Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-i-Azam Campus , Lahore, Pakistan.
Department of Zoology, University of Education, Bank Road Campus , Lahore, Pakistan.
Soc Work Public Health. 2020 Sep 1;35(7):569-578. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2020.1806983.
Awareness and comprehension of disease origin, transmission, and control in a health crisis are mainly affected by the knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) of the general public. We conducted the current study to assess KAP among the general population of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), India, based on an online cross-sectional survey. Participants completed a questionnaire we developed consisting of KAP questions. We also collected sociodemographic information and source of information about disease awareness. The main source of information regarding COVID-19 was Internet social media (66.3%) followed by TV (17.4%). We conducted nonparametric analyses on KAP scores using a Mann-Whitney U and Kruskall-Wallis H tests ( < .05) to find out the association with sociodemographic characteristics. The overall knowledge score (correct answer) was 88.9%, which was significantly associated with gender, age, qualification, and occupation. The positive attitude score was 73.3%, which was significantly associated with gender, age, qualification, marital status, and geographic area. Overall, 93.0% positive practices were observed in the general population based on asked questions. These scores were significantly associated with gender, age, qualification, marital status, area, and occupation. On the basis of the Spearmen correlation test ( < .01), a significant correlation was observed between scores of knowledge and attitude, with = +0.28, = .000, knowledge and practices scores as = +0.24, = .000, and attitude and practices scores as = +0.24, = .000. However, due to the limited sample presentation in the survey, the study is unable to generalize to lower socioeconomic communities.
在健康危机中，对疾病起源、传播和控制的认识和理解主要受到公众的知识、态度和实践（KAP）的影响。我们基于在线横断面调查，对印度查谟和克什米尔（J&K）的一般人群进行了这项研究，以评估他们的 KAP。参与者完成了我们开发的包含 KAP 问题的问卷。我们还收集了有关疾病意识的社会人口统计学信息和信息来源。关于 COVID-19 的主要信息来源是互联网社交媒体（66.3%），其次是电视（17.4%）。我们使用 Mann-Whitney U 和 Kruskall-Wallis H 检验对 KAP 评分进行了非参数分析（<0.05），以找出与社会人口统计学特征的关联。整体知识评分（正确答案）为 88.9%，与性别、年龄、学历和职业显著相关。积极态度评分为 73.3%，与性别、年龄、学历、婚姻状况和地理区域显著相关。总体而言，根据提出的问题，观察到一般人群中有 93.0%的积极做法。这些评分与性别、年龄、学历、婚姻状况、地区和职业显著相关。基于 Spearman 相关检验（<0.01），观察到知识和态度评分之间存在显著相关性，=+0.28，=0.000，知识和实践评分之间为=+0.24，=0.000，态度和实践评分之间为=+0.24，=0.000。然而，由于调查中样本有限，该研究无法推广到较低社会经济社区。
