Sayedahmed Ahmed Mahmoud Sayed, Abdalla Abubakr Abdalla Abubakr, Khalid Mohamed Hafiz Mohamed
Medical student, Omdurman Islamic University (OIU), Sudan, 11111.
Assistant Professor of community Medicine- Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan, 11111.
Sci Afr. 2020 Nov;10:e00652. doi: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00652. Epub 2020 Nov 29.
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new coronavirus strain. The first case of the disease was reported as pneumonia of unknown cause in late December 2019, in Wuhan, China, and then the disease started to spread to other countries. This study aimed to assess the knowledge attitude and practice of the Sudanese population toward COVID-19.
This cross-sectional online study was conducted among the Sudanese population. The Data was collected by using a self-administered online survey, the survey was in Arabic language and we tested it before sthe distribution. The data collection period was started from 31 March to 3 April 2020. We used an appropriate statistical test and a -value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant.
About 62% of the respondents were females, and 55.1% aged 12-24 years. Our study determined that 68.3% of the study participants had a good knowledge toward COVID-19, and the majority (96.4%) knew that the COVID-19 is transmitted through droplets, while 89.9% of the participants had a positive attitude toward the COVID-19 pandemic. On the other hand, only 48.5% of the participants had a good practice toward COVID-19 pandemic. We also found that good knowledge is significantly associated with good practice.
Our participants had good knowledge, and positive attitude toward the COVID-19. Our findings revealed that education is positively associated with knowledge, and good level of knowledge is associated with good practice toward COVID-19. Efforts should focus more to raise the awareness among the less educated people.
冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是由一种新型冠状病毒株引起的传染病。该疾病的首例病例于2019年12月底在中国武汉被报告为不明原因肺炎，随后该疾病开始传播到其他国家。本研究旨在评估苏丹人群对COVID-19的知识、态度和行为。
本横断面在线研究在苏丹人群中进行。数据通过自行管理的在线调查收集，调查采用阿拉伯语，在分发前进行了测试。数据收集期从2020年3月31日至4月3日。我们使用了适当的统计检验，P值<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
约62%的受访者为女性，55.1%的年龄在12-24岁之间。我们的研究确定，68.3%的研究参与者对COVID-19有良好的了解，大多数（96.4%）知道COVID-19通过飞沫传播，而89.9%的参与者对COVID-19大流行持积极态度。另一方面，只有48.5%的参与者对COVID-19大流行有良好的行为。我们还发现，良好的知识与良好的行为显著相关。
我们的参与者对COVID-19有良好的知识和积极的态度。我们的研究结果表明，教育与知识呈正相关，良好的知识水平与对COVID-19的良好行为相关。应更加注重提高受教育程度较低人群的意识。
