Shahabi Nahid, Kamalzadeh Takhti Hesamaddin, Hassani Azad Mehdi, Ezati Rad Roghayeh, Ghaffari Hamid Reza, Mohseni Shokrollah, Aghamolaei Teamur, Norozian Fatemeh
Student Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
Z Gesundh Wiss. 2022;30(6):1565-1576. doi: 10.1007/s10389-020-01454-1. Epub 2021 Jan 7.
COVID-19 has become prevalent in the world since December 2019. The further prevalence of the disease can be prevented by correct management of society and increasing knowledge, practices, and attitudes of the people. The present research aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and preventive behaviors of people in Hormozgan in the south of Iran toward COVID-19.
The present cross-sectional research was conducted over 2 months (March 2020-April 2020). The online questionnaire comprised four sections: demographic information, knowledge, attitude, and behavior toward COVID-19. Knowledge included 36 items, attitude eight items, and behavior ten items. The collected data were analyzed statistically using SPSS ver. 22. The split-half method was used to test the reliability of knowledge and the estimated value was 0.84. That of attitude and behavior was estimated via Cronbach's alpha and was found to be 0.81 and 0.75, respectively.
A total number of 2024 participants with an average age of 33.94 years took part in this research. Of all participants, 64.4% were female. According to the results, 65.8% enjoyed a good level of knowledge and 34.2% enjoyed an average level. In addition, 63.2% demonstrated a good attitude and 36.8% an average level. A large percentage of participants (90.6%) had good practices and only 9.4% had an average level of practices.
The present findings show that participants had a relatively good level of knowledge, positive attitude, and good behavior concerning COVID-19.
自2019年12月以来,新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)已在全球流行。通过正确的社会管理以及提高人们的知识、实践和态度,可以预防该疾病的进一步传播。本研究旨在评估伊朗南部霍尔木兹甘省民众对COVID-19的知识、态度和预防行为。
本横断面研究历时2个月(2020年3月至2020年4月)。在线问卷包括四个部分:人口统计学信息、对COVID-19的知识、态度和行为。知识部分包括36项,态度部分包括8项,行为部分包括10项。使用SPSS 22.0软件对收集的数据进行统计学分析。采用折半法检验知识的信度,估计值为0.84。态度和行为的信度通过Cronbach's α系数估计,分别为0.81和0.75。
共有2024名参与者平均年龄为33.94岁参与了本研究。所有参与者中,64.4%为女性。结果显示,65.8%的参与者知识水平良好,34.2%的参与者知识水平一般。此外,63.2%的参与者态度良好,36.8%的参与者态度一般。很大比例的参与者(90.6%)行为良好,只有9.4%的参与者行为水平一般。
目前的研究结果表明,参与者对COVID-19有相对良好的知识水平、积极的态度和良好的行为。