Knowledge and attitude regarding rotavirus and its vaccination among medical students in Karachi, Pakistan
| Autor: | Rubab Zehra, Ishaa Saleem, Tafazzul Hyder Zaidi, Aiman Aamir, Syed Shoeb Ahmed, Rahat Naz, Mubashir Zafar, Tehreem Siraj, Koonj Sundardas, Misbah Yousuf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Rotavirus
medicine.medical_specialty Academic year Cross-sectional study Health Policy education Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Awareness medicine.disease_cause Stratified sampling Vaccination Knowledge Attitude Medical Scale (social sciences) Family medicine Covariate medicine Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Students Psychology Curriculum |
| Zdroj: | Public Health in Practice, Vol 2, Iss, Pp 100171-(2021) |
| ISSN: | 2666-5352 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100171 |
| Popis: | Objective The aim of this study is to determine the knowledge and attitude regarding rotavirus and its vaccination among medical students. Study design It is a cross sectional study. Methods Total 324 medical students were selected through stratified random sampling. A structured and validated questionnaire was used. Knowledge and attitude were recorded on scale. Independent t-test and ANVOA was used to determine the difference among gender and academic year. Regression and correlation analysis was done to determine the correlation of knowledge and attitude level with age and academic year of study. p value≤0.05 considered as statistically significant. Results Mean and standard deviation score of students were 7.88 ± 2.46 on knowledge scale and 4.16 ± 1.23 on attitude scale. Total 87% of students were aware of rotavirus and its vaccination. Both knowledge and attitude level were increased significantly with increasing year of study and age. After adjustment of covariate, Age and academic year of study were the significant factors in determining the scores on knowledge scale. (beta coefficient 0.056 with p-value 0.003 and 0.433 with p-value-0.000). Conclusion Medical students were appropriate knowledge about the rotavirus but attitude toward rotavirus vaccination is unsatisfactory. It should be a part of the curriculum of not just medical students but all students from high school to undergrad level regardless of the course they are enrolled in and also be advertised by the government. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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