Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning Pharmacogenomics among Pharmacists: A Systematic Review

ObjectiveTo assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of the global general population regarding COVID-19.DesignSystematic review and meta-analysis.MethodsMEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and PsycINFO were used to identify articles published between 1 January and 30 June 2021 assessing KAP regarding COVID-19 in the global general population. The quality of eligible studies was assessed. Random effects model was used to obtain the pooled proportion of each component of KAP of COVID-19. Heterogeneity (I2) was tested, and subgroup and correlation analyses were performed.ResultsOut of 3099 records, 84 studies from 45 countries across all continents assessing 215 731 participants’ COVID-19 KAP were included in this study. The estimated overall correct answers for knowledge, good attitude and good practice in this review were 75% (95% CI 72% to 77%), 74% (95% CI 71% to 77%) and 70% (95% CI 66% to 74%), respectively. Low-income countries, men, people aged below 30 years and people with 12 years of education or less had the lowest practice scores. Practice scores were below 60% in Africa and Europe/Oceania. Overall heterogeneity was high (I2 ≥98%), and publication bias was present (Egger’s regression test, p<0.01). A positive significant correlation between knowledge and practice (r=0.314, p=0.006), and attitude and practice (r=0.348, p=0.004) was observed.ConclusionsThis study’s findings call for community-based awareness programmes to provide a simple, clear and understandable message to reinforce knowledge especially regarding efficacy of the preventive measures in low and lower middle-income countries, and in Africa and Europe/Oceania, which will translate into good practice. Targeted intervention for men, people with low education, unemployed people and people aged below 30 years should be recommended. As most of the included studies were online surveys, underprivileged and remote rural people may have been missed out. Additional studies are needed to cover heterogeneous populations.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42020203476.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards COVID-19 in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review; 2020

Patient Preference and Adherence ◽

10.2147/ppa.s288186 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 15 ◽

pp. 337-348

Author(s):

Birhaneselassie Gebeyehu Yazew ◽

Hailemichael Kindie Abate ◽

Chilot Kassa Mekonnen

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Assessment on COVID-19 infection: A Systematic Review

10.37766/inplasy2021.5.0039 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Izzaty Dalawi ◽

Mohamad Rodi Isa ◽

Chen Xin Wee ◽

Zahir Izuan Azhar ◽

Ahmad Nazim Aimran

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Practice Assessment ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among health professionals in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0247204 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. e0247204

Author(s):

Eyasu Alem Lake ◽

Birhanu Wondimeneh Demissie ◽

Natneal Atnafu Gebeyehu ◽

Addisu Yeshambel Wassie ◽

Kelemu Abebe Gelaw ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Positive Attitude ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

World Health ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Level Of Knowledge ◽

Health Organization ◽

Study Participants ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) declared coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global pandemic on 11th March, 2020. In Ethiopia, more than 90,490 and 1,300 confirmed cases and deaths were reported by the Federal Ministry of Health at the time of writing up this project. As health care providers are frontline workers managing the COVID-19 pandemic, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the pooled level of knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 among health professionals in Ethiopia. Methods PubMed, Google Scholar, Excerpta Medica database (EMBASE), Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and African Journal of Online (AJOL) were searched. The data were extracted using Microsoft Excel and analyzed using STATA version 14. Publication bias was checked by funnel plot and more objectively through Egger’s regression test, with P < 0.05 considered to indicate potential publication bias. The heterogeneity of studies was checked using I2 statistics. Pooled analysis was conducted using a weighted inverse variance random-effects model. Subgroup analysis was done related to geographic region and time. A leave-one-out sensitivity analysis was also employed. Result A total of 11 studies with 3,843 study participants for knowledge, eight studies with 2,842 study participants for attitude and 10 studies with 3, 435 study participants for practice were used to estimate the pooled level of good knowledge, positive attitude and poor practice among health professionals. The overall estimated good level of knowledge, positive attitude and poor practice towards COVID-19 was found to be 79.4% (95% CI: 73.5%-85.2%; I2 = 96%), 73.7% (95%CI: 63.09%-84.4%; I2 = 98.3%) and 40.3% (95%CI: 31.1%-49.6%; I2 = 97.1%) respectively. Conclusion Study findings showed that there were significant gaps in COVID-19 related knowledge, attitude and practice with respect to World Health Organization recommendations on COVID-19 management and personal protection practices. This study therefore recommends that institutions provide with immediate effect accurate and up-to-date information on COVID-19 and training that encourages improved knowledge, attitude and practice to mitigate this pandemic.

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Effectiveness of health communicators program in promoting of community knowledge, attitude and practice in Iran through educational interventions: A systematic review

Koomesh journal ◽

10.29252/koomesh.22.4.563 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 563-573

Author(s):

Farid Gharibi ◽

Sayed Saeed Kassaeian ◽

Mehdi Kahouei ◽

Ali Vailnezhadi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Educational Interventions ◽

Community Knowledge ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Knowledge, attitude, practice and clinical recommendations of health care workers towards COVID-19: a systematic review

Reviews on Environmental Health ◽

10.1515/reveh-2020-0099 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 0 (0) ◽

Author(s):

Mehran Hesaraki ◽

Majidreza Akbarizadeh ◽

Sudabeh Ahmadidarrehsima ◽

Mahdieh Poodineh Moghadam ◽

Fatemeh Izadpanah

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Health Care ◽

Health Care Workers ◽

Good Practice ◽

Good Knowledge ◽

Clinical Recommendations ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Care Workers ◽

Clinical Recommendation ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

AbstractObjectivesThis study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, practice, and clinical recommendations of health care workers (HCWs) towards COVID-19.MethodsIn this systematic review study, international databases (Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus) were searched for the relevant studies published in English from the inception of databases until July 30, 2020. Hoy et al.’s tool was used to evaluate the quality of studies. All search steps, screening, selection of studies, quality assessment, and data extraction were performed separately by two researchers.ResultsOut of 3460 articles searched, 28 articles conducted on 16,427 HCWs were included in the study. Most of the HCWs had good knowledge (72.2%), a positive attitude (70.9%), and good practice (78.8%) towards COVID-19. The most important clinical recommendation to improve knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) was to provide HCWs with a periodic training program regarding COVID-19. The most important source of information for HCWs on COVID-19 was social networks.ConclusionsDespite HCWs’ good knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP), it is recommended to periodically review KAP and carry out further studies in different countries as well. It is also recommended to use social media to improve KAP.

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Women’s knowledge, attitude and practice related to urinary incontinence: systematic review

International Urogynecology Journal ◽

10.1007/s00192-018-3759-3 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 171-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Camila Teixeira Moreira Vasconcelos ◽

Mariana Luisa Veras Firmiano ◽

Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá ◽

José Ananias Vasconcelos Neto ◽

Dayana Maia Saboia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Urinary Incontinence ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Women's Knowledge ◽

Women’S Knowledge ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of cervical cancer screening among women infected with HIV in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0249960 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. e0249960

Author(s):

Agajie Likie Bogale ◽

Tilahun Teklehaymanot ◽

Jemal Haidar Ali ◽

Getnet Mitike Kassie

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Cervical Cancer ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Cervical Cancer Screening ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

African Women ◽

Female Population ◽

Attitudes And Practices ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background To establish successful strategies and increasing the utilization of preventive services, there is a need to explore the extent to which the general female population is aware and use the service for cervical cancer-screening among women infected with HIV in Africa. Available evidences in this regard are controversial and non-conclusive on this potential issue and therefore, we estimated the pooled effect of the proportion of knowledge, attitude and practice of HIV infected African women towards cervical cancer screening to generate evidence for improved prevention strategies. Methods We applied a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies conducted in Africa and reported the proportion of knowledge, attitude and practice towards cervical cancer screening. We searched electronic databases: PubMed/Medline, SCOPUS, ScienceDirect, Web of science, Cumulative Index of Nursing and allied Health Sciences (CINAHL) and Google scholar databases to retrieve papers published in English language till August 2020. We used random-effects model to estimate the pooled effect, and funnel plot to assess publication bias. The registration number of this review study protocol is CRD42020210879. Results In this review, we included eight published papers comprising 2,186 participants. The estimated pooled proportion of knowledge of the participants was 43.0% (95%CI:23.0–64.0) while the pooled estimates of attitudes and practices were 38.0% (95%CI: 1.0–77.0) and 41.0% (95%CI: 4.0–77.0), respectively. The proportion of the outcome variables were extremely heterogeneous across the studies with I2> 98%). Conclusion The pooled estimates of knowledge, attitude and practice were lower than other middle income countries calls for further activities to enhance the uptake of the services and establish successful strategies.

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