Jangra Mandeep Kumar, Saxena Akanksha, Anurag Praharsh
Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation, Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India.
Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2021 Jul-Sep;11:100748. doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2021.100748. Epub 2021 Apr 21.
Despite the various preventive guidelines and recommendation for infection control, the COVID-19 is spreading very extensively. So it becomes essential for healthcare professionals to have proper knowledge and awareness of it. The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge and Awareness among Physiotherapy students to combat COVID-19.
A total of 203 participants from MMIPR, MM(DU), Mullana completed a questionnaire based survey on the Knowledge and Awareness among Physiotherapy students to Combat COVID-19. The questionnaire was self-administrated and distributed through WhatsApp. Convenient sampling method was used for data collection and the distributions of responses were presented as frequencies and percentages.
A total of 203 physiotherapy students participated in this survey (143 females & 60 males), forming a response rate of 53.4% (203 participated out of 380). The overall awareness for all the participants was adequate with 73.1% reporting correct answers. The findings of this study revealed that 93% of subjects (score more than 60%) have good knowledge and awareness to combat COVID-19. However, only 49% knew the correct name of the virus causing COVID-19 infection, only 41% of participants were aware about the diagnostic measures, and only 25.6% were aware of the treatment strategies. 91% of the respondents uses 'Aarogya Setu' app, while 85% says agrees that it helps to know more about the social distancing.
We conclude that physiotherapy students of MMIPR, MM(DU), Mullana (Ambala) were well aware about the knowledge on COVID-19 infection and its preventive measures.
尽管有各种感染控制的预防指南和建议，但新冠病毒仍在广泛传播。因此，医疗保健专业人员对其有适当的知识和认识变得至关重要。本研究的目的是评估物理治疗专业学生对抗击新冠病毒的知识和认识水平。
来自MMIPR、MM（DU）、穆拉纳的203名参与者完成了一项关于物理治疗专业学生对抗击新冠病毒的知识和认识的问卷调查。问卷采用自填式，并通过WhatsApp分发。采用方便抽样法收集数据，回答分布以频率和百分比表示。
共有203名物理治疗专业学生参与了本次调查（143名女性和60名男性），回复率为53.4%（380名中有203名参与）。所有参与者的总体认识足够，73.1%的人报告答案正确。本研究结果显示，93%的受试者（得分超过60%）对抗击新冠病毒有良好的知识和认识。然而，只有49%的人知道导致新冠病毒感染的病毒的正确名称，只有41%的参与者了解诊断措施，只有25.6%的人了解治疗策略。91%的受访者使用“Aarogya Setu”应用程序，而85%的人表示同意该应用程序有助于更多地了解社交距离。
我们得出结论，MMIPR、MM（DU）、穆拉纳（安巴拉）的物理治疗专业学生对新冠病毒感染的知识及其预防措施有充分的认识。
