Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021
Background and purpose: Adherence to the principles of personal protection and commitment to health guidelines and principles of prevention perform important roles in controlling COVID-19 in a community. In this re3search we studied necessary measures to prevent COVID-19 in university dormitories at...
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| author | Samaneh Dehghan Mohammad Ali Zazouli Abolfazl Hosseinnataj Fatemeh Mortezazadeh Masoomeh Sheikhi |
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| description | Background and purpose: Adherence to the principles of personal protection and commitment to health guidelines and principles of prevention perform important roles in controlling COVID-19 in a community. In this re3search we studied necessary measures to prevent COVID-19 in university dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021.
Materials and methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 114 students in active dormitories during the COVID-19 pandemic participated in an online survey and their views and knowledge about COVID-19 preventive measures in the dormitories were examined. The samples were recruited using census method and data were analyzed in SPSS.
Results: The results of the Chi-square test showed a significant relationship between adherence to preventive measures and educational level (P=0.015). Following personal hygiene was found to be significantly different according to being a local student, having underlying diseases, and the number of students at rooms (P<0.05). Findings showed that physical distancing and screening had no significant relationship with any of the variables studied (P>0.05).
Conclusion: The study showed that among the four areas investigated, personal hygiene practices and following the principles of prevention of COVID-19 were in a good condition, while physical distancing and screening were not satisfying. Therefore, university authorities should make serious changes to improve these issues at dormitories. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ffc012fa704455cadb2ebcb59ba9b172023-11-21T07:41:33ZengMazandaran University of Medical SciencesJournal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences1735-92601735-92792023-05-01332207990Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021Samaneh Dehghan0Mohammad Ali Zazouli1Abolfazl Hosseinnataj2Fatemeh Mortezazadeh3Masoomeh Sheikhi4 Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran MSc Student in Environmental Health Engineering, Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran MSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Background and purpose: Adherence to the principles of personal protection and commitment to health guidelines and principles of prevention perform important roles in controlling COVID-19 in a community. In this re3search we studied necessary measures to prevent COVID-19 in university dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021. Materials and methods: In this descriptive-analytical study, 114 students in active dormitories during the COVID-19 pandemic participated in an online survey and their views and knowledge about COVID-19 preventive measures in the dormitories were examined. The samples were recruited using census method and data were analyzed in SPSS. Results: The results of the Chi-square test showed a significant relationship between adherence to preventive measures and educational level (P=0.015). Following personal hygiene was found to be significantly different according to being a local student, having underlying diseases, and the number of students at rooms (P<0.05). Findings showed that physical distancing and screening had no significant relationship with any of the variables studied (P>0.05). Conclusion: The study showed that among the four areas investigated, personal hygiene practices and following the principles of prevention of COVID-19 were in a good condition, while physical distancing and screening were not satisfying. Therefore, university authorities should make serious changes to improve these issues at dormitories.http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-18568-en.pdfcovid-19personal hygienephysical distancingpreventionscreening |
| spellingShingle | Samaneh Dehghan Mohammad Ali Zazouli Abolfazl Hosseinnataj Fatemeh Mortezazadeh Masoomeh Sheikhi Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021 Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences covid-19 personal hygiene physical distancing prevention screening |
| title | Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021 |
| title_full | Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021 |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021 |
| title_short | Assessment of COVID-19 Control and Prevention Measures in Student Dormitories at Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2021 |
| title_sort | assessment of covid 19 control and prevention measures in student dormitories at mazandaran university of medical sciences 2021 |
| topic | covid-19 personal hygiene physical distancing prevention screening |
| url | http://jmums.mazums.ac.ir/article-1-18568-en.pdf |
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