Background: It is necessary to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic for good management and intervention. Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate the KAP of the public population regarding COVID-19 in the southeastern region of Iran. Methods: A self-constructed questionnaire based on the literature was developed. The items were asked from the participants via a telephone interview in Zahedan, Iran, during September and October 2020. This study evaluated the association of demographic and socioeconomic information using KAP scales. The data were analyzed using SPSS software (version 20.00). A significance level of 0.05 was considered for the study. Results: A total of 524 participants accepted to have an interview via telephone in the study. About 17% and 10.10% of the participants had poor and excellent knowledge, respectively. Moreover, 72.9% and 66.6% of the respondents had good knowledge and attitude, respectively. The practice was good in 42.4%of the participants. Overall, 73.3% of the subjects had good KAP. Gender had a significant association with attitude toward COVID-19 (χ2 = 18.85; P < 0.001). Place of living did not have any significant association with all scales and overall KAP. Marital status had a significant association with attitude (χ2 = 15.89; P = 0.003), practice (χ2 = 9.60; P = 0.048), and KAP (χ2 = 18.64; P < 0.001) of COVID-19. Education had a significant association with attitude (χ2 = 19.58; P = 0.012), practice (χ2 = 20.26; P < 0.001), and KAP (χ2 = 28.98; P < 0.001) regarding COVID-19. Occupation had a significant association with knowledge (χ2 = 26.94; P < 0.001), practice (χ2 = 15.65; P = 0.017), and KAP (χ2 = 22.29; P < 0.001) regarding COVID-19. Conclusions: The majority of the participants had great knowledge, a positive state of attitude, and acceptable practice. Although the findings are reasonable, it is recommended that the public should proceed to reinforce knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19.
Introduction: Enuresis is a common problem with multiple causes in children. The aim of the present study was to establish the prevalence of enuresis among school population and its psychology and emotional associated factors. Methods:Clustering sampling was used to collect 2000 schoolchildren from city Zahedan. A research made questionnaire was applied as a tool for data collection. All parents were informed about the aims of study and signed the consent form. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS 19.0. Odds ratio and χ2 tests were used with the level of significance as P=0.05. The power of the statistical analysis was 80 percent. Results:The prevalence of enuresis is 17.18% for boys and 11.82% for girls, and the overall prevalence is 14%.parental divorce, parental death, Physical punishment, living with step parents (parental divorce, computer game, watching horror movie and stress and domestic violence had significant correlation with enuresis. psychological factors such as death of a brother or sister, new baby, smoking in the family, drinking coffee and tea were factors that didn't show any correlation with enuresis. Conclusion:The differences in the prevalence rate reported by various countries can be attributed to criteria and age ranges, definition of enuresis, genetic predisposition, and traditional with cultural background. Primary health caregivers must be educated according to their society's condition to elicit a detailed history and explaining detrimental effects of enuresis and its association with body mass index to present true information about the medications and cares to the parents.
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