COVID-19 Awareness Among Healthcare Students and Professionals in Mumbai Metropolitan Region: A Questionnaire-Based Survey

Modi, Pranav; Nair, Girija; Uppe, Abhay; Modi, Janhavi; Tuppekar, Balaji; Gharpure, Amit S; Langade, Deepak

doi:10.7759/cureus.7514

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“…This result is consistent with other study that reported lack of knowledge about the causative agent among health science students in India [13]. A worrisome result in this research is that more than half of the participants did not know that novel coronavirus can transmitted by respiratory droplets when an infected person sneeze or cough, which is inconsistent with the results of Pranav D. et al, [13] who stated that more than 90% of students had knowledge of the transmission of novel coronavirus. Unaware of route of transmission of novel coronavirus infection will have negative influence on the control of the infection.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

“…In the present study, only 38% of the respondents did know that washing hands with regular soap and water can help in prevention of disease transmission. However, better finding was reported from the Mumbai study (88.7%) [13].The reason behind such difference may be because some participant of the Mumbai study received hand hygiene training. Another important result revealed that only 26.3% students knew that the spread of the disease prevented by maintaining least 6 feet distance from anyone who is coughing or sneezing.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 66%

“…Only 43.4% of the participants knew that health care professional providing care to 2019-nCoV cases should ware personal protective (masks, gloves and shoe cover, hair cover and aprons), which is again a major sign of concern. On the contrary Pranav D. et al (2020) in India reported that 86.3% of the respondents had sufficient knowledge towards personal protective use during care to 2019-nCoV cases [13]. Possible reasons that can be attributed to this difference of response are demographic difference of the study population and study area.…”

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confidence: 85%

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Knowledge regarding 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among final year health science students at Arbaminch College of Health Sciences, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Taddele¹,

Taye²,

Chisha³

et al. 2020

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Introduction In January 2020, World Health Organization declared the outbreak of novel coronavirus a pandemic (global health emergency). The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge about novel coronavirus and its determinant factors among health science students at Arbaminch Health Sciences College, Southwest Ethiopia.Method A cross-sectional study design was employed to assess the level knowledge about novel coronavirus among 304 graduating class students in Arbaminch Health Science College. The study participants were selected using a simple random sampling technique. The data collection tool consisted of 33 items (10 items about demographic and education related and 23 items about knowledge on novel coronavirus). Multivariable logistic regression was performed using SPSS.Results The vast majority of students 228(75%) scored below 50% and were considered to have poor knowledge on COVID-19. Only 7.6% of participants knew that muscle pain is a symptom of 2019-nCoV infection. One hundred forty three (47%) of the participants did not know any symptoms of COVID-19. Only 24.3% of the respondents answered correctly that rubbing hands with alcohol based sanitizers can help in prevention of disease transmission. Sex, residence and social media use were significantly associated with adequate knowledge on novel coronavirus (p < 0.05).Conclusion Health science students had poor knowledge on COVID-19. The health science college and health authorities should re-examine their capability to manage the deadly virus

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

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confidence: 66%

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confidence: 85%

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Knowledge regarding 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among final year health science students at Arbaminch College of Health Sciences, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Taddele¹,

Taye²,

Chisha³

et al. 2020

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“…[22] A study from Jordan evaluated the knowledge of transmissions of infection from one infected individual to others. [19] Our study did not have such type of question. In the present study 78.4% of participants knew about the signs and symptoms of COVID-19, which is lesser compared to a study from India, in which 86.7% of participants were aware of these symptoms and from Uganda, where 95% of students were aware of it.…”

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confidence: 78%

“…[17] The survey instrument developed was also similar to that used in studies from Jordan and India, which had 26 questions related to the demographics and about the quarantine period, the disease itself and also about the disease transmission routes, clinical features, recovery rates and the use of medicines etc. [18,19] The questionnaire has been attached as a supplementary le.…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

Jha

Singh

Bajracharya

et al. 2020

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Background The number of cases of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is still increasing especially in South Asia. There is an urgent need to measure the knowledge of the disease among health science students who may be required to play an active role in pandemic control. The research was conducted to answer how does Nepalese medical students' knowledge about coronavirus compare to medical students in other countries and what are the educational needs of medical students who may be called in to support the treatment of COVID-19 in Nepal. Methods A cross sectional study was performed during the third week of June among first to final year medical and dental students. As the country was in lockdown, a structured online questionnaire was used to obtain data. The responses obtained were cleaned, coded, entered in IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows and the normality of the data checked using one-sample Kolmogorov Smirnov test (p<0.05). The demographic parameters were tabulated and total score compared among different subgroups of participants. The frequency of different measures mentioned by respondents to control the pandemic were also noted. Results Out of the 565 participants, 336 (59.6%) were females followed by 229 (40.4%) males. Nearly half of the participants, 282 (49.8%) were belonging to age group 21-23 years. Majority 415 (73.5%) were undergraduate medical and 150 (26.5%) were undergraduate dental students. The largest number of respondents, 140 (24.9%) were from second year of study and 344 (60.9%) were from urban areas. The median total score was 21 and the interquartile range 4. The maximum possible score was 30. The scores among students belonging to different years of study were significantly different (p=0.033). Total scores were not significantly different among other subgroups of respondents. Conclusions The knowledge of the participants was good. Deficiencies in knowledge were noted in certain areas and these should be addressed through an educational intervention. In countries where epidemic is on the rise, strategies to keep health science students updated with proper information related to COVID-19 is important. Similar studies can be undertaken in other medical colleges in the country and in nursing and pharmacy colleges also.

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Development and validation of knowledge of caring for COVID‐19 tool

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Aim We aimed to examine the validity and reliability of a newly developed tool that measures nursing and allied health students’ knowledge of caring for patients with COVID‐19. Method We developed in five phases (literature review, item development, expert evaluation using content validity index, revisions based on a pilot test, and exploratory factor and reliability analyses on the data from the main study). We administered online surveys (the pilot test & the main study using a cross‐sectional design) to students in a governmental health sciences college in Oman. Results The pilot test had 43 participants, and the main study had 507. The item content validity index scores ranged from 0.81–1.00, and the scale content validity index for 20 items was 0.95. The factor analysis revealed a three‐factor solution. The overall Cronbach’s alpha for the final (19‐item) version of the tool after item deletion was 0.76. The reliabilities for Subscales 1, 2, and 3 were 0.83, 0.67, and 0.51, respectively.

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COVID-19 Awareness Among Healthcare Students and Professionals in Mumbai Metropolitan Region: A Questionnaire-Based Survey

Cited by 249 publications

References 6 publications

Knowledge regarding 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among final year health science students at Arbaminch College of Health Sciences, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Knowledge regarding 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection among final year health science students at Arbaminch College of Health Sciences, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

Development and validation of knowledge of caring for COVID‐19 tool

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