Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Dec;28(13):S69-S75. doi: 10.3201/eid2813.220728.
We conducted 4,863 mobile phone and 1,715 face-to-face interviews of adults >18 years residing in Pakistan during June 2021-January 2022 that focused on opinions and practices related to COVID-19. Of those surveyed, 26.3% thought COVID-19 was inevitable, and 16.8% had tested for COVID-19. Survey participants who considered COVID-19 an inevitability shared such traits as urban residency, concerns about COVID-19, and belief that the virus is a serious medical threat. Survey respondents who had undergone COVID-19 testing shared similarities regarding employment status, education, mental health screening, and the consideration of COVID-19 as an inevitable disease. From this survey, we modeled suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases and found nearly 3 times as many suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases than had been reported. Our research also suggested undertesting for COVID-19 even in the presence of COVID-19 symptoms. Further research might help uncover the reasons behind undertesting and underreporting of COVID-19 in Pakistan.
我们在 2021 年 6 月至 2022 年 1 月期间对居住在巴基斯坦的 >18 岁成年人进行了 4863 次手机调查和 1715 次面对面访谈,重点关注与 COVID-19 相关的意见和做法。在接受调查的人群中,26.3%的人认为 COVID-19 是不可避免的,16.8%的人接受了 COVID-19 检测。认为 COVID-19 不可避免的调查参与者具有城市居住、对 COVID-19 的担忧以及认为该病毒是严重医疗威胁等特征。接受 COVID-19 检测的调查受访者在就业状况、教育程度、心理健康筛查以及将 COVID-19 视为不可避免的疾病方面存在相似之处。根据这项调查,我们对疑似和确诊的 COVID-19 病例进行了建模,发现疑似和确诊的 COVID-19 病例数几乎是报告病例数的 3 倍。我们的研究还表明,即使出现 COVID-19 症状,COVID-19 的检测也不足。进一步的研究可能有助于揭示巴基斯坦 COVID-19 检测不足和报告不足的原因。