scholarly journals The awareness of urinary tract infection management in pregnant women. A qualitative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Budi Iman Santoso ◽  
Raymond Surya ◽  
Farah Asyuri Yasmin ◽  
Rima Irwinda

Objectives: to identify knowledge, attitude, and practice of health providers including GPs and gynecologists to the implementation of the national guideline on the treatment of UTI among pregnant women.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used. Subjects were women who attended the International Sym-posium of UTI. Questionnaires consisting ofregarding demo-graphic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, and practice were given to the subjects. The questionnaires had been tested for valid-ity and reliability by applying the Pearson correlation and Cronbach’s alpha test. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 23.0 for Windows.A two-tailed p value less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.Results: A total of 140 subjects were recruited in this study. Of these, 104 subjects (74.3%) returned the questionnaire, and 99 subjects (70.7%) were eligible for this study. Nine (9.1%), 69 (69.7%), and 21(21.2%) subjects had good, fair, and poor know-ledge, respectively. Sixty-five (65.7%) and 64 subjects (64.6%) showed a positive attitude and had positive practice, respectively.Conclusion: Knowledge, attitude, and practice among respon-dents are good enough, despite only a few of them have read the updated guideline. Continuous medical education through online update or symposium may be one effective method to disseminate new update in guidelines.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdukadir Nigus Mohammed ◽  
Reda Haddish Berhe ◽  
Said Mussa Said

Abstract Background: The novel corona virus is a serious health problem world widely and is spreading in an immune naive population. Deaths are rising sharply, and health systems are under strain. There are confirmed cases of the virus in Ethiopia that found to have the problem. Therefore, the present study intended to assess epidemiology and determinant of knowledge, attitude, and practice of preventing COVID-19 positive patients at Southern Tigray Ethiopia.Methods: A facility based cross-sectional study was conducted from August 6, to October 26, 2020 in selected health care facilities of south Tigray. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed. Descriptive statistics were employed to describe the characteristics of the cross-section and to estimate the prevalence of clients having knowledge, attitude and practice of prevention. Bivariate analysis was performed using binary logistic regression.Results: A total of 170 COVID-19 positive patients were involved and eligible on the survey with the response rate of 98%. Of these participants, 106(62.4%) were male. Over half (51.2%) of the COVID-19 positive patients had good knowledge on transmission of COVID-19; about 64.4% had more accurate knowledge on prevention; ; about 62.9% had more positive attitude on prevention; and about half, 47.1% had poor practices of the precautionary measures against COVID-19. Participants who had more accurate knowledge for preventing COVID-19and more positive attitude of preventing COVID-19were 95%times (AOR=0.05, 95% CI =0.012 – 0.18) and 68% (AOR=0.32, 95% CI = 0.1 - 1.02) less likely, respectively, to implement the precautionary measures of COVID-19.Conclusion: Our findings suggest the need for effective and tailored health education programs aimed at improving COVID-19 knowledge, thereby leading to more favorable attitudes and to implementation and maintenance of safe practices.


Author(s):  
Richa Nepal ◽  
Kalyan Sapkota ◽  
Kalidas Adhikari ◽  
Pramod Paudel ◽  
Bhojraj Adhikari ◽  
...  

Abstract Background COVID-19 is a viral respiratory disease that was recently recognized in humans. The number of COVID-19 cases has been gradually increasing in Nepal. The objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Chitwan, one of the districts located in central Nepal. Methods It was a cross-sectional study conducted among healthcare workers from various health institutions located in Chitwan district of Nepal. A self-reported questionnaire was circulated online. Bivariate analyses were done using Spearman’s correlation coefficient, Pearson’s chi square test, and student’s t test as appropriate, whereas multivariate analyses were done using linear regression models. Results A total of 353 responses were analyzed, out of which 47% were nurses, 28.9% were doctors, 11.6% were health assistants, 2% were certified medical assistants, and the remaining 10.5% were categorized as others. The majorities were females (58.9%), were in the age group of 16–29 years (67.1%) and had work experience of less than 5 years (62%). The majority of healthcare workers obtained good to moderate knowledge and practice scores (n = 82.15%, 83.57%, respectively) and had positive attitude scores (n = 90.93%). Mean score values were 21.65 ± 4.71 out of 33 in knowledge section, 8.07 ± 1.49 out of 13 in attitude section and 13.89 ± 5.33 out of 20 in practice section. Mean knowledge and practice scores were significantly associated with job descriptions of healthcare workers (p value – 0.000, 0.007, respectively) with highest mean knowledge scores among doctors (23.70 ± 4.48) and highest mean practice scores among health assistants (15.10 ± 3.61). Higher practice scores (ß = 0.626) and infection prevention training (ß = 1.467) were significantly associated with higher knowledge scores; higher knowledge (ß = 1.366) and higher practice scores (ß = 0.110) were significantly associated with higher attitude scores; and higher knowledge scores (ß = 0.308) and higher attitude scores (ß = 0.265) were significantly associated with higher practice scores. Conclusion The majority of healthcare workers from Chitwan, Nepal, had good to moderate knowledge and practice scores and had a positive attitude toward COVID-19. There was a significant association between knowledge, attitude and practice scores regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0252538
Author(s):  
Rabi Shrestha ◽  
Sweta Shrestha ◽  
Badri K. C. ◽  
Sunil Shrestha

Background There is substantial increment in nutraceutical consumption in Nepal, although the data on its efficacy and safety is scarce. The practices of nutraceutical supplements users in Nepal remain undocumented. Therefore, this study was conducted to study the prescription pattern, cost, knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the patient towards nutraceutical. Methods Descriptive cross-sectional study with stratified purposive sampling (n = 400) (patients from the out-patient departments of Scheer Memorial Adventist Hospital, Kavre, Nepal) was performed using a validated structured questionnaire assessing the socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, practice of nutraceutical and total cost patients spent on nutraceutical alone. Pearson Chi-square test (x2) was used to investigate the association between socio-demographic variables and patients’ KAP (knowledge, attitude and practice) towards nutraceutical. One way ANOVA was performed to compare the cost of nutraceutical among the different outpatient departments. Results More than 80% of patients were found to be consuming nutraceutical on their own. The mostly prescribed nutraceutical were vitamins (40.7%), minerals (23.7%), enzymes (21.1%), proteins (8.8%), probiotics (4.2%) and herbals (2.0%). With the most common reasons for consuming nutraceutical were to maintain good health (70.0%) and healthcare professionals (57.85%) were the most approached source of information for nutraceutical. Nearly half of the patients (46.5%) had an inadequate level of knowledge whereas more than two-third (71.5%) showed a moderate positive attitude towards nutraceutical use. The average amount patients spent was NRs.575.78 [equivalent to USD 4.85] per prescription on nutraceutical alone. The maximum cost amounted to NRs 757.18 [equivalent to USD 6.43] in Orthopedics, and the minimum cost was NRs 399.03 [equivalent to USD 3.36] in Obstetrics and gynecology, respectively. There was a significant difference (p <0.001) in cost of nutraceutical prescribed between the OPD clinics. Conclusion The higher prevalence of inadequate knowledge despite moderate positive attitude towards nutraceutical among patients regarding some significant issues such as safety and interactions of nutraceutical consumption and its’ substitution for meals reflects the need to develop an educational strategy to increase general public awareness on the rational use of nutraceutical.


Author(s):  
Walied Khawar Balwan ◽  
Uroosa Farooq Allaqband ◽  
Rauf Ur Rashid Kaul

Background: Cigarette smoking, in the developed world, has been the major habit among children for both boys and girls. They usually take to the habit while in school before the age of 18. In India, tobacco consumption in multiple forms presents an emerging, significant and growing threat to the health of the adolescents. As per  WHO Global Youth tobacco Survey GYTS (2009) India, 14.6% of students currently use any form of tobacco, 4.4%currently smoke cigarettes, 12.5% currently use some other form of tobacco. Objective was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of school going adolescents regarding smoking.Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was taken in school going adolescents of Kashmir. The study included three districts from Kashmir valley and from each district, 2 government middle schools (1 girls and 1 boys), 2 government high schools (1 girls and 1 boys), 2 government higher secondary schools (1 girls and 1 boys) were selected. Also from the list of private schools one middle school, one high school and one higher secondary school (All  having co-education) were selected. Thus, a total of 27 schools, 9 from each selected district, were included in the study. A total of 1000 students participated in this study.Results: The current study included 464 males (46.4%) and 536 (53.6%) females. Among the study subjects, 523 (52.30%) belonged to the 12-15 year age bracket and 477 (47.70%) were between 16-18 years of age. Maximum of study participants belonged to nuclear family (63.10%) followed by joint family (36.90%). Majority of the study subjects belonged to socio-economic class IV (lower middle) 36.10% followed by class III (middle) 23.90% as per Modified BG Prasad’s classification.Conclusions: 75.9% opined that smoking tobacco is harmful to health in comparison to 89.1% of non-smokers, a difference found to be statistically highly significant (p value <0.001). Prevention of tobacco use in young people and the consumption of tobacco, among school students should be considered as a matter of great concern which requires holistic understanding.


Healthcare ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Adel Alshahrani ◽  
Ajay Prashad Gautam ◽  
Faisal Asiri ◽  
Irshad Ahmad ◽  
Mastour Saeed Alshahrani ◽  
...  

To curb the COVID-19 pandemic, the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of preventive measures play an essential role, and healthcare workers have had to endure a burden to care for COVID-19 patients. Thus, this study aimed to assess the weight of the KAP of physiotherapists in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic. This was a cross-sectional study, where we circulated an online KAP questionnaire to 1179 physical therapists, and among those, 287 participated and completed the questionnaire. The collected responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, correlation, and regression analyses, and p-value ≤ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Both males and females participated in almost equal numbers; most of the participants were <40 years, had a bachelor’s level of education, and were from the central region of Saudi Arabia. Social media and the internet were the primary sources of COVID-19-related information (74.6%). Knowledge components A (92%) and B (73.9%) were excellent among most participants. Approximately half of the participants (50.5%) had a moderate attitude toward COVID-19, and regarding the practice component, most participants (74.6%) scored moderately. Correlation analysis showed a low positive relationship between knowledge A, attitude, and practice components. Still, there was a very low positive relationship between knowledge B, attitude, and practice components, but both were statistically significant. Our study showed that physical therapists in Saudi Arabia exhibit good knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Zahir Ansari ◽  
Dr Babu Dhanendra Chaurasiya ◽  
Dr Sirjana Adhikari ◽  
Dr Uday Chandra Prakash ◽  
Bikram Adhikari ◽  
...  

Background: Being an added high-risk group, ophthalmic HCP are actively providing emergency eye care services, also enthusiastically participating in prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, this study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) among ophthalmic HCP towards COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted during the period of lockdown among ophthalmic HCP including consultant ophthalmologist, resident, optometrist, ophthalmic assistant, nursing staff, and other paramedics of eye care centers in Nepal. The KAP questionnaire was designed and distributed online. Data were analyzed using the Chi-square test, Pearson correlation, and binary logistic regression. All tests were performed at 95% Confidence Interval (CI) and p-value <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Of 694 participants, the majority were male (59.1%) from the age group 31-40 years (41.5%) and tertiary eye center (68.9%). Among ophthalmic HCP, there were 29.8% consultants ophthalmologist, 22.6% residents, 23.3% optometrist, 15% ophthalmic assistant, and 9.2% other ophthalmic paramedics, 11.7% working as front-liners in COVID-19 centers. Findings showed, 98.1% had good knowledge, 59.4% had a positive attitude and only 13.3% had good practice regarding COVID-19. Binary logistic regression analysis demonstrated the age of HCP to be a significant determinant of good knowledge (Crude Odds Ratio (COR)=0.72, 95%CI=0.62-0.82), positive attitude (COR=0.92, 95%CI=0.90-0.94) and good practice (COR=1.16, 95%CI=1.10-1.21). Lower odds of poor practice was seen among junior resident (COR=0.26, 95% CI=0.14-0.47) and higher odds of poor practice was seen among HCP with job experience of 5-10 years (COR=2.38, 95% CI=1.23-4.60) towards COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: The majority of ophthalmic HCP have good knowledge, insufficient positive attitude, and inadequate evidence-based practice towards the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal. Hence, this study conclusively recommends to modify existing guidelines and formulate new policies to improve KAP among ophthalmic HCP to effectively control the spread of COVID-19.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 98-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Nepal ◽  
Kalyan Sapkota ◽  
Pramod Paudel ◽  
Bhojraj Adhikari ◽  
Kalidas Adhikari ◽  
...  

Background: The cases of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has been gradually increasing in Nepal. The objective of this study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice regarding COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Chitwan, one of the districts located in central Nepal. Methods: It was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, conducted among healthcare workers from differ­ent health institutions of Chitwan, over the span of two weeks from 1st April, 2020 till 14th April, 2020. Bivariate analyses of knowledge, attitude and practice scores were done with different variables using appropriate tests in SPSS IBM version 25. Results: Out of 353 responses, 166 (47%) were nurses, 102 (28.9%) were doctors, 41 (11.6%) were health assistants, 7 (2%) were community medical assistants, and the remaining 37 (10.5%) were cat­egorized as others. 290 (82.2%) healthcare workers obtained moderate to good knowledge scores, 295 (83.6%) obtained moderate to good practice scores, and 321 (90.9%) had positive attitude scores. Doctors had highest mean knowledge scores (23.70 ± 4.48, p value- 0.000) and health assistants had highest mean practice scores (15.10±3.61, p value- 0.007). Positive correlation was obtained between knowledge and practice scores (r= 0.476, p value- 0.000); and attitude and practice scores (r= 0.238, p value- 0.000). Only 20.4% healthcare workers were confident to handle the pandemic in their health­care setup. Conclusions: The majority of healthcare workers had moderate to good knowledge and practice scores and had a positive attitude toward COVID-19. There was a significant association between knowledge, attitude and practice scores obtained by healthcare workers from Nepal.


Author(s):  
Abdulaziz Aljuhni ◽  
Khalid Almahmoud ◽  
Sattam Alzahrani ◽  
Naif Al-Thakfan ◽  
Khalid Alswayed ◽  
...  

Aims: To determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice of Saudi population towards social distancing and COVID-19. Study Design:  Cross-sectional. Place and Duration of Study: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Riyadh city, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during the national lockdown, between July 2020 and December 2020. Methodology: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A questionnaire composed of a total of 40 questions, which include socio-demographic, knowledge, attitude, and practice questions. According to the responses, a scale has been established in order to categorize the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards social distancing and COVID-19 into three categories; good, fair, and poor. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Independent t-test were used to determine the differences between categories. Multivariable linear regression analysis and Pearson’s correlation were performed in order to identify factors related to KAP. Results: This study included 407 participants; more than half of them (54%) were females, while (46%) were males. All participants were 18 years and above. The participants showed a fair level of knowledge, a positive attitude, and good practices toward COVID-19. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that Riyadh residents, especially females, have a fair level of knowledge, a positive attitude, and good practices toward COVID-19 and social distancing. More emphasis should be targeted on less educated population and men. This study may help policymakers to identify the target less knowledgeable groups for COVID-19 prevention and health education.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 314-320
Author(s):  
Aswathi Venugopal ◽  
Sunil Kumar ◽  
Sony Sinha

The novel COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS CoV- 2 virus, has led to widespread public health concerns across the globe. Ophthalmology professionals may be susceptible to infection due to close patient proximity during slit lamp examination and the potential contamination of instruments. The knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP)study can provide an insight of ECPs’(eye care practitioners) knowledge, methods of practice and attitude during this pandemic. This helps to reduce their risk, and that of their family, of contracting the virus, reduce morbidity and mortality associated with being infected.Data and results obtained from this study can also be used to make emergency policies and implement them to stop the spread and impact of a similar outbreak in future.A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of guidelines amongst the Eye care professionals towards the novel Covid-19. The demographic characteristics and infection rate of Covid-19 among the professionals during practice was also recorded and analyzed.In this hospital based cross-sectional study, total 67 eye care professionals including nurses, optometrist participated in the study with their due consent. Among total 67 participants, 60 (89.5%) were doctors, 4 (5.97%) were nurses and 3 (4.477) were optometrists All the participants including doctors, nurses and optometrists achieved a mean of 97.8% in the knowledge section of questionnaire.100% of the participants wear mask and maintain social distancing while all of them have received training regarding practice and management of patients during Covid19 and all the participants have a positive attitude towards the measure taken to combat Covid-19 pandemic.The eye care professionals participated in this study shows a good knowledge, positive attitude and practice of guidelines by the government of India are followed for the pandemic of Covid-19.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thinley Dorji ◽  
Karma Wangmo ◽  
Yezer ◽  
Tashi Wangchuk ◽  
Tshokey ◽  
...  

Bhutan has reopened schools and colleges after an initial closure to contain coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission. However, the risk of transmissions is higher in the schools and colleges due to crowding. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) toward COVID-19 among the students of Sherubtse College in Bhutan. A cross-sectional study using a questionnaire was conducted in September 2020 among the students of Sherubtse College, Bhutan. The questionnaire was made in the Google Forms and administered through a social forum WeChat app. The KAP scores were calculated that include mean scores. The association between the KAP was assessed using the Pearson's correlation coefficient. A total of 613 students participated in the survey. The majority of the participants (57%) were female and 56% were from the third year. The mean knowledge score was 10.7 (SD = 1.7; range 0–14), mean attitude score of 3.67 (SD = 1.0; range: 0–5), and mean practice score of 5.19 (SD = range: 0–6). A majority of the students had good knowledge (98%) and practice (93.5%) scores, and a positive attitude (86.6%) toward COVID-19. A positive but weak correlation between good knowledge and practice (r = 0.1, p = 0.0126) was observed. Having a positive attitude led to practicing appropriately most of the time (r = 0.1866, p &lt; 0.001). The students had good KAP scores and followed the COVID-19 prevention protocols advocated by the government. Good knowledge and a positive attitude were translated into good practice. Therefore, the education campaign of the Bhutan government seems to be effective in the students.


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