Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach
BackgroundCoronavirus has spread to almost every country since its emergence in Wuhan, China and countries have been adopted an array of measures to control the rapid spread of the epidemic. Here, we aimed to assess the person's knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) toward the COVID-19 epidem...
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| author | Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman Roy Rillera Marzo Roy Rillera Marzo Roy Rillera Marzo Shanjida Chowdhury Sikandar Ali Qalati Mohammad Nayeem Hasan Gowranga Kumar Paul Khadijah Abid Wegayehu Enbeyle Sheferaw Angela Mariadass Divitra Chandran Shasvini Kanan Ahmad Umar Shafie Bin Ahmad Firdaus Fatimah Az Zahra' binti Sabarin Yulan Lin |
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| description | BackgroundCoronavirus has spread to almost every country since its emergence in Wuhan, China and countries have been adopted an array of measures to control the rapid spread of the epidemic. Here, we aimed to assess the person's knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) toward the COVID-19 epidemic in Southeast and South Asia applying the mixed study design (cross-sectional and systematic review).MethodsIn the cross-sectional study, 743 respondents' socio-demographic and KAP-related information was collected through an online population-based survey from the Malaysian population. In the systematic review, the database PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar search engine were searched and related published articles from South and Southeast Asia were included. Frequency distribution, Chi-square association test and binary logistic regression were fitted using cross-sectional data whereas random effect model and study bias were performed in meta-analysis. We used 95% confidence interval and P <0.05 as statistical significances.ResultsThe prevalence of good knowledge, positive attitude and frequent practice toward COVID-19 epidemic were 52.6%, 51.8% and 57.1%, respectively, obtained by cross-sectional data analysis. The KAP prevalence were ranged from 26.53% (Thailand) to 95.4% (Nepal); 59.3% (Turkey) to 92.5% (Pakistan); and 50.2 (Turkey) to 97% (Afghanistan), respectively, obtained by 18 studies included in the meta-analysis. The prevalence of KAP was higher [84% vs. 79%, Pheterogeneity <0.001; 83% vs. 80%, Pheterogeneity <0.001; 85% vs. 83%, Pheterogeneity <0.001] in South Asia compared to Southeast Asia, obtained by subgroup analysis. Some studies reported mean level instead of the proportion of the KAP where the score varied from 8.15–13.14; 2.33–33.0; and 1.97–31.03, respectively. Having more knowledge and attitude were encouraged more likely to practice toward COVID-19. Study suggests age, gender, education, place of residence and occupation as the most frequent significant risk factors of KAP toward COVID-19.ConclusionThe study sufficiently informs how other countries in Southeast and South Asia enriches their KAP behaviors during the pandemic which may help health professionals and policymakers to develop targeted interventions and effective practices. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ef9efcc87d224b15849efed41ff6b2a82022-12-22T00:35:02ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-06-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.875727875727Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design ApproachMohammad Meshbahur Rahman0Roy Rillera Marzo1Roy Rillera Marzo2Roy Rillera Marzo3Shanjida Chowdhury4Sikandar Ali Qalati5Mohammad Nayeem Hasan6Gowranga Kumar Paul7Khadijah Abid8Wegayehu Enbeyle Sheferaw9Angela Mariadass10Divitra Chandran11Shasvini Kanan12Ahmad Umar Shafie Bin Ahmad Firdaus13Fatimah Az Zahra' binti Sabarin14Yulan Lin15Department of Biostatistics, National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dhaka, BangladeshDepartment of Community Medicine, International Medical School, Management and Science University, Selangor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, MalaysiaGlobal Public Health, Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, MalaysiaDepartment of General Educational Development, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, BangladeshSchool of Finance and Economics, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, ChinaDepartment of Statistics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, BangladeshDepartment of Statistics, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Santosh, BangladeshDepartment of Public Health, The Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan0Department of Statistics, Mizan-Tepi University, Tepi, EthiopiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, MalaysiaDepartment of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Johor, Malaysia1Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, ChinaBackgroundCoronavirus has spread to almost every country since its emergence in Wuhan, China and countries have been adopted an array of measures to control the rapid spread of the epidemic. Here, we aimed to assess the person's knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) toward the COVID-19 epidemic in Southeast and South Asia applying the mixed study design (cross-sectional and systematic review).MethodsIn the cross-sectional study, 743 respondents' socio-demographic and KAP-related information was collected through an online population-based survey from the Malaysian population. In the systematic review, the database PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar search engine were searched and related published articles from South and Southeast Asia were included. Frequency distribution, Chi-square association test and binary logistic regression were fitted using cross-sectional data whereas random effect model and study bias were performed in meta-analysis. We used 95% confidence interval and P <0.05 as statistical significances.ResultsThe prevalence of good knowledge, positive attitude and frequent practice toward COVID-19 epidemic were 52.6%, 51.8% and 57.1%, respectively, obtained by cross-sectional data analysis. The KAP prevalence were ranged from 26.53% (Thailand) to 95.4% (Nepal); 59.3% (Turkey) to 92.5% (Pakistan); and 50.2 (Turkey) to 97% (Afghanistan), respectively, obtained by 18 studies included in the meta-analysis. The prevalence of KAP was higher [84% vs. 79%, Pheterogeneity <0.001; 83% vs. 80%, Pheterogeneity <0.001; 85% vs. 83%, Pheterogeneity <0.001] in South Asia compared to Southeast Asia, obtained by subgroup analysis. Some studies reported mean level instead of the proportion of the KAP where the score varied from 8.15–13.14; 2.33–33.0; and 1.97–31.03, respectively. Having more knowledge and attitude were encouraged more likely to practice toward COVID-19. Study suggests age, gender, education, place of residence and occupation as the most frequent significant risk factors of KAP toward COVID-19.ConclusionThe study sufficiently informs how other countries in Southeast and South Asia enriches their KAP behaviors during the pandemic which may help health professionals and policymakers to develop targeted interventions and effective practices.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.875727/fullCOVID–19knowledgeattitudepracticeSoutheast and South Asia |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman Roy Rillera Marzo Roy Rillera Marzo Roy Rillera Marzo Shanjida Chowdhury Sikandar Ali Qalati Mohammad Nayeem Hasan Gowranga Kumar Paul Khadijah Abid Wegayehu Enbeyle Sheferaw Angela Mariadass Divitra Chandran Shasvini Kanan Ahmad Umar Shafie Bin Ahmad Firdaus Fatimah Az Zahra' binti Sabarin Yulan Lin Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach Frontiers in Public Health COVID–19 knowledge attitude practice Southeast and South Asia |
| title | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach |
| title_full | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach |
| title_short | Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach |
| title_sort | knowledge attitude and practices toward coronavirus disease covid 19 in southeast and south asia a mixed study design approach |
| topic | COVID–19 knowledge attitude practice Southeast and South Asia |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.875727/full |
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