Knowledge and attitude regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate health science students of Nepal: An online survey.
Attitude
COVID-19
Nepal
cross-sectional studies
knowledge
Journal
SAGE open medicine
ISSN: 2050-3121
Titre abrégé: SAGE Open Med
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101624744
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2023
2023
Historique:
received:
15
05
2023
accepted:
07
08
2023
medline:
11
9
2023
pubmed:
11
9
2023
entrez:
11
9
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This study aims to assess health science students' knowledge and attitude about COVID-19 epidemiology, management, and prevention; and the association of knowledge and attitude with various sociodemographic characteristics. An online survey was done among 524 undergraduate health science students using a pre-tested questionnaire across 19 health science institutions in Nepal from 30 June to 11 August 2021. All subjects were enrolled in the study after informed consent. Outcomes were Knowledge level, attitude level, and predictors of knowledge level and attitude level. Bivariate analysis was done to determine the association between variables. Of 524 students, 42.9% were male, and 57.1% were female. More than half (54.6%) and the majority (85.1%) participants had good knowledge and attitude, respectively. Approximately three-fifths (59.4%) of the participants were from the B. P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences (BPKIHS). Students in BPKIHS (odds ratio = 1.774; 95% confidence interval = 1.243-2.533), junior years (odds ratio = 8.892; 95% confidence interval = 5.814-13.599), age less than 23 years (odds ratio = 2.985; 95% confidence interval = 2.089-4.266) were more likely to have good knowledge. Students under 23 years (odds ratio = 24.160; 95% confidence interval: 9.570-60.992) and those in junior years (odds ratio = 4.460; 95% confidence interval = 3.753-5.300) were likely to have a good attitude level. Students in BPKIHS (odds ratio = 0.443; 95% confidence interval = 0.272-0.722) were less likely to have a good attitude. Overall, health science students had adequate knowledge and a good attitude regarding COVID-19. However, students lacked knowledge regarding infectiousness, transmission, post-vaccination observation period, remdesivir use, convalescent plasma therapy, and awake-prone positioning. Knowledge and attitude scores were associated with age, stream, and study institution.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37694131
doi: 10.1177/20503121231196703
pii: 10.1177_20503121231196703
pmc: PMC10486226
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
20503121231196703Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2023.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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