印度查谟和克什米尔邦社交媒体用户对 COVID-19 大流行的知识、态度和做法。
Knowledge, attitude, and practices related to COVID-19 pandemic among social media users in J&K, India.
机构信息
Demonstrator, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
出版信息
Indian J Public Health. 2020 Jun;64(Supplement):S205-S210. doi: 10.4103/ijph.IJPH_469_20.
BACKGROUND
A series of measures have been suggested to reduce Covid-19 infection, including knowledge training for prevention and control, isolation, disinfection, classified protections at different degrees in infection areas, and protection of confirmed cases.
OBJECTIVES
We conducted this study with an aim to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice among the general population regarding COVID-19.
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study carried out by the Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar in the month of April 2020. The questionnaire had four segments to collect data regarding social-demographic details, knowledge regarding Covid-19, attitude and practice based questions. The questionnaire was shared via social media applications like face book and Whatsapp to reach the target population. Continuous variables were summarized as frequency and percentage. All the analysis was done using Microsoft Excel 2016. Among participants who responded, 1252 (82%) were in the age group of 18-40 years and 912 (60%) from urban areas.
RESULTS
A total of 934 (61%) respondents had heard details on COVID-19 from the social media, 1358 (89%) knew all ways of coronavirus transmission, 602 (40%) felt that COVID-19 is a serious disease, 1184 (78%) responded that they totally agree with the lockdown decision, and 1296 (85%) responded that lockdown is helping in reducing the number of cases. The majority, i.e. 1318 (87%), followed advisories and reported washing hands with soap and water regularly, 1108 (73%) reported regularly wearing masks, 1344 (89%) reported following lockdown guidelines, and 1306 (87%) reported maintaining social distancing. The respondents exhibited good knowledge, positive attitude, and sensible practices regarding COVID-19.
CONCLUSION
Our study showed that the respondents have exhibited good knowledge, positive attitude and sensible practices regarding covid-19 during the pandemic.
背景
为了降低新冠病毒感染，提出了一系列措施，包括预防和控制知识培训、隔离、消毒、对不同感染地区进行分级保护，以及对确诊病例进行保护。
目的
我们开展本研究旨在评估普通人群对 COVID-19 的认知、态度和实践情况。
方法
这是一项由斯利那加政府医学院社区医学系于 2020 年 4 月开展的横断面研究。该问卷分为四个部分，用于收集社会人口统计学详情、有关新冠病毒的知识、态度和实践相关问题的数据。问卷通过脸书和 Whatsapp 等社交媒体应用程序分享，以覆盖目标人群。连续变量以频率和百分比进行总结。所有分析均使用 Microsoft Excel 2016 进行。在回答问题的参与者中，1252 人（82%）年龄在 18-40 岁之间，912 人（60%）来自城市地区。
结果
共有 934 名（61%）受访者通过社交媒体了解了有关 COVID-19 的详细信息，1358 名（89%）知道冠状病毒传播的所有途径，602 名（40%）认为 COVID-19 是一种严重疾病，1184 名（78%）完全同意封锁决定，1296 名（85%）表示封锁有助于减少病例数量。大多数受访者（1318 名，87%）遵循建议，定期用肥皂和水洗手，1108 名（73%）定期戴口罩，1344 名（89%）报告遵守封锁准则，1306 名（87%）报告保持社交距离。受访者在新冠疫情期间表现出良好的认知、积极的态度和明智的做法。
结论
我们的研究表明，受访者在大流行期间对新冠病毒表现出良好的认知、积极的态度和明智的做法。
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