Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal
Aim: The study aimed to access the knowledge, practice, and compliance related to COVID-19 among people residing in Province 2, Nepal. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2020 to March 2021. A total of 457 participants of eight districts of Province...
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| author | Phoolgen Sah Ashok Kumar Mandal Bhuvan Saud Savan Kumar Yadav Sanjeet Kumar Sah Mahasagar Gyawali Shailendra Kumar Karn |
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| description | Aim: The study aimed to access the knowledge, practice, and compliance related to COVID-19 among people residing in Province 2, Nepal. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2020 to March 2021. A total of 457 participants of eight districts of Province 2 were enrolled after obtaining consent. Data were collected by face-to-face interviews with participants. A total of 31 validated pre-structured questionnaires were asked to participants in which 11 questions were for knowledge, 12 questions were for practices, and 8 questions were for compliance related to COVID-19. For tool validation, pre-testing was done in 10.0% of individuals of the targeted study population of Mahottari district. Results: Out of 457 participants, 353(77.2%) were male. The majority of the participants were unmarried (68.3%), had only school-level education (26.5%), Hindu by religion (89.7%), farmers (23.0%), and businessmen (23.0%). More than 75.0% of individuals had knowledge about the causative agent of COVID-19 symptoms and the purpose of isolation. About 53.8% of participants had good knowledge of social distancing, 31.1% had knowledge of masks, and 39.3% knew about sanitizer. Moreover, 94.3% of the respondents had good knowledge of hand-washing practice with soap-water and use of sanitizer, 89.1% had good knowledge of wearing masks and 82.9% followed social distancing. Compliance with standard procedures of sneezing was recorded in 43.1%, washing hands with soap water/sanitizer was 82.3%, and disposal of masks was 53.6%. A significant association was observed between gender with knowledge and compliance (p < 0.05). District-wise association with knowledge, practice and compliance was found to be significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest that participants have a good level of knowledge; however, the practice and compliances are considerably low related to COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5bfcaaf982f840deaa0a80fe6dfb00902022-12-22T02:59:47ZengElsevierDialogues in Health2772-65332022-12-011100002Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, NepalPhoolgen Sah0Ashok Kumar Mandal1Bhuvan Saud2Savan Kumar Yadav3Sanjeet Kumar Sah4Mahasagar Gyawali5Shailendra Kumar Karn6Department of Pharmacy, Janamaitri Foundation Institute of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, NepalNatural Product Research Laboratory, Kathmandu, NepalDepartment of Pharmacy, Janamaitri Foundation Institute of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Janamaitri Foundation Institute of Health Sciences, Lalitipur, Nepal; Corresponding author at: Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Janamaitri Foundation Institute of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal.Health Directorate Office, Province-2, NepalUnique Medical College and Research Center, Rajbiraj, NepalDepartment of Pharmacy, Janamaitri Foundation Institute of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, NepalTongji University Shanghai, ChinaAim: The study aimed to access the knowledge, practice, and compliance related to COVID-19 among people residing in Province 2, Nepal. Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2020 to March 2021. A total of 457 participants of eight districts of Province 2 were enrolled after obtaining consent. Data were collected by face-to-face interviews with participants. A total of 31 validated pre-structured questionnaires were asked to participants in which 11 questions were for knowledge, 12 questions were for practices, and 8 questions were for compliance related to COVID-19. For tool validation, pre-testing was done in 10.0% of individuals of the targeted study population of Mahottari district. Results: Out of 457 participants, 353(77.2%) were male. The majority of the participants were unmarried (68.3%), had only school-level education (26.5%), Hindu by religion (89.7%), farmers (23.0%), and businessmen (23.0%). More than 75.0% of individuals had knowledge about the causative agent of COVID-19 symptoms and the purpose of isolation. About 53.8% of participants had good knowledge of social distancing, 31.1% had knowledge of masks, and 39.3% knew about sanitizer. Moreover, 94.3% of the respondents had good knowledge of hand-washing practice with soap-water and use of sanitizer, 89.1% had good knowledge of wearing masks and 82.9% followed social distancing. Compliance with standard procedures of sneezing was recorded in 43.1%, washing hands with soap water/sanitizer was 82.3%, and disposal of masks was 53.6%. A significant association was observed between gender with knowledge and compliance (p < 0.05). District-wise association with knowledge, practice and compliance was found to be significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest that participants have a good level of knowledge; however, the practice and compliances are considerably low related to COVID-19.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772653322000028SARS-CoV-2NepalSocial distancingMasksSanitizer |
| spellingShingle | Phoolgen Sah Ashok Kumar Mandal Bhuvan Saud Savan Kumar Yadav Sanjeet Kumar Sah Mahasagar Gyawali Shailendra Kumar Karn Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal Dialogues in Health SARS-CoV-2 Nepal Social distancing Masks Sanitizer |
| title | Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal |
| title_full | Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal |
| title_short | Knowledge, practices and compliance related to COVID-19 among Nepalese population in Province 2, Nepal |
| title_sort | knowledge practices and compliance related to covid 19 among nepalese population in province 2 nepal |
| topic | SARS-CoV-2 Nepal Social distancing Masks Sanitizer |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772653322000028 |
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