Col ASM Zulfiquer Ali, M Phil Course Member, AFMI, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail:
Mymensingh Med J. 2022 Apr;31(2):512-521.
Corona viruses are a large group of viruses that are responsible for sickness starting from mild common cold to extremely severe form of diseases. Prevention is the best method to control COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization recommended that generating awareness by enriching knowledge of people to rule out COVID-19. To find out the level of knowledge and status of preventive practice on COVID-19 among Civil employees of Central Ordnance Depot (COD) and Central Mechanical Transport Depot (CMTD) of Dhaka Cantonment. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 151 civil employees of COD (Central Ordnance Depot) and CMTD (Central Mechanical Transport Depot), Dhaka cantonment from July 2020 to June 2021. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Data collection was done by face to face interview with using semi-structured questionnaire. The mean age of the respondent was 37.94±10.12 years. Among the respondents 84.8% were male, rest 15.2% were female. Mean score of knowledge highest (17.73) in 18-29 years age group, in female (17.83), 2nd class employee (18.00) and those qualified in graduation and above (17.27). Regarding level of knowledge 77.48% respondents had excellent knowledge, of which most of them were doing practice. The association between knowledge and preventive practice of COVID-19 on hand washing (p=0.01), wearing face mask (p=0.000), maintaining social distance (p=0.002) were found statistically significant. In this study most of the respondents had 'excellent' and 'good' level of knowledge on COVID-19, of which most of them were doing practice. There are some, those who had knowledge but not doing practice. On the other hand some had no knowledge on particular event of COVID-19, but were doing practice unknowingly.
冠状病毒是一大类病毒，可导致从轻度普通感冒到严重疾病等各种疾病。预防是控制 COVID-19 大流行的最佳方法。世界卫生组织建议通过丰富人们的知识来提高认识，以排除 COVID-19。了解达卡营地中央弹药库（COD）和中央机械运输仓库（CMTD）的文职人员对 COVID-19 的知识水平和预防实践状况。本描述性横断面研究于 2020 年 7 月至 2021 年 6 月在 COD（中央弹药库）和 CMTD（中央机械运输仓库）的 151 名文职人员中进行。使用系统随机抽样技术选择受访者。通过使用半结构化问卷进行面对面访谈收集数据。受访者的平均年龄为 37.94±10.12 岁。在受访者中，84.8%为男性，其余 15.2%为女性。知识得分最高（17.73）的是 18-29 岁年龄组的女性（17.83）、二等员工（18.00）和毕业及以上学历者（17.27）。关于知识水平，77.48%的受访者具有出色的知识水平，其中大多数人都在进行实践。在洗手（p=0.01）、戴口罩（p=0.000）、保持社交距离（p=0.002）方面，知识与 COVID-19 预防实践之间存在统计学显著关联。在这项研究中，大多数受访者对 COVID-19 具有“出色”和“良好”的知识水平，其中大多数人都在进行实践。有些受访者有知识但不进行实践。另一方面，有些人对 COVID-19 的特定事件没有知识，但却在不知不觉中进行了实践。
