Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Surgery, Kampala International University Western Campus, Ishaka-Bushenyi, Uganda.
Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Front Public Health. 2020 Dec 15;8:618731. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.618731. eCollection 2020.
The world is facing the Coronavirus pandemic, which is highly infectious. Several measures have been put in place to prevent its spread among the population. However, for these preventive measures to be effective, the population requires appropriate and sufficient knowledge, attitude, and practices. Thus, a survey to assess knowledge, attitude, and self-reported practice toward measures for prevention of the spread of COVID-19 was conducted among Ugandans. This was a cross-sectional study conducted among during the lockdown in Uganda. An online structured questionnaire was used, applying a snowballing sampling approach for recruitment of participants 18 years and above and residing in Uganda. Data collection was done from 6th to 15th April 2020, during which 1,763 people participated. We analyzed all data using STATA 14.2, applying appropriate statistical tests. Out of 1,763 participants, 80% were highly knowledgeable. For attitude, 72.4% reported following recommendations given by the Ministry of health to prevent the spread of COVID-19; 89.0% were worried about contracting COVID-19 and 73.3% agreed that COVID-19 can be cured and 99.3% reported good practice toward measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. According to ordered logistic regression, health workers were 6 times more knowledgeable [aOR:6 (3.51-10.09), < 0.001] followed by teachers [aOR:5.2 (2.6-10.32), < 0.001]; students [aOR:3.2 (1.96-5.33), < 0.001]. On the contrary, the drivers, business entrepreneurs, and security personnel had less knowledge. The results show that the participating Ugandans were knowledgeable and had a positive attitude and good practices. However, there is still a gap in knowledge among drivers, business entrepreneurs, and security personnel. Therefore, there is a need to mobilize the country's population to have the same degree of knowledge, which will have an impact on the attitude and practices toward prevention of the spread of COVID-19.
世界正面临着高度传染性的冠状病毒大流行。已经采取了多项措施来防止其在人群中传播。然而，为了使这些预防措施有效，人们需要具备适当和充分的知识、态度和实践。因此，在乌干达人中进行了一项评估预防 COVID-19 传播措施的知识、态度和自我报告实践的调查。这是一项在乌干达封锁期间进行的横断面研究。使用在线结构化问卷，采用滚雪球抽样方法招募 18 岁及以上、居住在乌干达的参与者。数据收集于 2020 年 4 月 6 日至 15 日进行，共有 1763 人参与。我们使用 STATA 14.2 分析所有数据，并应用适当的统计检验。在 1763 名参与者中，80%的人具有高度的知识。在态度方面，72.4%的人报告说遵循了卫生部为防止 COVID-19 传播而提出的建议；89.0%的人担心感染 COVID-19，73.3%的人同意 COVID-19 可以治愈，99.3%的人报告说采取了良好的措施来防止 COVID-19 的传播。根据有序逻辑回归分析，卫生工作者的知识要高出 6 倍[aOR：6（3.51-10.09），<0.001]，其次是教师[aOR：5.2（2.6-10.32），<0.001]；学生[aOR：3.2（1.96-5.33），<0.001]。相反，司机、企业主和安全人员的知识较少。结果表明，参与调查的乌干达人知识渊博，态度积极，实践良好。然而，司机、企业主和安全人员的知识仍然存在差距。因此，需要动员全国人民拥有同等程度的知识，这将对预防 COVID-19 传播的态度和实践产生影响。
