Dimassi Hani, Haddad Rita, Awada Rana, Mattar Lama, Hassan Hussein F
School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Byblos.
Department of Natural Sciences, Nutrition Program, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut.
Ital J Food Saf. 2021 Jul 26;10(2):9384. doi: 10.4081/ijfs.2021.9384. eCollection 2021 Jun 25.
The aim of this study was to assess the level of food hygiene and food shopping knowledge and practices among residents of Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to identify their socio-demographic determinants. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire composed of 13 questions about demographics, and 25 questions related to knowledge and practices in terms of hand maintenance, mask placing, and food shopping. A total of 1337 participants filled the survey. On average, participants scored 73±15 and 67±17% on food hygiene and knowledge and practices, respectively. In terms of best practices by section, they scored 77±22, 51±42, and 65±23% on hand maintenance, mask placing and shopping, respectively. Hand maintenance best practices score was significantly (p<0.05) affected by gender; mask placing best practices score was significantly affected by age and major of study; shopping best practices score was significantly affected by gender; overall best practices score was significantly affected by gender and major of study; food hygiene knowledge score was significantly affected by gender, age, marital status, educational level, and major of study. Food hygiene practices and knowledge scores were significantly (p<0.001) related with a weak correlation coefficient (R=0.114). No study has determined the food hygiene and shopping knowledge and practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in a developing country before.
本研究的目的是评估新冠疫情期间黎巴嫩居民的食品卫生水平、食品购物知识及行为，并确定其社会人口学决定因素。通过一份在线问卷进行了一项横断面研究，问卷包含13个关于人口统计学的问题，以及25个与手部清洁、佩戴口罩和食品购物方面的知识及行为相关的问题。共有1337名参与者填写了该调查问卷。参与者在食品卫生、知识及行为方面的平均得分分别为73±15%和67±17%。按部分来看最佳行为得分，他们在手部清洁、佩戴口罩和购物方面的得分分别为77±22%、51±42%和65±23%。手部清洁最佳行为得分受性别显著影响（p<0.05）；佩戴口罩最佳行为得分受年龄和专业显著影响；购物最佳行为得分受性别显著影响；总体最佳行为得分受性别和专业显著影响；食品卫生知识得分受性别、年龄、婚姻状况、教育水平和专业显著影响。食品卫生行为和知识得分显著相关（p<0.001），相关系数较弱（R=0.114）。此前尚无研究确定发展中国家在新冠疫情期间的食品卫生及购物知识与行为情况。
