AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY

Objective: To know the Awareness, knowledge, attitude of patients towards pandemic and use of PPE, and how they follow the preventive instruction. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Obs /Gynae department, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, form Mar 2020 to May 20...

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Autores principales:	Shehla Baqai, Rabia Sajjad, Viqar Ashraf, Aqsa Qayyum
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Publicado:	Army Medical College Rawalpindi 2020
Materias:	awareness covid-19 influenza pandemic Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3690160988f044599d5664892ae1a48a2021-12-02T17:19:47ZAWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY0030-96482411-8842https://doaj.org/article/3690160988f044599d5664892ae1a48a2020-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5232https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842Objective: To know the Awareness, knowledge, attitude of patients towards pandemic and use of PPE, and how they follow the preventive instruction. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Obs /Gynae department, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, form Mar 2020 to May 2020. Methodology: Five hundred women were recruited from Gynae outpatient department by random sampling technique from mid Mar 2020 to mid of May 2020. All the subjects were interviewed by questionnaire. Results: Results were knowledge and awareness of population towards the spread, and prevention of pandemic of COVID-19. Patients attitude was also assessed towards use of preventive measures like wearing mask, hand wash, social distancing, use of sanitizer and general cleanliness. They were also interviewed about safety of breast feeding, and their knowledge regarding role of telemedicine in this pandemic. Most of patients showed maximum score in knowledge (88.4%) and attitude (90%) up to 3 showing direct relationship of knowledge and practice (attitude). Mean age was 40.4 yrs. Conclusion: Knowledge about pandemic, its cause, how it spreads, has significant impact on awareness and practice of preventive measures in this pandemic period. Target should be education of general population to improve the practices in current pandemics, as well as for future epidemics.Shehla BaqaiRabia SajjadViqar AshrafAqsa QayyumArmy Medical College Rawalpindiarticleawarenesscovid-19influenzapandemicMedicineRMedicine (General)R5-920ENPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 70, Iss 2, Pp 479-483 (2020)
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spellingShingle	awareness covid-19 influenza pandemic Medicine R Medicine (General) R5-920 Shehla Baqai Rabia Sajjad Viqar Ashraf Aqsa Qayyum AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY
description	Objective: To know the Awareness, knowledge, attitude of patients towards pandemic and use of PPE, and how they follow the preventive instruction. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Obs /Gynae department, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, form Mar 2020 to May 2020. Methodology: Five hundred women were recruited from Gynae outpatient department by random sampling technique from mid Mar 2020 to mid of May 2020. All the subjects were interviewed by questionnaire. Results: Results were knowledge and awareness of population towards the spread, and prevention of pandemic of COVID-19. Patients attitude was also assessed towards use of preventive measures like wearing mask, hand wash, social distancing, use of sanitizer and general cleanliness. They were also interviewed about safety of breast feeding, and their knowledge regarding role of telemedicine in this pandemic. Most of patients showed maximum score in knowledge (88.4%) and attitude (90%) up to 3 showing direct relationship of knowledge and practice (attitude). Mean age was 40.4 yrs. Conclusion: Knowledge about pandemic, its cause, how it spreads, has significant impact on awareness and practice of preventive measures in this pandemic period. Target should be education of general population to improve the practices in current pandemics, as well as for future epidemics.
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author	Shehla Baqai Rabia Sajjad Viqar Ashraf Aqsa Qayyum
author_facet	Shehla Baqai Rabia Sajjad Viqar Ashraf Aqsa Qayyum
author_sort	Shehla Baqai
title	AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_short	AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_full	AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_fullStr	AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_full_unstemmed	AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY
title_sort	awareness, knowledge, attitude of patients towards preventive measures, against covid-19 in resource poor developing country. a cross sectional survey
publisher	Army Medical College Rawalpindi
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/3690160988f044599d5664892ae1a48a
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AWARENESS, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE OF PATIENTS TOWARDS PREVENTIVE MEASURES, AGAINST COVID-19 IN RESOURCE POOR DEVELOPING COUNTRY. A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY

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