Clin Lab. 2022 Jan 1;68(1). doi: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2021.210520.
COVID-19 affects millions of people worldwide so WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2020. Since the vaccine is in the early trial phase and until it proves its efficacy, the need of finding alternative methods, which can help to curb this pandemic is urgent, so its prevention depends on standard infection control measures. This study's aim is to assess the knowledge, awareness, and practice level of Taif population towards Corona Virus disease - 2019 (COVID-19) sterilization.
A cross sectional study was conducted on 504 participants by administering a well-structured questionnaire comprising three sections including demographics, knowledge, attitude, and practice among the general population in Taif governorate KSA, over a duration of three months from July until September 2020. The descriptive analysis was carried out for demographics and dependent variables using the statistical program for social sciences. The t-test was used to detect any relationship between knowledge and practice score percentage of the general population response with respect to their gender and level of education. A p-value of < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
A total of 504 respondents willingly participated in the survey, there is a highly significant difference in the knowledge score percentage in respondents aged between 41 - 60 years old in comparison to the age group < 20 - 40 years old also between urban residence in comparison to rural residence, and a highly significant difference in the knowledge and practice score percentage in post graduate respondents in comparison to undergraduate. In addition, there was a significant difference in the practice score percentage in respondents aged between 41 - 60 years old in comparison to age group < 20 - 40, and a highly significant difference was seen in the practice score percentage in respondents living in urban areas in comparison to rural areas.
The suggestion of this study was that knowledge and practice gaps among population, especially in the young age group, had to be covered by holding training programs through workshops or to include courses in the curriculum of ministry of health.
COVID-19 影响了全球数百万人，因此世界卫生组织于 2020 年 3 月 11 日宣布 COVID-19 大流行。由于疫苗处于早期试验阶段，在证明其疗效之前，迫切需要寻找其他方法来遏制这种大流行，因此其预防取决于标准的感染控制措施。本研究旨在评估塔伊夫人群对 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）消毒的知识、意识和实践水平。
通过在沙特阿拉伯塔伊夫省的三个月时间内（2020 年 7 月至 9 月）向 504 名参与者发放包含三个部分的精心设计的问卷，进行了一项横断面研究，其中包括人口统计学、知识、态度和一般人群的实践。使用社会科学统计程序对人口统计学和因变量进行描述性分析。使用 t 检验检测一般人群对知识和实践评分百分比的响应与他们的性别和教育水平之间的任何关系。p 值<0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
共有 504 名受访者自愿参加了调查，年龄在 41-60 岁的受访者的知识评分百分比与 20-40 岁以下的年龄组之间存在显著差异，城市居民与农村居民之间也存在显著差异，以及在研究生受访者中，知识和实践评分百分比与本科生相比存在显著差异。此外，年龄在 41-60 岁的受访者与年龄在 20-40 岁以下的受访者之间在实践评分百分比方面存在显著差异，城市地区的受访者与农村地区的受访者之间在实践评分百分比方面存在显著差异。
本研究建议，必须通过举办研讨会或在卫生部课程中纳入课程来开展培训计划，以填补人口，特别是年轻人群中的知识和实践差距。
