Knowledge, attitude and preventive practice towards COVID-19 and associated factors among outpatient service visitors at Debre Markos compressive specialized hospital, north-west Ethiopia, 2020

Autor: Mengistu Zelalem Wale, Bekele Taye Feleke, Mesenbet Terefe Yirsaw
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Male
Rural Population
0301 basic medicine
Viral Diseases
Health Knowledge
Attitudes
Practice
Pulmonology
Psychological intervention
Social Sciences
Logistic regression
Amhara People
Geographical Locations
Medical Conditions
0302 clinical medicine
Psychological Attitudes
Outpatients
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Ethnicities
Mass Screening
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Multidisciplinary
Systematic sampling
Middle Aged
Infectious Diseases
Quarantine
Income
Educational Status
Female
Health education
Anatomy
Research Article
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Patients
Adolescent
Science
MEDLINE
Nose
Respiratory Disorders
03 medical and health sciences
Humans
Mass screening
African People
business.industry
Public health
Biology and Life Sciences
COVID-19
Covid 19
Health Care
030104 developmental biology
Face
Family medicine
People and Places
Africa
Respiratory Infections
Population Groupings
Residence
Ethiopia
business
Head
Zdroj: PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 7, p e0251708 (2021)
ISSN: 1932-6203
Popis: Background COVID-19 is an emerging infectious disease which is a major public health problem worldwide. Given the serious threats imposed by COVID-19 and the absence of vaccines until August 2020, preventive measures play an essential role in reducing infection rates and controlling its spread. This shows the necessity of public adherence for preventive and control measures, which is affected by their knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Objective This study aimed to determine knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards COVID-19 and associated factors among outpatient service visitors, Debre Markos compressive specialized hospital, north-west,Ethiopia. Method Institutional-based cross-sectional study design with a systematic random sampling technique was conducted from July to August 2020. Among a total of 404 participants, 398 were recruited. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The data was edited, coded, and entered into Epi data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS-25 for analysis. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression models were employed to identify factors associated with KAP. A p-value of Result The prevalence of poor knowledge, attitude and practice among the outpatient service visitors were 27.1%, 30.7% and 44%, respectively. The mean age of the participants was 33.4 ±10.9 years. Variables like; educational status, ‘‘can’t read and write” [AOR = 3.76, 95% CI (1.36–10.42), P = 0.01], read and write [AOR = 5.90, 95% CI (2.39–14.98), P = 0.01], rural residence [AOR = 3.04, 95% CI (1.43–6.46), P = 0.01] and having no television [AOR = 0.8, 95% CI (0.79–0.89), P = 0.03] were significantly associated with poor knowledge. While, educational status of “can’t read and write”, [AOR = 6.71, 95% CI (2.78–16.16), P = 0.01] and rural residence [AOR = 2.03, 95% CI (1.14–3.61), P = 0.02] were significantly associated with poor attitude. Additionally, poor knowledge, [AOR = 22.73, 95% CI (10.5–49.21), P = 0.01], rural residence [AOR = 2.08, 95% CI (1.08–4.88), P = 0.04] and having no television [AOR = 2.24, 95% CI (1.05–4.79), P = 0.01] were significantly associated with poor practice. Conclusion In this study, knowledge, attitude, and practice among outpatient service visitors was poor which needs targeted health education and interventions from the health professional to enhance their knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19. In parallel with this, special attention should be given for the rural community and for those with an educational status of can’t read and write.
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