51. Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practices and Risk Factors Regarding COVID-19 Among Pakistanis Residents During a Recent Outbreak: A Cross-Sectional Survey
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Ubaid Ur Rahman Qureshi, Muhammad Naveed, Aisha Khan, Muhammad Arif Nadeem Saqib, Haroon Ahmed, Muhammad Jabbar, Sadia Saleem, Muhammad Sohail Afzal, Sarmad Zahoor, and Rana Muhammad Kamran Shabbir
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Adult ,Male ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Health (social science) ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Cross-sectional study ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Health(social science) ,Disease Outbreaks ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Practices ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Loyalty ,Humans ,Pakistan ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Risk factor ,Young adult ,media_common ,Community based ,Original Paper ,030505 public health ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,COVID-19 ,Outbreak ,Correlation ,Knowledge ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Attitude ,Female ,Health education ,0305 other medical science ,Psychology ,Demography - Abstract
Exceptional precautionary measures have been adopted to stop the transmission and control of COVID-19 through the world and Pakistan is facing lockdown in this scenario. Public loyalty to precautionary measures is affected by their knowledge, attitude, risk factors and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19. The present study was conducted among the Pakistani residents to observe the knowledge, attitude, practices and risk factors towards COVID-19 outbreak in Pakistan. A questionnaire was designed, and a cross-sectional survey was conducted among participants of the study area. Participants were asked the questions regarding knowledge, attitude, practices and risk factors towards COVID-19. Data were analyzed by SPSS and t/F test and correlation was applied among the knowledge, attitude, risk factors and practices. A total of 1060 questionnaires were received. 1004 were included while 56 were excluded. The highest representation was from Punjab province (65.6%), female (63%) and age group of 21–30 years (62.1%). Most participants were single (85%), Muslim (99.4%), Urdu speaking (45.6%) and were graduates (51.5%). Most of the participants were students (52.9%) and were from economically middle-class families (40.8%). The knowledge was positively correlated with attitude and practices whereas negatively correlated with risk factors (P
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- 2020