Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adults
<h4>Background</h4> The newly emerged COVID-19 has an unprecedented impact on all classes of people, particularly the elderly. The knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of older adults toward COVID-19 are currently unknown. This study aimed to investigate the KAP and its associated f...
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| author | Deepa Roy Suvasish Das Shuvo Md. Sakhawot Hossain Md. Riazuddin Sanaullah Mazumdar Bappa Kumar Mondal Md. Ashrafuzzaman Zahid |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4> The newly emerged COVID-19 has an unprecedented impact on all classes of people, particularly the elderly. The knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of older adults toward COVID-19 are currently unknown. This study aimed to investigate the KAP and its associated factors toward COVID-19 among older adults in Bangladesh. <h4>Methods</h4> A cross-sectional survey was conducted from April to May 2021 among Bangladeshi older adults. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect data from five selected divisions in Bangladesh using simple random sampling. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic characteristics, disease conditions, and KAP toward COVID-19. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and logistic regression analyses were performed. <h4>Results</h4> Out of 900 respondents, the majority of older adults (82.9%) indicated that COVID-19 is a viral disease and the major clinical symptom of COVID-19 (86.5%). Only 22.1% of participants always washed their hands with soap or hand sanitizer, and 27.6% wore a mask to protect against the virus when going outside the home. Overall, 55.2% had adequate knowledge, 50.2% had positive attitudes toward COVID-19 and only 22.7% had good practices. Out of 30 scores, mean score values were 20.8±6.7 in the knowledge section, 21.2±4.3 in the attitude section, and 11.3±6.7 in the practice section out of 30. In binary logistic regression analysis, factors associated with poor knowledge, and practices were being male, aged >70 years, having a primary education, less income <5000BDT, and multimorbidity (p < 0.05). Participants having poor knowledge of COVID-19 had higher likelihood of negative attitudes (OR: 6.79, 95% CI = 4.87–9.47, p < 0.001) and poor practices (OR: 9.15, 95% CI = 6.94–13.16, p < 0.001). <h4>Conclusion</h4> The findings highlight the need for immediate implementation of health education programs and adequate intervention programs for COVID-19 which integrates consideration of associated factors to improve the level of older adults’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ff2f41d9b8544118431264fb12723b62022-12-22T03:54:52ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011712Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adultsDeepa RoySuvasish Das ShuvoMd. Sakhawot HossainMd. RiazuddinSanaullah MazumdarBappa Kumar MondalMd. Ashrafuzzaman Zahid<h4>Background</h4> The newly emerged COVID-19 has an unprecedented impact on all classes of people, particularly the elderly. The knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of older adults toward COVID-19 are currently unknown. This study aimed to investigate the KAP and its associated factors toward COVID-19 among older adults in Bangladesh. <h4>Methods</h4> A cross-sectional survey was conducted from April to May 2021 among Bangladeshi older adults. Face-to-face interviews were used to collect data from five selected divisions in Bangladesh using simple random sampling. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic characteristics, disease conditions, and KAP toward COVID-19. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and logistic regression analyses were performed. <h4>Results</h4> Out of 900 respondents, the majority of older adults (82.9%) indicated that COVID-19 is a viral disease and the major clinical symptom of COVID-19 (86.5%). Only 22.1% of participants always washed their hands with soap or hand sanitizer, and 27.6% wore a mask to protect against the virus when going outside the home. Overall, 55.2% had adequate knowledge, 50.2% had positive attitudes toward COVID-19 and only 22.7% had good practices. Out of 30 scores, mean score values were 20.8±6.7 in the knowledge section, 21.2±4.3 in the attitude section, and 11.3±6.7 in the practice section out of 30. In binary logistic regression analysis, factors associated with poor knowledge, and practices were being male, aged >70 years, having a primary education, less income <5000BDT, and multimorbidity (p < 0.05). Participants having poor knowledge of COVID-19 had higher likelihood of negative attitudes (OR: 6.79, 95% CI = 4.87–9.47, p < 0.001) and poor practices (OR: 9.15, 95% CI = 6.94–13.16, p < 0.001). <h4>Conclusion</h4> The findings highlight the need for immediate implementation of health education programs and adequate intervention programs for COVID-19 which integrates consideration of associated factors to improve the level of older adults’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9754172/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Deepa Roy Suvasish Das Shuvo Md. Sakhawot Hossain Md. Riazuddin Sanaullah Mazumdar Bappa Kumar Mondal Md. Ashrafuzzaman Zahid Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adults PLoS ONE |
| title | Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adults |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adults |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adults |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adults |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and its associated factors toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bangladeshi older adults |
| title_sort | knowledge attitudes practices and its associated factors toward covid 19 pandemic among bangladeshi older adults |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9754172/?tool=EBI |
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