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Knowledge, attitude, and practice related to the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical students in Indonesia: a nationwide cross-sectional study
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2022), PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1, p e0262827 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2021.
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Abstract
- Introduction The potential role of medical students in raising awareness during public health emergencies has been acknowledged. To further explore their potentials as public educators and role models for the communities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of these students toward COVID-19. Methods An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among undergraduate medical students in Indonesia. Socio-demographics characteristics, social interaction history, information-seeking behavior, as well as knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 were collected through a self-reported questionnaire. A p-value of Results Out of 4870 respondents, 64.9% had positive attitude and 51.5% had positive practice toward COVID-19, while only 29.8% had adequate knowledge. Knowledge was slightly positively correlated with attitude and practice (ρ = 0.074 and ρ = 0.054, respectively; both p Conclusion Many undergraduate medical students in Indonesia had positive attitude and practice against COVID-19, yet only a few had adequate knowledge. This warrants further interventions to keep them updated with COVID-19 evidence to maximize their potentials in raising public awareness on COVID-19.
- Subjects :
- Male
Viral Diseases
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Students, Medical
Epidemiology
Cross-sectional study
Psychological intervention
Social Sciences
Geographical Locations
Medical Conditions
Sociology
Psychological Attitudes
Surveys and Questionnaires
Pandemic
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Public and Occupational Health
Human Families
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Multidisciplinary
Age Factors
Social Communication
Infectious Diseases
Social Networks
Social Perception
Medicine
Female
Network Analysis
Research Article
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Computer and Information Sciences
medicine.medical_specialty
Asia
Universities
Science
media_common.quotation_subject
Oceania
Family income
Young Adult
Sex Factors
Perception
medicine
Humans
Pandemics
Medical education
SARS-CoV-2
Public health
Biology and Life Sciences
COVID-19
Covid 19
Communications
Social relation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Indonesia
People and Places
Residence
Social Media
Subjects
Details
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1 (2022), PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 1, p e0262827 (2022)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a4a9d773642defe65cf1a0264d5eb640