Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Tareke, Kasahun Girma Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study |
title | Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study |
title_full | Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study |
title_fullStr | Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study |
title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study |
title_short | Assessment of COVID-19 prevention practice and associated factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia: A mixed study |
title_sort | assessment of covid-19 prevention practice and associated factors in jimma town, ethiopia: a mixed study |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9550220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225789 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.950202 |
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