Azene Abebaw Gedef, Workie Mekuanint Simeneh, Aragaw Abiba Mihret
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Department of Mathematical and Statistical Modeling (Statistics), Bahir Dar Institute of Technology-Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Curr Ther Res Clin Exp. 2021;94:100633. doi: 10.1016/j.curtheres.2021.100633. Epub 2021 May 6.
Coronavirus disease is a major global public health problem. The contagious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was declared a pandemic following the outbreak of cases of respiratory illness during 2019. Although studies assessed COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practice in Ethiopia the findings were highly variable and inconsistent.
This study assessed the pooled status of knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices regarding COVID-19 in Ethiopia.
International and national electronic databases, including PubMed/MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Google, were systematically searched. All observational studies on COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices in Ethiopia were included. We assessed heterogeneity among the included studies using the Cochrane test statistics and test. Lastly, a random-effects meta-analysis model was fitted to estimate the pooled proportion of knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices toward COVID-19 in Ethiopia.
Our search identified 206 studies, 13 of which were included in the final analysis. Adequate knowledge, good attitude, and good prevention practice toward COVID-19 in Ethiopia were observed in 70.25% (95% CI, 61.82%-78.02%), 69.08% (95% CI, 55.42%-81.24%), and 41.62% (95% CI, 27.77%-56.17%) of total participants across studies, respectively.
The results of this study revealed low proportions of adequate knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices toward COVID-19 in Ethiopia. The lowest pooled proportion was observed in the Amhara region. These findings indicate the need to revise plans and policies to improve the knowledge, attitudes, and prevention practices of people toward COVID-19 in Ethiopia, especially in the Amhara region. (Curr Ther Res Clin Exp. 2021; 82:XXX-XXX) © 2021 Elsevier HS Journals, Inc.
冠状病毒病是一个重大的全球公共卫生问题。由新发现的冠状病毒引起的传染病,即2019冠状病毒病(COVID-19),在2019年呼吸道疾病病例爆发后被宣布为大流行病。尽管有研究评估了埃塞俄比亚对COVID-19的知识、态度和实践,但研究结果差异很大且不一致。
本研究评估了埃塞俄比亚关于COVID-19的知识、态度和预防实践的综合状况。
系统检索了国际和国内电子数据库,包括PubMed/MEDLINE、EMBASE、护理学与健康相关文献累积索引、谷歌学术、科学Direct和谷歌。纳入了所有关于埃塞俄比亚COVID-19知识、态度和预防实践的观察性研究。我们使用Cochrane检验统计量和检验评估纳入研究之间的异质性。最后,采用随机效应荟萃分析模型来估计埃塞俄比亚对COVID-19的知识、态度和预防实践的综合比例。
我们的检索共识别出206项研究,其中13项纳入最终分析。在各研究的所有参与者中,分别有70.25%(95%CI,61.82%-78.02%)、69.08%(95%CI,55.42%-81.24%)和41.62%(95%CI,27.77%-56.17%)对COVID-19有充分的知识、良好的态度和良好的预防实践。
本研究结果显示,埃塞俄比亚对COVID-19有充分知识、态度和预防实践的比例较低。阿姆哈拉地区的综合比例最低。这些发现表明需要修订计划和政策,以提高埃塞俄比亚民众对COVID-19的知识、态度和预防实践,特别是在阿姆哈拉地区。(《当前治疗研究与临床实验》。2021年;82:XXX-XXX) 2021爱思唯尔HS期刊公司