Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 among Venezuelans during the 2020 epidemic: An online cross-sectional survey

Bates, Benjamin R.; Tami, Adriana; Carvajal, Ana; Grijalva, Mario J.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249022

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“…This study also found female participants with better knowledge and preventive behavior than male ones. These findings were consistent with some of previously conducted studies (Bates et al, 2021;Hosen et al, 2021;Kirac et al, 2021;Wulandari et al, 2020). Their research shows a relationship between gender and physical distancing prevention behavior where the gender variable has a significant relationship with physical distancing behavior.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The correlation coefficient value shows that the higher the age, the knowledge about COVID-19 is minimum. This study aligns with research by Scoy et al (2020) but contrasts with some previous research (Bates et al, 2021;Kirac et al, 2021;Wulandari et al, 2020). According to Lerik and Damayanti (2020), the relationship between age and level of knowledge about the myths and facts of COVID-19 was nowhere to be found.…”

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The Relationship Between Level of Knowledge and Behaviors of COVID-19 Prevention among Indonesian Population

Shari¹

2021

J. Ners

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Introduction: Currently, there are no specific drugs to cure COVID-19, so it is an important strategy to be implemented in the community to increase knowledge and preventive behavior in order to prevent transmission. The purpose of this study was to see the relationship between the level of knowledge and preventive behavior against COVID-19 among Indonesian population.Methods: This study used an analytical method with a cross-sectional design. Samples were taken from the people of Depok City as many as 406 people. The independent variable was knowledge and the dependent variable was preventive behavior. The instruments used were questionnaires on the characteristics of the respondents and knowledge and behavior with online questionnaire via Google Forms. The sampling technique was non-probability sampling with a consecutive sampling method. Data analysis used descriptive analysis test, Chi-square and correlative hypothesis test.Results: The results showed that respondents have good knowledge (56.9%) and good prevention behavior (75.9%). The largest source of information about COVID-19 respondents was from Television News (84.4%). There was a significant relationship between the level of knowledge and preventive behavior toward COVID-19 (p=0.000). Moreover, there is a significant relationship between age (p=0.000), gender (p=0.000), education level (p=0.000) and work status (p=0.016) with knowledge.Conclusion:The findings suggest that the local government should initiate an innovative program of health education focusing on knowledge and preventive behavior toward COVID-19 at a community level. The strategies to combat COVID-19 will require community involvement to control and prevent the disease outbreak.

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The Relationship Between Level of Knowledge and Behaviors of COVID-19 Prevention among Indonesian Population

Shari¹

2021

J. Ners

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“…Compared to the majority of the studies in the literature, our study found low good practice regarding COVID-19 preventive measures. The practice of COVID-19 preventive measures in the Jimma community was lower compared to the findings from Iran ( 17 ), Nigeria ( 18 ), Lebanon ( 19 ), Venezuela ( 20 ), and Vietnam ( 21 ).…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Toward Prevention of COVID-19 Among Jimma Town Residents: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Bukata

Dadi

Ayana

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundCoronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported by the World Health Organization on 31 December 2019, and later, it was declared a global pandemic on 12 March 2020. To date, it is a great challenge to the world including Ethiopia. Therefore, to attain effective prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, improving the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the community is necessary.ObjectiveTo assess, knowledge, attitudes, and practice, and associated factors of COVID-19 among Jimma Town residents.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 1,500 Jimma town residents from May through June 2020. Adults aged ≥18 years were included in the study. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire that was adopted from different literature. A face-to-face interview was implemented to collect data. Analysis was done by using SPSS version 22. p < 0.05 was used to declare statistical significance.ResultA total of 1,500 participants were enrolled in the study. The majority of the respondents were female (59.3%). About 841 (56.1%) of the participants had knowledge about COVID-19. Educational status, household wealth index, and employment showed association with knowledge of COVID-19. Government-owned television (37.3%) was the primary source of information about COVID-19 in the Jimma population. Only 46.6% of respondents had good attitudes toward the COVID-19 pandemic and about 638 (42.5%) of the study participants had good practice toward COVID-19. The mean practice score was 1.98 (± 0.319). Study participants who were residing in the outskirts of the town were 0.37 less likely to apply good practice regarding COVID-19 prevention measures than those around the center of the town. Whereas, households with a family size of four to five individuals were 1.4 times more likely to show good practice against COVID-19 compared to households with ≤3 individuals (AOR: 1.41; CI: 1.05, 1.91).ConclusionJimma town community has low knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding COVID-19. Knowledge, attitude, and practice scores regarding COVID-19 are significantly related to educational status, being self-employed, occupation, marital status, residence, family size, and household relative wealth index. Preventive health advisories to upraise knowledge, attitude, and practice are crucial to prevent and control COVID-19.

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“…( This study shows that most respondents (70.8%) had a good understanding of COVID-19. The previous study has shown a high level of knowledge score about COVID-19 (Al-Hanawi, 2020;Bates et al, 2021;). Another study showed different results where the proportion of good knowledge in this study is better than in Mizan(47%), Beret (41.4%),India (40%), Ethiopia (23.5%) and Bangladesh (48.3%) (Angelo et al, 2021;Hani et al, 2020;Jagajeet et al, 2020;Handebo et al, 2021;Ferdous et al, 2020).…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19 among North Sulawesi Indonesia Residents

Simanjorang

Tooy²,

Wuaten³

et al. 2021

JHealthEdu

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Background: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global pandemic by WHO. To prevent theCOVID-19 transmission is depend on community compliance with health protocols. Public compliance in implementing health protocols during the new normal period is closely related to the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) about COVID-19.Method: A cross-sectional online survey was used to survey the people of North Sulawesi Indonesia. Data were collected from September 17 to September 30, 2020, with 705 respondents (Mean age: 23.8 ± 8.7 years; 70.8 % females).Result:From 705 respondents, 23% of them knew the cause of COVID-19, 31.5% knew the symptoms of COVID-19 and 31.5% understood the definition of new normal. However, 50.4% of respondents were not aware of an information site related to COVID-19 provided by the government and only 28.9% of respondents knew about preventions of COVID-19 related to washing hands with soap. Overall, there were 29.2% of respondents had poor knowledge about COVID-19. The majority of respondents hadpositive attitudes and good behaviors regarding the symptoms and prevention of COVID-19. The demographic factor significantly related to the level of knowledge is gender (POR: 1.8; 95% CI = 0.75-0.90, P <0.001).Conclusion: The majority of respondents had good knowledge, positive attitudes, and good practices toward the prevention of COVID-19. However, the knowledge of certain topics was still inadequate

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards COVID-19 among Venezuelans during the 2020 epidemic: An online cross-sectional survey

Cited by 24 publications

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The Relationship Between Level of Knowledge and Behaviors of COVID-19 Prevention among Indonesian Population

The Relationship Between Level of Knowledge and Behaviors of COVID-19 Prevention among Indonesian Population

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Toward Prevention of COVID-19 Among Jimma Town Residents: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19 among North Sulawesi Indonesia Residents

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