Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and precautionary actions against COVID-19 among medical students in Egypt

Salem, Marwa Rashad; Hanafy, Salah Hassan Al; Bayad, Ahmed T.; Abdelaziz, Shaimaa B.; Shaheen, Dina; Amin, Tarek Tawfik

doi:10.1016/j.jiph.2021.07.022

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“…Vietnamese students' common sources for seeking information on COVID-19 included social network/ online newspaper (87.61%), mass media (television/ radio) (65.85%), websites of WHO/VMOH, and scientific articles (56.98%), consistent with the results of many other studies conducted in Ecuador (scientific articles: 77.3%) [24], Moroc (social networks: 67.9%) [34], Jordan (social media: 83.4%) [35], Egypt (social media: 75.7%) [36], Ethiopia (television: 83.8%) [18], and Turkey (television: 43%) [37]. Not only Vietnamese students but also students in other countries (Indonesia [13], Bhutan [19], Pakistan [21,26,31], Moroc [34], Jordan [35], and Palestine [38]) had many practical measures which could help to prevent COVID-19, such as avoiding touching eyes/noses/mouths directly, maintaining a distance of at least one meter from others, and avoiding gathering/ going out with friends.…”

Section: Students' Practices Toward Covid-19supporting

confidence: 87%

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of university students regarding COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam

Doan

Tran

et al. 2022

BMC Public Health

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Objective This cross-sectional study investigated the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of Vietnamese university students regarding COVID-19. Methods A validated questionnaire (Cronbach's alpha = 0.71) was used to survey 1,025 students. A convenience sampling method was used for recruiting students from April to May 2022. The Wilcoxon rank-sum test and the Kruskal–Wallis rank-sum test/Dunn test for multiple comparisons were employed to compare students' KAP scores between two groups and among three groups or more, respectively. Factors associated with students' COVID-19 KAP scores were determined via univariate and multivariate linear regression models. Variables in the multivariate linear regression models were chosen using the Bayesian Model Averaging method in R software version 4.2.0. Results A majority of students had good knowledge (75.61%), positive attitudes (98.24%), and good practices toward COVID-19 (94.93%). Regarding the COVID-19 knowledge, the proportions of students who knew that mosquito bites and exposure to/eating wild animals would not lead to COVID-19 infection were not high (47.22 and 34.34%, respectively). More importantly, 70.34% of students thought that vitamins and minerals could help prevent or cure COVID-19. Antibiotics were the first choice for COVID-19 treatment of 438 students (42.73%). Nearly half of students (48.0%) bought antibiotics to keep at home in case of COVID-19 infection. The average KAP scores of medical students (19.97 ± 3.99, 45.10 ± 3.94, 9.72 ± 1.78) and females (18.67 ± 4.44, 44.79 ± 3.79, 9.36 ± 1.84) were significantly higher than those of non-medical students (16.48 ± 4.37, 43.33 ± 4.03, 8.68 ± 1.87) and males (17.01 ± 4.55, 42.79 ± 4.39, 8.77 ± 1.97), respectively (p < 0.001). Older students were more likely to have good knowledge and practices than the younger ones (p < 0.001). In addition, students using websites of the World Health Organization/the Ministry of Health and scientific articles to seek COVID-19 information were significantly associated with higher KAP scores when compared with those not using these sources (p < 0.001, p < 0.001, and p = 0.00139, respectively). Conclusion Students' KAP scores significantly varied by age, sex, major, and sources of COVID-19 information. Although many students had sufficient knowledge, positive attitudes, and good preventive practices toward COVID-19, additional education and training strategies are paramount, especially for non-medical students and males.

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Section: Students' Practices Toward Covid-19supporting

confidence: 87%

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of university students regarding COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam

Doan

Tran

et al. 2022

BMC Public Health

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“…The continents where most of the research originated were Europe, Asia, and America, with 34.1%, 26.8%, and 24.4% distributions, respectively. Meanwhile, Africa had a lesser distribution, with four studies ( 21 , 29 , 34 , 35 ) (9.8%) included.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A chain-mediation analysis of this phenomenon outlined four essential topics: altruistic motivation, prosocial encouragement, self-moral cognition, and reward ( 42 ). Included studies showed that in terms of gender, female students ( 21 , 24 , 39 , 43 , 44 ) were more likely to be involved in the pandemic control and volunteering than males ( 35 , 40 , 41 ), with a willingness proportion of 60.2% (female) vs. 52.3% (male).…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health professional student’s volunteering activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic literature review

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BackgroundThe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has forced health and education services to use additional human resources, such as health professional students. Students in the health professions, particularly those in the medical field, can participate in a variety of voluntary activities, both directly and indirectly in health services. The aim of this review was to determine the affecting factors, types of activity, and benefits of undertaking a volunteering role by the health professional student.MethodsA systematic review of health professional student volunteering during the COVID-19 pandemic was conducted using seven databases: Epistemonikos, ProQuest, Scopus, EBSCOhost, JSTOR, Cochrane Library, and PubMed. This literature search included published articles from March 2020 through to December 2021 using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) 2020 guidelines.ResultWe included 41 studies that met the selection criteria that assessed the factors and specific programs related to health profession students’ volunteering involvement during the COVID-19 pandemic era. The most frequently observed supporting factor of the eagerness to be a volunteer was the feeling of moral responsibility (such as social dedication, sense of duty, and care), potential learning opportunities, personal interest, and financial compensation. Factors that contributed to a person’s refusal to participate in a volunteer position were the fear of COVID-19 itself (such as transmission, risk of being infected, and personal identification as a risk group).ConclusionThe review of available literature has shown that understanding the motivation and barriers to the willingness of health professional students to volunteer and the impact of volunteering activities on their future lives is a key for supporting them.

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“…Some KAP surveys have specifically targeted at-risk populations such as health professionals [12]. Others targeted the youth population such as students [13][14][15].…”

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Associated factors with adherence to preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among medical students in the university of Monastir, Tunisia

Zemni

Gara

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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Introduction Medical students should act as a model for the community in terms of compliance with preventive practices toward COVID-19. The aim of this study was to assess adherence to preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among medical students and to identify its associated factors. Population and methods We conducted a cross-sectional survey in October 2020 in the faculty of medicine of Monastir. We included a representative sample of medical students during registration days for the 2020–2021 academic year. The data were collected through a self-administered anonymous questionnaire. Eleven items related to preventive practices against COVID-19 were assessed (respiratory hygiene practices (Six Item), hand hygiene practices (Three Items) and social distancing (two items)). Items were evaluated using a Likert scale of five points (from 0: (Never) to 4: (Always)). The score obtained from the sum of these items allowed to classify students into two categories: “Good compliance” if the score was ≥ 80% and “Poor compliance” if the score was less than 80%. Scores were compared according to the study population characteristics. Multivariate analysis was used to identify associated factors with good practices. The threshold of statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. Results We included 678 medical students. The average age was 21.76 (SD = 1.89 years) with a sex ratio of 0.40. The protection measures most respected by the participants were related to the respiratory hygiene: correct coverage of the nose and mouth with the mask (80%), wearing masks regardless of the presence of symptoms (73.3%) and coverage of the mouth during coughing or sneezing (76.6%). Adherence to hand hygiene measures ranged from 51.4% to 66.3%. The least respected measures were related to social distancing: distancing of at least one meter from others (31.2%) and avoiding crowded places (42.5%). An overall score ≥ 80% was obtained among 61.5% of students. Referring to multivariate analysis, variables that positively affected the overall score of preventive measures related to COVID-19 were the female sex and living alone, with Beta coefficients of 3.82 and 1.37 respectively. The perceived level of stress, E-cigarette and Chicha consumption negatively affected the score with Beta coefficients of (-0.13), (-5.11) and (-2.33) respectively. Conclusion The level of adherence to good practice among medical students was overall moderate. Awareness programs would be needed in this population, especially for men and those who smoke and vape.

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Assessment of knowledge, attitudes, and precautionary actions against COVID-19 among medical students in Egypt

Cited by 15 publications

References 17 publications

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of university students regarding COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of university students regarding COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Vietnam

Health professional student’s volunteering activities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic literature review

Associated factors with adherence to preventive behaviors related to COVID-19 among medical students in the university of Monastir, Tunisia

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