Knowledge, Attitude and Practice toward the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: A Population-Based Survey in Iran

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Clients towards COVID-19 at Primary Healthcare Facilities in Rivers State, Nigeria

“…Occupation, educational level, and senatorial zone were signi cantly associated with knowledge level, so also were occupation, educational level, senatorial zone and knowledge level signi cantly associated with attitude; COVID-19 related practices were signi cantly associated with age, senatorial zone and knowledge level. The ndings of this study regarding demographic variables associated with KAP towards COVID-19 are partially comparable to those found in previous studies [14,15,18,19]. Also, our study revealed a signi cant association between knowledge level with attitude and COVID-19 related practices-similarly reported by an earlier study in Iran [15].…”

“…The study found that most of the respondents were knowledgeable and had a positive attitude towards COVID-19. This is consistent with other studies in China [13] and Iran [14] but contradicts another study in Bangladeshi [15]. The possible explanation for the association between su cient knowledge and positive attitude might be because the study population was dominated by the well-educated.…”

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the rst study to investigate the KAP of patients towards COVID-19 who sought care at PHFs in Nigeria, although there are studies on KAP of healthcare workers and the general population towards this disease both in Nigeria and abroad [11][12][13][14]. Like previous studies in China [13] and Iran [15], the study was dominated by the female and those who had attend tertiary education.…”

Knowledge, attitude and practice of secondary school students toward COVID-19 epidemic in Italy: a cross selectional study

“…As of 7th of May 2020, over three million cases of 14 COVID-19 has been reported with a death toll of over 270.000 patients [9]. Among the 15 top ranking countries, Italy is reported to be in the third position, after America and 16 Spain, with over 215.000 confirmed cases and over 26.000 deaths [9]. 17 Health authorities in Italy have made substantial efforts to control the disease 18 through various measures.…”

“…The questionnaire is answered by over 2300 participants anonymously from the 1st 54 to the 5th of May, in the first days of the second phase in Italy (it begins on the 4th of 55 May). Demographic variables are recorded along with other factors regarding the 56 populations' knowledge, attitude, practice, and risk assessment concerning 57 COVID-19 [16]. is used to compare categorical data between gender.…”