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Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 preventive measures among adults in Bhutan: A cross-sectional study

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major global health challenge. Preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 require the involvement of all sections of society. Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 preventive measures influence human practices. We describe the knowledge, attitude and practice...

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Autores principales: Yangzom, Tshering, Cheki, Tshering, Koirala, Nirmala, Rai, Dipsika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9744288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36508400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278535
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author Yangzom, Tshering
Cheki, Tshering
Koirala, Nirmala
Rai, Dipsika
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description The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major global health challenge. Preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 require the involvement of all sections of society. Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 preventive measures influence human practices. We describe the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of COVID-19 preventive measure in Bhutan. This was a cross-sectional survey using multistage-cluster sampling involving participants from all 20 districts of the country. The knowledge was assessed using 12 items, attitude using 6 Likert items and practice using 10 items. There was total of 1708 respondents. The mean knowledge was 10.7, (SD = 1.5; range 0–12); 86.38% had good knowledge, 10.95% had average knowledge, 2.69% had poor knowledge. The common sources of knowledge were television (84.9%) and family and friends (74.7%). Those younger than 30 years were associated with good knowledge. The fear of contracting COVID-19 was reported by 96% and 86.4% agreed that appropriate preventive measures can help control the spread of COVID-19. Nearly all the respondents (97%) wore mask while going out and majority practiced good hand hygiene (87.9%) and proper cough etiquette (84.1%). The knowledge on COVID-19 preventive measures was good and the majority held positive attitudes and practices.
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spelling pubmed-97442882022-12-13 Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 preventive measures among adults in Bhutan: A cross-sectional study Yangzom, Tshering Cheki, Tshering Koirala, Nirmala Rai, Dipsika PLoS One Research Article The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major global health challenge. Preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19 require the involvement of all sections of society. Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 preventive measures influence human practices. We describe the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of COVID-19 preventive measure in Bhutan. This was a cross-sectional survey using multistage-cluster sampling involving participants from all 20 districts of the country. The knowledge was assessed using 12 items, attitude using 6 Likert items and practice using 10 items. There was total of 1708 respondents. The mean knowledge was 10.7, (SD = 1.5; range 0–12); 86.38% had good knowledge, 10.95% had average knowledge, 2.69% had poor knowledge. The common sources of knowledge were television (84.9%) and family and friends (74.7%). Those younger than 30 years were associated with good knowledge. The fear of contracting COVID-19 was reported by 96% and 86.4% agreed that appropriate preventive measures can help control the spread of COVID-19. Nearly all the respondents (97%) wore mask while going out and majority practiced good hand hygiene (87.9%) and proper cough etiquette (84.1%). The knowledge on COVID-19 preventive measures was good and the majority held positive attitudes and practices. Public Library of Science 2022-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9744288/ /pubmed/36508400 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278535 Text en © 2022 Yangzom et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_fullStr Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 preventive measures among adults in Bhutan: A cross-sectional study
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 preventive measures among adults in Bhutan: A cross-sectional study
title_short Knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19 preventive measures among adults in Bhutan: A cross-sectional study
title_sort knowledge, attitude and practices towards covid-19 preventive measures among adults in bhutan: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9744288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36508400
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278535
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