| Autor: |
Poonam Shah, Sanjana Shah, Laxmi Shah, Shree Shyam Giri, Shambhu Prasad Kushwaha, Lokeshwar Chaurasia |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Zdroj: |
MedS Alliance Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. 1:25-31 |
| ISSN: |
2795-1952 |
| DOI: |
10.3126/mjmms.v1i1.42942 |
| Popis: |
INTRODUCTION: Due to erratic growth of COVID-19 infection across the globe, the mortality and morbidity due to COVID-19 is rapidly changing across the world. An assessment of the perception and practices of community members is important to reduce the risk for COVID-19 infection. Therefore, this study aims to assess the perception and practice regarding prevention of COVID-19 infection among community people before and after lockdown. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among community sample from November 2020 to January 2021 at Janakpur sub-metropolitan city of Dhanusha district, Province-2, Nepal. Two stage random sampling technique was used to select the study sample (n=422). A structured questionnaire was administered. McNemar Chi-square test was used to assess the association of perception and practice regarding prevention of COVID-19 infection during and after lockdown. P-values less than 0.05 were considered as significant. RESULTS: The perception among community people regarding prevention of COVID-19 infection during and after lockdown was insignificant for all the component (p>0.05) except perception regarding preventive measures against COVID-19; p=0.002 whereas the practices for prevention of COVID-19 infection among community people for all the components during and after lockdown was found to be significant (p |
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