Knowledge and preventive practice to COVID-19 among household heads in Enugu metropolis, South-East Nigeria.

Autor: Nwonwu EU; Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.; Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria., Ossai EN; Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.; Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria., Umeokonkwo CD; Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.; Nigeria Field Epidemiology Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria., Ituma IB; Department of Community Medicine, College of Health Sciences Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria.; Department of Community Medicine, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Pan African medical journal [Pan Afr Med J] 2020 Sep 16; Vol. 37, pp. 63. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Sep 16 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.37.63.23986
Abstrakt: Introduction: the coronavirus disease COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way we live. The use of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPI) has been reported to be effective in controlling similar respiratory diseases outbreak in the past and is being used as one of the mainstays of control of the pandemic. We therefore assessed the knowledge and practice of preventive measures against COVID-19 among adults in Enugu metropolis during the outbreak in the State.
Methods: we conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among 320 adults who were recruited through a multistage sampling technique. We used semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire to collect information on the knowledge and preventive practices against COVID-19. The data were analyzed using the IBM-SPSS version 25.
Results: the mean age of the participants was 41.6±12.5 years. There were 168 (52.5%) male, 69.7% had attained tertiary education and 57.8% were self-employed. Overall, 256 (80.0%) of the respondents had good knowledge about COVID-19. Only 133 (41.6%) had good practice of preventive measures among respondents. The more commonly practiced NPIs among the respondents were use of alcohol hand sanitizer (86.6%), physical distancing (85.6%), washing of hands with soap and water (81.6%) and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces (80.9%). The NPIs the respondents practiced poorly were use of face mask (33.8%) and avoidance of crowded areas (47.2%). Having good knowledge (aOR: 3.2; 95% CI: 1.65 - 6.05) and attaining secondary education or less (aOR: 2; 95%CI: 10-3.13) were the only predictors of good practice of preventive measures.
Conclusion: the highly educated segment of the population needs to be targeted with appropriate messages to improve their adoption of the right preventive measures against COVID-19.
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
(Copyright: Elizabeth Uzoamaka Nwonwu et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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