Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding COVID-19 among the postgraduate medical students of a government medical college in Gujarat (India)
| Autor: | Aneri Parekh, Jigna Dave, Sanjay Singhal, Kunal Deokar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 81-88 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2320-8775 2320-9089 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/jacp.jacp_21_22 |
| Popis: | Abstract Objective: To assess postgraduate students’ knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding COVID-19. Methods: A self-designed online questionnaire was circulated to the postgraduate students. Mean knowledge, attitude, and practice scores were calculated and compared among different study groups with the ANOVA test. Results: Out of 254 postgraduate students approached, 220 responses were received, so the final sample size was 220. Out of 220 students enrolled, 159 (72.27%) students had good knowledge and 61 (27.73%) students had poor knowledge; 167 (75.90%) students had a positive attitude, 51 (23.18%) students had a neutral attitude, and only two (0.92%) students had a negative attitude; 196 (89.09%) students observed good practices whereas 24 (10.91%) students observed poor practices. Conclusion: Most students had good knowledge, a positive attitude, and good practices. |
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