Corona pandemic: awareness of health care providers in Pakistan

Minhas, Sadia; Chaudhry, Rabia Mushtaq; Sajjad, Aneequa; Manzoor, Iram; Masood, Atika; Kashif, Muhammad

doi:10.3934/publichealth.2020044

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“…Not surprisingly, most of the participants in the study were housewives. This result is in contrast with the results of a study carried out in Pakistan in which it was shown that men had a better attitude towards the prevention of infection than women [ 30 ]. The current study showed that mass media (e.g., radio, TV, etc.)…”

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confidence: 99%

“…still have a greater and essential impact on people’s awareness and attitude than virtual networking applications [ 32 ]. This finding contrasts with the findings of a study in Pakistan in which most participants would get their information from social media [ 30 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The current study showed a significant relationship between citizens’ awareness and performance as well as the level of education, but in another study in Pakistan, the level of education differed from the awareness of participants [ 30 ]. Another study in Vietnam also found a link between occupation and awareness in which pharmacists had the highest level of awareness about this disease [ 34 ].…”

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confidence: 74%

“…However, it should be mentioned that, thus far, no study has been conducted for this purpose in Qom. Since women constituted the majority of participants as in other similar studies and subsequently had higher awareness and performance scores than men [ 29 , 30 , 31 ], it might be concluded that women care more about their own and family health. It is worth saying that we did not impose any limitations other than that pertaining to “over the age of 20”.…”

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confidence: 75%

“…According to some of the above-mentioned studies [ 29 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 ], the awareness and performance levels of most participants were satisfactory to some extent. Therefore, training to control and prevent the spread of this virus must move in a direction that it could not only maintain this process but also increase awareness and performance.…”

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Awareness and Performance towards Proper Use of Disinfectants to Prevent COVID-19: The Case of Iran

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This study aimed to assess the awareness and performance of Qom citizens towards using disinfectants and compared its relationship with geographical distribution of COVID-19 outbreak in Qom, Iran. The study was conducted by a researcher-made questionnaire during April and May, 2020. COVID-19 incidence data for each district of city was obtained from health department of Qom province. Data were analyzed using Excel, SPSS and ArcView (GIS) softwares. It was found that the highest level of citizens’ awareness (52%) was in the weak range while their performance (56%) was in the good range. According to Spearman’s correlation analysis, there was a strong correlation (rho 0.95) between the total mean of awareness and performance (p < 0.01). The highest incidence rate of COVID-19 was in district 7 which had the lowest mean score in both awareness and performance. In addition, the results of ANOVA (LSD—least significant difference) showed that there was a significant difference (p < 0.05) between district 7—with lower mean scores in awareness and performance—and other districts. Overall, it is concluded that citizens’ awareness level was lower than that of their performance. This conclusion not only calls for more training programs to be implemented in public places, schools, universities and governmental offices, but it also necessitates maintaining a proper and timely training about using disinfectants.

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The relationship between knowledge, attitude, and practice of plasma donation with age and gender as moderators: a cross-sectional survey

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Saeed

Hamid

et al. 2023

Annals of Medicine &Amp; Surgery

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Introduction: Convalescent plasma therapy has gained worldwide notoriety since its inception as a form of soul treatment for terminally ill patients. This study investigates the link between knowledge, attitude, and practice of plasma donation while simultaneously probing the moderative role of age and gender in this context. Method: A cross-sectional study was undertaken in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on COVID-19-recovered patients (coronavirus disease 2019). In all, 383 persons were chosen using simple random sampling. A prestructured questionnaire was first validated and then used as a tool for data collection. jMetrik version 4.1.1 and SPSS version 26 were used to enter and analyze the data. Reliability analysis, hierarchal regression, and logistic regression analysis were applied. Results: A total of 85.1% and 58.2% of 383 individuals had a favorable attitude and sufficient knowledge toward plasma donation, respectively. Plasma donation was observed in 109 (28.5%) of the individuals. Plasma donation practice was shown to be strongly related to plasma donation attitude [adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=4.48; P<0.05] and knowledge (AOR=3.78; P<0.001). Females who had more plasma donation knowledge and attitude tend to donate more compared to males. However, no interactional effect of gender×knowledge and attitude, and age×knowledge and attitude was found with plasma donation practice. Conclusion: Plasma donation was uncommon, even though the majority of individuals had a good mindset and were well-informed. Fear of getting a health problem was linked to the decreased practice.

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Evaluation of awareness and performance towards COVID-related disinfectant use among the university communities in Lebanon

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Safwan,

Kerek

et al. 2023

BMC Public Health

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Background The fast spread of COVID-19 reinforced the daily use of disinfectants around the world. However, the awareness gap of disinfectant use could lead to health risks during the prevention of the pandemic. This study aims to assess the level of awareness and performance towards COVID-related disinfectant use among various university communities (student, staff, and faculty) in Lebanon. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2021 and June 2022 among 925 participants (males and females aged between 18 and 64 years old) from academic settings in Lebanese universities using convenience sampling. An online validated survey (score-based questionnaire) of personal disinfectants’ utilization was conducted to evaluate the awareness and performance levels using SPSS (version 21). Mann–Whitney and Kruskal–Wallis tests were used to check significant differences in awareness and performance levels among gender, age, provinces, educational level, university status, and field of study. Friedman test was used to test for significant differences in performance level questions pre-and post-COVID-19. The Spearman correlation test was used to determine the correlation between the awareness and performance of the respondents regarding the use of disinfectants. Results: It was found that the majority of the respondents showed a weak level of awareness (70.8%) while their performance (61.9%) was moderate. Spearman’s correlation analysis concluded a weak correlation between the awareness and performance levels (p < 0.01). The Mann–Whitney test indicated that there was a significant difference (p < 0.05) in awareness and performance levels between males and females. Another notable variable was the educational level of the respondents (p < 0.05) with postgraduate degrees holders recording higher mean scores of awareness than the ones with undergraduate and high school degrees as per Kruskal–Wallis test. Significant differences were shown in awareness scores among the age groups and in performance scores among the field of study (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The study findings highlighted the necessity of awareness campaigns and training programs addressing the technical handling of disinfectants among the communities in Lebanon. Lebanese governmental authorities (Ministry of Public Health, MoPH, and Ministry of Education and Higher Education, MEHE), and the healthcare professionals and public health researchers in Lebanon may utilize this new evidence to initiate public health interventions as a part of the United Nations (UN) sustainability goal of wellbeing (Sustainable Development Goal 3, SDG 3).

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Corona pandemic: awareness of health care providers in Pakistan

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Awareness and Performance towards Proper Use of Disinfectants to Prevent COVID-19: The Case of Iran

Awareness and Performance towards Proper Use of Disinfectants to Prevent COVID-19: The Case of Iran

The relationship between knowledge, attitude, and practice of plasma donation with age and gender as moderators: a cross-sectional survey

Evaluation of awareness and performance towards COVID-related disinfectant use among the university communities in Lebanon

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