Knowledge and Preventive Measures Adopted by Allied Health Care Professional Students to Control Transmission of COVID-19 Pandemic Infection During Lockdown

Autor:	Swapnil Patond, Alka Rawekar, Sarika Dakhode, Ajay Chaware
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Medical education Descriptive statistics Isolation (health care) Cross-sectional study business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Social distance Declaration Toxicology Pathology and Forensic Medicine Health care Mass gathering Pandemic Psychology business Law
Zdroj:	Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology.
ISSN:	0973-9130 0973-9122
DOI:	10.37506/ijfmt.v15i1.13450
Popis:	Introduction: After declaration of COVID-19 infection as pandemic by World Health Organisation (WHO), various preventive strategies have been intended to mitigate disease spread and control the infection rate such as isolation of patients, social distancing, hygienic practices;covering mouth and nose, restriction of mass gathering in society Hence we planned this survey to assess the knowledge and preventive measures adopted by students to control COVID-19 infection during lockdown Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among students of School of Allied Health Sciences, DMIMS, Wardha during April-May 2020 First year was selected randomly and all 168 students were approached by internet for sharing questionnaire after IEC approval Received responses is analysed in the form of descriptive statistics Results: Total 139 students responded 38 85% students understood the relationship between mass gathering and transmission of COVID-19 infection at community level Only 34(24 46%) students were aware about safe social distance Less than half of the students 66(47 48%) were aware about minimum 20 seconds needed to hand-rub by the alcohol based sanitizer About 108(77 7%) students maintained the social distancing sincerely, only 74(52 5%) students always used to wear the mask and;100(71 94%) participants always used to wash their hands Conclusions: Though some of the students adopted standards practices, others observed to be considering it as less important Such survey can be conducted among in various institutions to assess the awareness and shortfall in practices Awareness level can be raised through dedicated online awareness program © 2021, Institute of Medico-Legal Publications All rights reserved
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