Perceptions and Preparedness for Covid-19 Pandemic among Students of a Medical University

Autor: Rehmat Ullah, Khalida Naz Memon, Shazia Parveen, Maham Shah, Batool Bibi, Yousuf Ahmed Qureshi
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 16:713-716
DOI: 10.53350/pjmhs22162713
Popis: Background: The accomplishment of control of Covid-19 pandemic depends upon people’s readiness & preparedness of the medical professionals. The current study is expected to benefit the communities by assessing the knowledge of medical students regarding containment of this pandemic. Objectives: 1. To assess the perceptions and readiness of the medical students regarding COVID-19. 2. To determine association between various socio- demographic profile of study participants and their perceptions regarding Covid-19. Methodology: Three hundred & eighty four medical & dental students were selected by convenience sampling. Besides socio-demographic variables of medical students, students level of knowledge & perceptions regarding Covid-19 were recorded on a pre-designed & pre-validated questionnaire. Besides computing frequencies & percentages, the association among variables was performed by applying Chi-square test by taking p-value
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