Tandon Tanya, Dubey Ashok K, Dubey Suparna, Manocha Sachin, Arora Ekta, Hasan Md Nazer
Department of Pharmacology, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4265-4269. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_818_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread very fast worldwide as a pandemic causing unprecedented morbidity and mortality. Most countries in the world have undergone emergency lockdown in an attempt to flatten the curve and reduce the load on healthcare systems.
This study was done to assess the knowledge, attitude, and perception toward the disease among the home-bound Indian population during the lockdown.
This was a questionnaire-based descriptive cross-sectional study conducted online. Compilation and assessment of the online data in the form of responses were done as for descriptive studies.
Among the 320 participants of the study, the awareness about the epidemiological features, including the signs and symptoms of the disease, was very good (more than 99% in some aspects). The attitude toward the measures for prevention of disease at home and outside was also very good (more than 97%) in some aspects, with a scope of improvement in a few others. Only one-third had the knowledge of online (e-consultation) services floated by governments and hospitals for medical advice. Ten percent had the potential to misuse drugs as prophylaxis. Most of the participants perceived that they had no predictable idea about the shape of disease epidemiology in the near future and only hoped for things to get better.
This study reflects that aggressive awareness drives have played an important role in the dissemination of knowledge and the development of informed positive attitude toward COVID-19. Few gaps in knowledge and practices related to disease epidemiology, safe practices, mobile app for tracking and the availability of e-resources for medical advice, still remain. These should be addressed more aggressively, to strengthen the efforts to overcome this unprecedented crisis.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）作为一种大流行病在全球迅速传播，造成了前所未有的发病率和死亡率。世界上大多数国家都实施了紧急封锁，试图平缓曲线并减轻医疗系统的负担。
本研究旨在评估封锁期间印度居家人群对该疾病的知识、态度和认知。
这是一项基于问卷的在线描述性横断面研究。按照描述性研究的方式对在线数据以回复形式进行整理和评估。
在该研究的320名参与者中，对包括疾病体征和症状在内的流行病学特征的知晓度非常高（某些方面超过99%）。在某些方面，对在家中和户外预防疾病措施的态度也非常好（超过97%），不过其他一些方面仍有改进空间。只有三分之一的人了解政府和医院推出的用于医疗咨询的在线（电子咨询）服务。10%的人有可能将药物滥用作预防措施。大多数参与者认为他们对近期疾病流行病学的态势无法预测，只希望情况能好转。
本研究表明，积极的宣传活动在传播知识以及培养对COVID-19明智的积极态度方面发挥了重要作用。在与疾病流行病学、安全做法、追踪移动应用程序以及医疗咨询电子资源可用性相关的知识和实践方面，仍存在一些差距。应更积极地解决这些问题，以加强克服这一前所未有的危机的努力。
