Knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19: an online survey

BMC Public Health

Hassan Alshaikh edris¹  Wegdan Ibraheim Idriss¹  Mohamed Emadaldin Sharif¹  Mohamed Alhadi Mahgoop¹  Rania Bashir Abdelrahim¹  Maab Imadeldin Bashir¹  Awab Aldow Mohammed¹  Elfatih Mohamed Malik²  Abdelrahim Osman Mohamed²  Eilaf Ali Mohamed Elhassan³  Amal Abdelrahim Osman Mohamed³ 

[1] Al Nahda College, Khartoum, Sudan;Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan;Federal Ministry of Health, Khartoum, Sudan;

关键词: COVID-19;    Coronavirus;    Sudan;    KAP study;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-021-10319-5

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Novel Corona virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged to affect the human population in 2019 causing COVID-19 pandemic. The only preventive measures available are social distancing, hand washing and face masks. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19.MethodsAn online cross-sectional study targeting adult Sudanese people was conducted in April 2020. The study used a self-administered questionnaire containing 18 knowledge questions, 5 questions for attitude and six questions for practices. Social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp were utilized to disseminate the questionnaire. The total number of eligible questionnaires available for analysis by the end of the period was 987.ResultsThe mean (±SD) age of respondents was 30.13 (±9.84) years with males representing 55.4%. The majority were university and higher education levels (95.2%), residing in Khartoum (71.7%). The mean (±SD) knowledge score of the participants was 15.33 (± 2.24) and was found to be associated with education level and age groups (p-value = 0.022, P value =0.010) respectively. The mean (±SD) attitude score was 04.15 (± 0.97) and was significantly associated with older groups and better-educated participants (p-value =0.001, p-value = 0.048) respectively. The practices related to COVID-19 preventive measures mean (±SD) was 02.58 (± 1.73) with a significant difference between age groups and area of residence.ConclusionsThis study showed that the participants had good knowledge and satisfactory attitude that was not similarly expressed into practice. Efforts are needed in health education and law enforcement to improve the practices among all groups with special emphasis on younger and less educated males.

【 授权许可】

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