Knowledge and behaviors of prevention of COVID-19 and the related factors in the rural population referred to the health centers: a cross-sectional study

Autor: Fatemeh Kordi, Nasrin Mokhtari Lakeh, Moluk Pouralizadeh, Saman Maroufizadeh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: BMC Nursing, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-6955
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01469-5
Popis: Abstract Background and objective Observance of preventive behaviors is one of the main ways to break the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) chain of transmission. Therefore, the present study was conducted to determine the knowledge and behaviors of prevention of COVID-19 and the related factors in the rural population of Rasht city. Methods In this cross-sectional study, 344 people of the population referred to health centers in Rasht city were included through multi-stage cluster random sampling. The data were collected using a three-part researcher-made questionnaire including individual-social factors, knowledge about the prevention of COVID-19, and the preventive behaviors against COVID-19. Data analysis was performed using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk tests, Spearman’s correlation coefficient, and multiple logistic regression analysis, by SPSS software version 16 at a significance level
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