Burdening of healthcare system by expected second wave of COVID-19 with influenza co-infection

Bhatt, Kinal; Sanchez-Gonzalez, Marcos A.

doi:10.33425/2693-1516.1008

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“…Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious illness that has killed many people across the globe ( 1 ). As of 7 th May 2022, globally, there have been 600,875,353 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,486,034 deaths, and a total of 11,562,157,794 vaccine doses have been administered.…”

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Compliance level toward COVID-19 preventive measures and associated factors among the Ambo University community, 2021

Roga

Bekele²,

Gonfa³

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThe coronavirus illness is a highly contagious viral infection with serious health consequences that has occurred all around the world. Application of COVID-19 prevention precautions and social interventions by the general public are critical to successfully combating the epidemic. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the level of compliance and associated factors with COVID-19 prevention strategies.MethodsA facility based cross-sectional study was conducted from June 01 to August 30, 2021 on a sample of 380 randomly selected Ambo University community members. A self-administered structuralized questionnaire was used to collect the data. The determining factors with the level of compliance were finally identified using a multivariate logistic regression model. The association was reported using odds ratios with a 95% CI, and significance was declared using a P < 0.05.ResultsA total of 378 respondents participated in the study with a response rate of 98.9%. Most of the respondents, 75.7%, 57.9%, 47.4%, 61.9% had good knowledge, favorable attitude, good practice and good compliance toward COVID-19 preventive measures, respectively. In participants aged between 18 and 30 [AOR = AOR = 2.23, 95% CI: (1.13, 4.41)], good knowledge [AOR = 2.64, 95% CI: (1.46, 4.78)], favorable attitude [AOR = 4.5, 95% CI: (2.63, 7.71)], and good practice [AOR = 2.98, 95% CI: (1.82, 4.89)] were significantly associated with good compliance toward COVID-19 preventive measures.Conclusion and recommendationDespite the fact that COVID-19 is a global and national priority, the preventive measures were not sufficiently followed. Therefore, it is essential to continue working on the community's knowledge, practices, and attitude about COVID-19 preventive measures through media campaigns, which will ultimately increase compliance. Additionally, the concerned stakeholders should consider the required interventions for the strongly associated factors that have been discovered in this current study.

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