Mamo Ayele, Hassen Mesud M, Adem Ahmednur, Teferu Zinash, Kumbi Musa, Husen Abduljewad, Solomon Damtew, Lette Abate, Hailu Sintayew, Sinba Edao, Abduletif Abdushakur M, Kassim Jeylan, Walle Gashaw, Atlaw Daniel
Pharmacy Department, Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale-Goba, Ethiopia.
Public Health Department, Madda Walabu University Goba Referral Hospital, Bale-Goba, Ethiopia.
SAGE Open Med. 2021 Jul 21;9:20503121211034384. doi: 10.1177/20503121211034384. eCollection 2021.
Coronavirus disease is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which poses therapeutic dilemmas. Some suggestions for drug treatment seem problematic. Beliefs about the causes of health problems are determinants of treatment seeking decisions. Hence, one of the alternatives for the solution of health problems is employing traditional medicine to prevent coronavirus disease 19.
To assess the knowledge, attitude, and utilization of drugs toward the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic among Bale zone residents.
Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among the Bale Zone population from May 30 to June 30, 2020. Eight hundred fifty-four participants were selected using a single population formula, and a multistage sampling technique was employed. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. Descriptive and binary logistic regression was used to analyze the outcomes. A p value ⩽ 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Out of the total 854 respondents, about 534 (62.5%) got information about coronavirus disease 19 from TV/radio. More than two-thirds (71.9%) of the respondents have known that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has no curative drugs, and 65.4% had a more appropriate attitude toward overall drug use in coronavirus disease 19. Level of education and, attitude towards drug use were singnificantly associated with knowledge of drugs, source of information about coronavirus disease 19 and having good practice were significantly associated with atittude toward drug utilization.
One out of two study participants have good knowledge regarding drugs to the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic. Illiterate people in the community were identified to have poor knowledge about drugs, hence community educuation program is important to improve the knowledge about drugs towards the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic.
冠状病毒病是由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2引起的一种高度传染性和致病性的病毒感染，这带来了治疗难题。一些药物治疗建议似乎存在问题。对健康问题原因的看法是寻求治疗决策的决定因素。因此，解决健康问题的替代方法之一是使用传统医学来预防新型冠状病毒肺炎。
评估巴勒地区居民对新型冠状病毒肺炎大流行的药物知识、态度和使用情况。
于2020年5月30日至6月30日在巴勒地区人群中开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。使用单一总体公式选取了854名参与者，并采用多阶段抽样技术。使用SPSS 25.0版软件对数据进行分析。采用描述性和二元逻辑回归分析结果。p值≤0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
在854名受访者中，约534人（62.5%）通过电视/广播获得了有关新型冠状病毒肺炎的信息。超过三分之二（71.9%）的受访者知道严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2没有治愈药物，65.4%的受访者对新型冠状病毒肺炎的总体药物使用态度较为恰当。教育程度和对药物使用的态度与药物知识显著相关，有关新型冠状病毒肺炎的信息来源和良好的实践与药物使用态度显著相关。
每两名研究参与者中就有一人对新型冠状病毒肺炎大流行的药物有良好的了解。社区中的文盲人群被发现对药物了解不足，因此社区教育计划对于提高对新型冠状病毒肺炎大流行的药物知识很重要。
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