Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Some Characteristic Features of People Recovered from COVID-19 in Turkey

Yakut, Seda; Karagülle, Burcu; Atçalı, Tuğçe; Öztürk, Yasin; Açık, Mehmet Nuri; Çetinkaya, Burhan

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“…There were 15 questions in total, and each domain consisted of 5 questions. The scoring criteria were adopted from similar studies conducted in the past [ 14 , 20 ]. The correct answer to every question carried 1 mark, while a wrong or do not know/undecided carried 0 marks.…”

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“…Similarly, around 31% of Turkish participants in an online survey indicated a refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19 [ 13 ]. About 23% of Oman’s study participants in another study expressed concern over the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine [ 14 ]. Several factors were reported to influence the general population’s perception of the COVID-19 vaccine, such as adverse health consequences, lack of adequate knowledge about the safety and efficacy, long-term complications, and inadequate trust in the current health care system [ 15 ].…”

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Public Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception towards COVID-19 Vaccination in Saudi Arabia

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Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious infection that mainly affects the respiratory system of patients. To date, more than 10 million people have been affected by this virus, and Saudi Arabia has also reported over 210 million cases. At present, there is no established treatment for COVID-19. Vaccination is one of the ways to defeat the pandemic. Recent reports have indicated rare but serious adverse events after vaccination, causing an anxious response from the general public worldwide. Therefore, this study was aimed at evaluating the knowledge, attitude, and perception of the COVID-19 vaccine among the Saudi population. This study is a cross-sectional, web-based online survey conducted using a snowball sampling technique. A self-administered questionnaire prepared in Arabic and English was used to collect feedback from the general population on their knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Participants (n = 2022) from different regions of the country replied to the questions. The responses to the questions were recorded on a spreadsheet and analyzed using the SPSS software. Statistical analysis was performed using one-way ANOVA and non-parametric tests to draw conclusions about the results. Multivariate stepwise regression analysis was performed to determine the association between the knowledge, attitude, and perception scores and the demographic variables. p < 0.05 was used to indicate the significance of the data. The data from the study indicated that most of the participants were males (81%), between 18 and 59 years of age (85.9%), Saudi nationals (98.3%), and possessed graduation or above as a qualification (62.9%). The results suggest that a major portion of respondents have satisfactory knowledge (76%), a positive attitude (72.4%), and perception (71.3%) towards the use of COVID-19 vaccines. Their responses can be categorized as between ‘good’ and ‘fair’. However, 30–40% of respondents lacked information about COVID-19 vaccination availability for under 18-year-olds as well as for pregnant women, in addition to the lack of knowledge about the serious unreported adverse reactions and long-term protection offered by the vaccine against coronavirus. The correlation analysis between the variables (p > 0.05) indicated that the response to the KAP domains has no direct relationship. The survey results suggest that most of the Saudi population has sound knowledge and a positive attitude and perception. Since the COVID-19 vaccines have been approved for use in pregnancy and above 12-year-old children by health authorities, the lack of information shown by a significant percentage of participants requires strategies to update this information. Awareness programs targeting all sections of the population must be continued to provide all the updates, including vaccinations for pregnant women and children.

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Public Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception towards COVID-19 Vaccination in Saudi Arabia

Al-Zalfawi

Rabbani

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“…The scores of total vaccine knowledge and total vaccine awareness of the parents were, respectively, derived by adding up the scores for each question in Part 2a and Part 2b, where the minimum score was 0 and the maximum score was 10. Participants' overall knowledge and awareness score was, respectively, categorized using Bloom's cut-off point; good for a score between 8 and 10 points, moderate for a score between 6 and 7.9 points, and poor for a score of less than 6 points [20]. Vaccine hesitancy was assessed in Part 2c which consisted of three domains: behavior (Item 1 and 2); safety and efficacy (Item 7-10); and general attitudes (Item 3-6 and Item 11-15).…”

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Vaccine Knowledge, Awareness and Hesitancy: A Cross Sectional Survey among Parents Residing at Sandakan District, Sabah

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Background: Incomplete childhood immunization against communicable diseases is a major concern and vaccine hesitancy remains a hurdle to overcome in primary vaccination programs. This study was to examine the parents’ vaccine knowledge, awareness and hesitancy in relation to their children’s immunization status. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire study design was used. The parents who brought their children for immunization visit or follow-up at four public health clinics located in Sandakan district were invited to participate in this survey. Informed consent was obtained before each participant completed a hard copy of self-administered questionnaire in either English or Malay versions. Results: Of 405 parents responded, they generally had good knowledge and awareness of vaccines, only a small percentage (6.8%) of parents were found vaccine hesitant. There were significant differences in vaccine knowledge and awareness in those from different education levels and employment status; similarly, these two factors also significantly affected the vaccine hesitancy among the parents. The parents’ knowledge score was found to be moderately associated with their awareness (r = 0.551, p < 0.01) and inversely correlated to vaccine hesitancy (r = −0.397, p < 0.01). Most of the children (n = 376, 92.8%) in the study were immunized. The children’s immunization status was significantly associated with the parents’ education level (p = 0.025). There was also a significant difference in the total vaccine knowledge scores between the groups of parents with different child immunization status (p = 0.05). Conclusion: This study revealed that parents with higher education had a better knowledge of vaccinations, were less vaccine hesitant and were more likely to ensure that their children complete the recommended course of immunization. It is crucial to ensure parents are well-informed about the safety and efficacy of vaccines so that the children are protected from communicable diseases by the child vaccination program.

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“…20 In addition, a study conducted in Turkey revealed that the majority of participants (24%) turned to alternative therapies indicated that they got negative and wrong information about the drugs. 21 Furthermore, in China, a study conducted on herbal medicine revealed that none of the study participants who took the preventive herbal medicine had contracted SARS, and information on the safety of the herbal medicines was also not reported. 22 Based on findings of the study done in Southeast Ethiopia, traditional healers of the study area use medicinal products for the treatment of different diseases that range from painkillers to malaria and cancer.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and utilization of drugs toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bale Zone residents, Southeast Ethiopia

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Background: Coronavirus disease is a highly transmittable and pathogenic viral infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which poses therapeutic dilemmas. Some suggestions for drug treatment seem problematic. Beliefs about the causes of health problems are determinants of treatment seeking decisions. Hence, one of the alternatives for the solution of health problems is employing traditional medicine to prevent coronavirus disease 19. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude, and utilization of drugs toward the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic among Bale zone residents. Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among the Bale Zone population from May 30 to June 30, 2020. Eight hundred fifty-four participants were selected using a single population formula, and a multistage sampling technique was employed. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 25.0. Descriptive and binary logistic regression was used to analyze the outcomes. A p value ⩽ 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Out of the total 854 respondents, about 534 (62.5%) got information about coronavirus disease 19 from TV/radio. More than two-thirds (71.9%) of the respondents have known that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has no curative drugs, and 65.4% had a more appropriate attitude toward overall drug use in coronavirus disease 19. Level of education and, attitude towards drug use were singnificantly associated with knowledge of drugs, source of information about coronavirus disease 19 and having good practice were significantly associated with atittude toward drug utilization. Conclusion: One out of two study participants have good knowledge regarding drugs to the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic. Illiterate people in the community were identified to have poor knowledge about drugs, hence community educuation program is important to improve the knowledge about drugs towards the coronavirus disease 19 pandemic.

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Some Characteristic Features of People Recovered from COVID-19 in Turkey

Cited by 8 publications

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Public Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception towards COVID-19 Vaccination in Saudi Arabia

Public Knowledge, Attitude, and Perception towards COVID-19 Vaccination in Saudi Arabia

Vaccine Knowledge, Awareness and Hesitancy: A Cross Sectional Survey among Parents Residing at Sandakan District, Sabah

Knowledge, attitude, and utilization of drugs toward COVID-19 pandemic among Bale Zone residents, Southeast Ethiopia

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