Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Center for Drug Safety and Policy Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 12;17(10):3347. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103347.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a deadly disease that is affecting most of the countries worldwide. Public understanding, including knowledge about signs and symptoms, mode of transmission, and hygiene of COVID-19, is vital for designing effective control strategies during a public health crisis. The current study is aimed at investigating the public's perspective about COVID-19, including their knowledge, attitude, and practices.
A rapid online survey comprising 22 items was administered during the rapid outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan. Questions were focused on the prevention, transmission, clinical features, and control of COVID-19. In addition, the attitudes and practices of the participants were explored. Descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney tests, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and regression analysis were carried out during data analysis.
A total of 1257 respondents participated in this study. Most of the respondents had good knowledge (good = 64.8%, average = 30.5%, poor = 4.7%) of COVID-19. Gender, marital status, education, and residence were observed to have a significant association with the knowledge score. A vast majority of the survey respondents (77.0%) believed that COVID-19 would be controlled successfully in Pakistan. The practices of wearing a mask (85.8%) and handwashing (88.1%) were common among the participants.
The participants demonstrated good knowledge and reasonable attitudes and practices toward most aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak. Improvements in certain areas could be made by mass-level education.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一种致命疾病，正在影响全球大多数国家。公众的理解，包括对 COVID-19 的症状、传播途径和卫生知识的了解，对于在公共卫生危机期间制定有效的控制策略至关重要。本研究旨在调查公众对 COVID-19 的看法，包括他们的知识、态度和做法。
在 COVID-19 在巴基斯坦迅速爆发期间，进行了一项包含 22 个项目的快速在线调查。问题集中在 COVID-19 的预防、传播、临床特征和控制方面。此外，还探讨了参与者的态度和做法。在数据分析过程中进行了描述性统计、Mann-Whitney 检验、Kruskal-Wallis 检验和回归分析。
共有 1257 名受访者参加了这项研究。大多数受访者对 COVID-19 有较好的了解（良好=64.8%，平均=30.5%，较差=4.7%）。性别、婚姻状况、教育程度和居住地与知识得分有显著关联。绝大多数调查受访者（77.0%）认为 COVID-19 将在巴基斯坦得到成功控制。戴口罩（85.8%）和洗手（88.1%）的做法在参与者中很常见。
参与者对 COVID-19 爆发的大多数方面表现出良好的知识、合理的态度和做法。通过大众教育可以在某些方面进行改进。
