Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based Study
Background and Objectives: The spread of COVID-19 in the world has had adverse effects on all aspects of people´ life and social and economic development of the communities. The current study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 in the general population...
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Tehran University of Medical Sciences
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| author | Zahra Hosseinkhani Mozhgan Abbasi Amaneh Khaleghi Elham Kakavand Nahid Yazdi Hassan Reza Mohammadi Moein |
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| description | Background and Objectives: The spread of COVID-19 in the world has had adverse effects on all aspects of people´ life and social and economic development of the communities. The current study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 in the general population of Qazvin province.
Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted on 1223 people above 15 years in Qazvin province between December and January 2020. We used multistage stratified random sampling to select the participants from urban and rural health centers. The questionnaires were completed by the patients as well as through phone interviews. The questions included demographic information and knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19.
Results: In total, 1223 subjects with a mean (standard deviation) age of 35.6 ± 12.2 years participated in this study. The scores of knowledge, attitudes, and practice were 68%, 72% and 91%, respectively. The lowest score of knowledge was related to awareness of common symptoms of the disease (6%). Forty-two subjects believed they observed the principles of disease prevention. A distance of 2 meters was observed by 50.3%. The scores of knowledge (P=0.007) and practice (P=0.028) increased with age, and the scores of knowledge (P<0.001) and attitude (P=0.001) increased and decreased with an increase in the education level, respectively. Males had significantly lower knowledge (P=0.002) and practice (P<0.001) scores. Moreover, rural residents had higher attitude scores compared to urban residents (P=0.002).
Conclusion: The results suggest that the general population of Qazvin province had desirable knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 at the time of the epidemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5f5a9f4c428f44b2b33951ecce37883c2022-12-22T04:02:07ZfasTehran University of Medical Sciencesمجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران1735-74892228-75072021-09-01172105115Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based StudyZahra Hosseinkhani0Mozhgan Abbasi1Amaneh Khaleghi2Elham Kakavand3Nahid Yazdi4Hassan Reza Mohammadi Moein5 Assistant Professor, Metabolic Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran MSc, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Bachelor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Bachelor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran MD, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran MSc, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Research Institute for Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran Background and Objectives: The spread of COVID-19 in the world has had adverse effects on all aspects of people´ life and social and economic development of the communities. The current study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 in the general population of Qazvin province. Methods: This cross-sectional study conducted on 1223 people above 15 years in Qazvin province between December and January 2020. We used multistage stratified random sampling to select the participants from urban and rural health centers. The questionnaires were completed by the patients as well as through phone interviews. The questions included demographic information and knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19. Results: In total, 1223 subjects with a mean (standard deviation) age of 35.6 ± 12.2 years participated in this study. The scores of knowledge, attitudes, and practice were 68%, 72% and 91%, respectively. The lowest score of knowledge was related to awareness of common symptoms of the disease (6%). Forty-two subjects believed they observed the principles of disease prevention. A distance of 2 meters was observed by 50.3%. The scores of knowledge (P=0.007) and practice (P=0.028) increased with age, and the scores of knowledge (P<0.001) and attitude (P=0.001) increased and decreased with an increase in the education level, respectively. Males had significantly lower knowledge (P=0.002) and practice (P<0.001) scores. Moreover, rural residents had higher attitude scores compared to urban residents (P=0.002). Conclusion: The results suggest that the general population of Qazvin province had desirable knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 at the time of the epidemic.http://irje.tums.ac.ir/article-1-6989-en.htmlknowledgeattitudespracticescovid-19iran |
| spellingShingle | Zahra Hosseinkhani Mozhgan Abbasi Amaneh Khaleghi Elham Kakavand Nahid Yazdi Hassan Reza Mohammadi Moein Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based Study مجله اپیدمیولوژی ایران knowledge attitudes practices covid-19 iran |
| title | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based Study |
| title_full | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based Study |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based Study |
| title_short | Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Toward SARS COV-2 in Qazvin Province: A Population-Based Study |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practice toward sars cov 2 in qazvin province a population based study |
| topic | knowledge attitudes practices covid-19 iran |
| url | http://irje.tums.ac.ir/article-1-6989-en.html |
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