Knowledge and Beliefs towards Universal Safety Precautions to flatten the Curve during Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic among the General Public in India: Explorations from a National Perspective (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sai Krishna Gudi ◽  
Manik Chhabra ◽  
Krishna Undela ◽  
Rajesh Venkataraman ◽  
Uday Venkat Mateti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
P Value ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs

BACKGROUND Background: The novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is being considered as the most serious health threat that the world has never witnessed in the recent times and significantly affecting the daily routine of mankind by emerging as a global pandemic. As there is no treatment nor a vaccine that was approved so far, universal safety precautions (USPs) and mitigating strategies are the only way to deal with this emergency crisis. However, studies on knowledge and beliefs towards USPs among the general public in countries such as India with a large population are lacking. OBJECTIVE Objective: The goal of this study is to assess the knowledge and beliefs towards universal safety precautions during COVID-19 pandemic among the general public in India. METHODS Methods: A cross-sectional, web-based online survey was conducted among the general public in India during March 2020. A 20-item validated, a self-administered survey questionnaire was developed and randomly distributed among the public using Google Forms through social media networks. Descriptive statistics were used in representing the study characteristics, and the Chi-square test was used in assessing the associations among the study variables with a p-value of < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. RESULTS Results: Of 1287 participants, 1117 have given their consent of willingness and completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 86.8%. The mean age of the study participants was 28.8 ± 10.9 years, and based upon the socio-demographic information, the majority were post-graduates (32.9%), professional job holders (45%) and belonged to the upper-middle (40%) economic class. Overall, the average correct responses of knowledge (~63%) and beliefs (~83%) towards USPs and mitigating strategies among participants varied between moderate to high, with statistically significant associations with their socio-demographic characteristics. CONCLUSIONS Conclusions: Although the knowledge and beliefs of the general public in India towards USPs are encouraging, there is a need for long-term educational interventions as the dynamics and severity of COVID-19 have been changing day-by-day rapidly. The findings of this study could guide the public health authorities in making and implementing decisions to combat this pandemic. CLINICALTRIAL N/A

scholarly journals Knowledge and Beliefs towards Universal Safety Precautions to flatten the curve during Novel Coronavirus Disease (nCOVID-19) Pandemic among general Public in India: Explorations from a National Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sai Krishna Gudi ◽  
Krishna Undela ◽  
Rajesh Venkataraman ◽  
Uday Venkat Mateti ◽  
Manik Chhabra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
P Value ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

AbstractBackgroundThe novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is being considered as the most serious health threat that the world has never witnessed in the recent times and significantly affecting the daily routine of mankind by emerging as a global pandemic. Yet, as there is no treatment nor a vaccine that was approved so far, universal safety precautions (USPs) and mitigating strategies are the only way to deal with this emergency crisis. However, knowledge and beliefs towards USPs among the general public in countries such as India with a large population are lacking.MethodsA prospective, cross-sectional, web-based online survey was conducted among the general public in India during March 2020. A 20-item self-administered survey questionnaire was developed and randomly distributed among the public using google document forms through social media networks. Descriptive statistics were used in representing the study characteristics, and the Chi-square test was used in assessing the associations among the study variables with a p-value of < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.ResultsOf 1287 participants, 1117 have given their consent of willingness and completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 86.8%. The mean age of the study participants was 28.8 ± 10.9 years, where the majority of them belong to the age category <25 years, and sex was equally distributed. Based upon the socio-demographic information, the majority were post-graduates (32.9%), professional job holders (45%) and belonged to the upper-middle (40%) economic class. Overall, the knowledge and beliefs towards USPs and mitigating strategies among participants varied between moderate to high, with statistically significant associations with their socio-demographic characteristics.ConclusionsAlthough the knowledge and beliefs of the general public in India towards USPs are encouraging, there is a need for long-term educational interventions as the dynamics and severity of COVID-19 have been changing day-by-day rapidly. The findings of this study could guide the public health authorities in making and implementing decisions to combat this pandemic.

scholarly journals Public’s Knowledge and Beliefs towards Universal Safety Precautions during COVID-19 Pandemic in Nepal: A web-based Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-s) ◽  
pp. 133-141
Author(s):  
Deependra Prasad Sarraf ◽  
Pramendra Prasad Gupta ◽  
Shashi Keshwar
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Educational Interventions ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs

Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been declared as a global pandemic. In the absence of vaccines or specific drugs for COVID-19, a better understanding and implementation of universal safety precautions is essential for the prevention of COVID-19 virus infection globally. People’s adherence to the universal precautions safety measures against COVID-19 is essential which is largely affected by their knowledge and belief. Objectives: To assess the public’s knowledge and belief toward the universal safety precautions during COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional web-based online survey was conducted in general public in Nepal during April, 2020. A self-designed questionnaire was prepared using Google forms via docs.google.com/forms for the collection of the data. The study participants were grouped into two categories according to their level of knowledge: excellent (score 80% and above) and average (score less than 80%). Descriptive statistics mean, frequency and percentage were used to analyze the data. Results: Out of 228, majority were male (90.4%) and aged 36-45 years (36%). Mean knowledge score was 4.68±1.41. Most of them (57.9%) had average knowledge. Average of the correct responses in the knowledge and belief domain were found to be 66.9% and 71.2% respectively. Majority of the public (55.3%) believed that home-made alcohol-based hand sanitizer is equally effective to factory-made standard sanitizer against COVID-19 virus. Conclusion: Knowledge toward universal safety precautions against COVID-19 were average among the majority of the public. There was gap between knowledge and belief domain. There is an unmet need for long term educational interventions among the public regarding the preventive methods against COVID-19. Keywords: Knowledge; Belief; COVID-19; Nepal; Public; Universal safety precautions.

scholarly journals The higher reading interest of pregnant mother improves the utilization of MCH book

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-119
Author(s):  
Apriliana Apriliana ◽  
Intan Mutiara Putri ◽  
Suyani Suyani ◽  
Istri Utami
Keyword(s):  
Health Centre ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
P Value ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
Reading Interest ◽  
Pregnant Mothers

The utilization of MCH book could be defined to be an activity when a mother and her close relatives actively participate in reading, learning, comprehending the contents of MCH book, and implementing it in daily routine. This research aims to discover the correlation between the reading interest of pregnant mothers and the use of MCH book. This study has been approved by the research ethics committee of Yogyakarta ‘Aisyiyah University. This cross-sectional research was performed at the Community Health Centre of Mlati II Sleman Yogyakarta. Seventy-four pregnant mothers who owned MCH book were derived from incidental sampling technic. The retrieval of primary data used questioner method. The result of chi-square test states that pregnant mothers with higher reading interest will be utilizing the MCH book four times more effective compared to those with lower interest in reading (p-value: 0,005 and 95% CI: 1,488-10,902).

scholarly journals Socio-demographic correlate of knowledge and practice toward novel coronavirus among people living in Mosul-Iraq: A cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balsam Qubais ◽  
Rula mudhafar Al-Shahrabi ◽  
Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
World Health ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

Background: Since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a worldwide pandemic, as the Iraqi authorities have started responding and taking action to control the spread of the pandemic. The knowledge and practices of the public play an important role in curbing the spreading of the virus by following the health guidelines. This study aimed to assess the socio-demographic correlate of knowledge and practices of Iraqi living in Mosul-Iraq towards novel coronavirus during its rapid rise. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey of 909 participants was conducted among Mosul-Iraq between 20th June to 1st July 2020. The survey included three parts: 1) socio-demographic characteristics, 2) participants' knowledge, 3) participants' practices. T-test, ANOVA, chi-square, and binary logistic regression were used. A p-value less than 0.05 (p < 0.05) was considered statistically significant. Results: The results showed knowledge and practice mean score of (12.91\1.67) and (21.56\2.92) with cumulative knowledge and practice of 86% and 76% respectively towards 2019-nCoV. Socio-demographic characteristics such as age, marital status, gender, level of education and employment were statistically related with a higher mean score of knowledge and practice towards the virus as P<0.05. Conclusions: We concluded that the majority of the respondents demonstrate a high level of knowledge and practices towards 2019-nCoV except respondents with socio-demographic characteristics such as those who were younger, male respondents, those with lower education and those unemployed as such campaigns that will increase the knowledge and encourage adequate preventive practice towards 2019-nCoV should be targeted towards this group.

ANALISIS FAKTOR YANG BERHUBUNGAN DENGAN KUNJUNGAN NEONATAL DI PUSKESMAS KAMPUNG BAQA SAMARINDA TAHUN 2018

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 38
Author(s):  
Siti Salasiah
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Infant Mortality Rate ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Public ◽  
Work Area ◽  
Chi Square Test

At the age of less than 28 days newborns are very span to death, so at this time need to be aware of some signs and dangers in the newborn. One of the efforts undertaken to reduce the infant mortality rate is neonatal visits conducted in health services. This study aims to determine several factors related to Neonatal Visits (KN) in the work area of Puskesmas Kampung Baqa in 2018. This study uses Analytical Survey, with cross sectional approach. Respondents of this study were all mothers who had babies aged 0-28 days as many as 87 respondents with sampling techniques using puposive sampling. Data analysis performed was univariate and bivariate with Chi-Square test. The results of this study found that all the variables studied were associated with neonatal visits in the work area of Puskesmas Kampung Baqa in 2018, namely knowledge (p value 0,000), attitude (p value 0,000) and family support (p value 0,006). The conclusion in this research is that knowledge, attitude, and support of mother's family can influence visit of neonatal mother to conduct Neonatal Visit (KN). Therefore, it is necessary to be counseled about the importance of conducting neonatal visits to the public by health workers intensively so that the knowledge of the community especially the mothers who have babies 0-28 days to increase. Keywords : Visit Neonatal, Knowledge, Attitude, Family SupportBibliograpy : 25 (1991-2017).

scholarly journals The effects of cigarette smoking on hemoglobin levels compared between smokers and non-smokers

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
BK Shah ◽  
AK Nepal ◽  
M Agrawal ◽  
AK Sinha
Keyword(s):  
Cigarette Smoking ◽  
Technical College ◽  
Large Population ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Parametric Data ◽  
Global Problems ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Method Student

Background: Smoking is one of the global problems causing different disease. Smoking cause variation in different parameters of blood among which hemoglobin is believed to be increased due to smoking. Objective: To compare the effect of cigarette smoking on hemoglobin levels between smokers and non smokers. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional comparative study was conducted in Department of Pathology, Hematology Laboratory, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. Total of 100 sample size which compromised of 50 smokers and 50 non smokers were included the study. Hemoglobin was estimated by Cyanmethemoglobin method. Student ‘t’ test was applied for parametric data and Chi- Square test was applied for categorical data. A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Mean±SD of hemoglobin for smokers was 14.14±1.3 g/dl and for non smokers was 12.37±2.36 g/dl. The awareness about smoking effect in both smokers and non smokers group was not significantly different (p=0.15). Similarly the mean±SD age was 32.78±9.27 years for smokers and 35.68±11.11 years for non smokers, and was not significantly different (p=0.18). Conclusion: The present study showed that the hemoglobin level of smoker group was higher than the non-smoker group. Further substantial studies in large population should be conducted to generalize this findings.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/stcj.v1i1.7985 Sunsari Technical College Journal Vol.1(1) 2012 42-44

scholarly journals Community Responses toward COVID-19 Pandemic: An Online Survey Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-476
Author(s):  
Abd. Gani Baeda ◽  
Muhdar Muhdar ◽  
Grace Tedy Tulak ◽  
Rosani Naim ◽  
Rosmiati Rosmiati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Death Rate ◽  
High Death ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
High Level ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

COVID-19 has become a frightening pandemic and has spread throughout theworld with an unprecedentedly high death rate. Community compliance withgovernment appeals must be accompanied by knowledge, attitudes, and practicesin dealing with this epidemic. This study aims to investigate the Knowledge,Attitude, and Practice of Kolaka residents against the COVID-19 outbreak. Thisresearch is descriptive-analytic with a Cross-Sectional approach. The sample usedin this study were 1,010 respondents aged 17 to 65 years, having gmail and y-mail accounts, mastering the internet became the criteria for respondentinclusion in this study. The questionnaire used was the adoption of previousstudies and modified according to conditions. Data were analyzed bivariate usingthe Chi-Square test with standard p-value&lt;0.05. The results obtained showed thatthe Kolaka community had good knowledge (49.6%), a confident attitude ofcontrolling the plague (70.4%), and had a high level of vigilance (79.6%) towardsCOVID-19. There is a relationship between knowledge with practice p-value=0.000, while attitude has no relationship with practice with p-value=0.862.The massive dissemination of information through existing media has greatlyhelped the community increase their knowledge of COVID-19, which will furthersupport the formation of a confident attitude to control this disease and increasevigilance in their daily life practices during this pandemic.

scholarly journals Socio-demographic correlate of knowledge and practice toward COVID-19 among people living in Mosul-Iraq: A cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0249310
Author(s):  
Balsam Qubais Saeed ◽  
Rula Al-Shahrabi ◽  
Obasanjo Afolabi Bolarinwa
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
World Health ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Health Organization

Since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a worldwide pandemic, many countries’ authorities, including the Iraqi authorities, started responding and taking action to control the spread of the pandemic. The public’s knowledge and practices play an important role in curbing the spreading of the virus by following the health guidelines. This study aimed to assess the socio-demographic correlate of knowledge and practices of Iraqi living in Mosul-Iraq towards COVID-19 during its rapid rise. A cross-sectional online survey of 909 participants was conducted among a sample of the Mosul-Iraq population between 20th June to 1st July 2020. The survey included three parts: 1) socio-demographic characteristics, 2) participants’ knowledge, 3) participants’ practices. T-test, ANOVA, chi-square, and binary logistic regression were used. A p-value less than 0.05 (p < 0.05) was considered statistically significant. The results showed a knowledge and practice mean score of (12.91±1.67) and (21.56± 2.92) with cumulative knowledge and practice of 86% and 76% respectively towards COVID-19. Socio-demographic characteristics such as age, marital status, gender, level of education and employment were statistically related with a higher mean score of knowledge and practice towards the virus as P<0.05. We concluded that the majority of the respondents demonstrate a high level of knowledge and practices towards COVID-19 except for respondents with socio-demographic characteristics such as those who were younger, male respondents, those with lower education and those unemployed as such campaigns that will increase the knowledge and encourage adequate preventive practice towards COVID-19 should be targeted towards this group.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN IBU DENGAN KEJADIAN PNEUMONIA PADA BALITA DI PUSKESMAS KEBUN HANDIL KOTA JAMBI

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Salvita Fitrianti
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Center ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Public Health Center ◽  
The Public ◽  
Chi Square Test

Pneumonia is one of the biggest health problems and the leading cause of death of children under five years old (infants). The public health center Kebun Handil is the public health center with the highest number of pneumonia infants in Jambi city as many as 222 toddlers in 2016.           This study aimed at determining the correlation of mother’s knowledge and the characteristics of the house with the incidence of pneumonia in infants at the public health center Kebun Handil Jambi city. This is a quantitative research, using Cross Sectional design, and the population of this research is all of infants at the public health center Kebun Handil year 2016 as many as 3.731. The sample was using Accidental Sampling technique, as many as 94 people. This research used Chi Square test. The research was conducted at the public health center Kebun Handil.    The findings indicated that almost respondents (56.4%) have low knowledge, and (53.2%) infants respondents with pneumonia. The result of analysis bivariateChi-Square indicated that there is the correlation between mother’s knowledge with pneumonia in infants (p-value = 0.003 < alpha 0.05). It is necessary to increase the extension to the public about pneumonia toddlers in order to improve the knowledge of the respondents. The counseling results are expected to increase public knowledge of pneumonia and its prevention.

scholarly journals Kurang Energi Kronis Berhubungan dengan Kejadian Anemia pada Ibu Hamil

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
Subriah Subriah ◽  
Inka Dewi Safitri ◽  
Syaniah Umar ◽  
Djuhadiah Saadong
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Energy Deficiency ◽  
The Public ◽  
Chronic Energy Deficiency ◽  
Chi Square Test

KEK (Chronic Energy Deficiency) is a condition caused by an imbalance in nutritional intake, which lasts (chronic) while the anemia in pregnant women is closely related to the nutritional status of pregnant women because anemia is one sign that the mother suffers from malnutrition. This study aims to determine the relationship between chronic energy deficiency and anemia in pregnant women at the Public healthcanter Mangasa, Makassar City. The type of research used is an analytic survey with a cross-sectional design. The sampling technique was purposive sampling with 78 respondents.  The results of the statistical test with the chi-square test are known as the significance value of p (0.005) <α (0.05), meaning that the p value is smaller than the value of α at 95% confidence level with 1 degree of freedom, it can be concluded that the null hypothesis is rejected and this accepted hypothesis means that there is a chronic lack of energy relationship with the incidence of anemia in pregnant women at the Public healthcenter Mangasa, Makassar City. Therefore, health workers are expected to be able to carry out continuous strengthening of KIE (communication, information, and education) in pregnant women with KEK risk and anemia to pay more attention to their health status from all factors in readiness to face pregnancy with a cross-sectoral approach.

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