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A Cross-Sectional Study of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Towards Face Mask Use Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic Amongst University Students in Vietnam
- Source :
- Journal of Community Health
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Although Vietnam has been successful in the fight against the first wave of COVID-19, domestic outbreaks have continued to occur. Given university students constitute a significant proportion of the population in Vietnam, to improve the prevention and control of COVID-19 in Vietnam and comparable countries, we examined their knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards face mask use which is an important preventive measure and the association between the levels of COVID-19 knowledge and KAP towards face mask use. A cross-sectional survey was conducted on all students studying at Phenikaa University, Hanoi, using a self-developed questionnaire consisted of 42 questions regarding KAP towards face mask use as well as reuse of cloth mask, and COVID-19 knowledge. Among 728 participants, 40.9% (298/728) were male, 63.2% (460/728) were from health-related faculties, 46% (335/728) lived in urban areas, and 51.9% (378) had good levels of COVID-19 knowledge. Regarding face mask, most (89.7%, 653/728) participants had good knowledge scores, 72.8% (530/728) had positive attitudes, and 76.5% (557/728) had good practice scores. The most common types of masks used were surgical mask (57.6%, 419/728), followed by non-antibacterial cloth mask (23.1%, 168/728). Among 168 participants using non-antibacterial cloth mask, 43.5% reused masks (73/168), of whom 6.8% (5/73) did not wash their masks at least daily. Face mask use knowledge was statistically associated with COVID-19 knowledge (P
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Health (social science)
Community education
Universities
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Cross-sectional study
Vietnamese
Population
Face (sociological concept)
03 medical and health sciences
Face mask
0302 clinical medicine
Pregnancy
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Students
education
Pandemics
Original Paper
education.field_of_study
030505 public health
SARS-CoV-2
Masks
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
COVID-19
language.human_language
University students
Surgical mask
Cross-Sectional Studies
Vietnam
KAP
Family medicine
language
Female
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15733610 and 00945145
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Community Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....21617bce343ad5f54af6ca14a66d3761