Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Toward Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in Southeast and South Asia: A Mixed Study Design Approach

Autor: Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Roy Rillera Marzo, Shanjida Chowdhury, Sikandar Ali Qalati, Mohammad Nayeem Hasan, Gowranga Kumar Paul, Khadijah Abid, Wegayehu Enbeyle Sheferaw, Angela Mariadass, Divitra Chandran, Shasvini Kanan, Ahmad Umar Shafie Bin Ahmad Firdaus, Fatimah Az Zahra' binti Sabarin, Yulan Lin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 10 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-2565
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.875727
Popis: BackgroundCoronavirus has spread to almost every country since its emergence in Wuhan, China and countries have been adopted an array of measures to control the rapid spread of the epidemic. Here, we aimed to assess the person's knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) toward the COVID-19 epidemic in Southeast and South Asia applying the mixed study design (cross-sectional and systematic review).MethodsIn the cross-sectional study, 743 respondents' socio-demographic and KAP-related information was collected through an online population-based survey from the Malaysian population. In the systematic review, the database PubMed, Web of Science and Google Scholar search engine were searched and related published articles from South and Southeast Asia were included. Frequency distribution, Chi-square association test and binary logistic regression were fitted using cross-sectional data whereas random effect model and study bias were performed in meta-analysis. We used 95% confidence interval and P
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