Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices toward COVID-19 during Pandemic among Indian Adults: An Online Cross-Sectional Study

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth

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Bansod, Vaishali Praful¹  Nannaware, Mayavati¹  Kulkarni, Shradhha¹  Singru, Samir¹  Chawla, P.S.¹  Kalra, Khyati¹ 

[1] Department of Community Medicine, Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College

关键词: Attitude;    COVID-19;    Indian citizens;    knowledge;    practices;   

DOI  :  10.4103/mjdrdypu.mjdrdypu_554_20

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

【 摘 要 】

Background:  People's adherence to recommended control measures is influenced by their Knowledge, attitude and practices they are following in COVID-19 Pandemic. So study was carried out to assess Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding COVID-19 among Indian citizens. Methods:  A cross-sectional study was carried out among Indian citizens above 18 years of age using snowball sampling method. Data were collected through Google Forms containing structured questionnaire. Results:  Totally 678 citizens responded across 20 states of India. More females reported fever, dry cough, tiredness, difficulty in breathing, headache as most common symptoms of covid-19 and sneezing, coughing as way of its transmission than male. This difference was statistically significant. Most of the study participants had favorable attitude and behavior toward COVID-19 infection. Conclusion:  Majority of the participants have good knowledge, favorable attitude, and practices regarding COVID-19 during this ongoing pandemic situation. Still, continuous awareness with regard to new evidence gathered is needed to break chain of transmission to contain COVID-19 disease. Individual's attitude toward health-care worker and police personnel needs to be improved through behavior change communication activities that enable health-care workers and frontline workers to work proficiently to win the fight against COVID-19.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC-SA