فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: Although older people are at a higher risk of COVID‑19 infection, there is a lack ofresearch that focuses on COVID‑19 in older people in Malaysia. Therefore, the aim of this study wasto assess the level of knowledge and attitudes related to COVID‑19, and to identify the association ofsociodemographic background with knowledge and attitudes towards COVID‑19 among older people.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a cross‑sectional study involving 382 older people livingin the community in Malaysia. Data was collected using convenience sampling through an onlinequestionnaire that consisted of three parts: sociodemographic details, knowledge, and attituderelated to COVID‑19.RESULTS: The overall correct rate of knowledge was 77.3%, indicating that participants had slightlygood knowledge related to COVID‑19. The participants showed a positive attitude with a meanscore of 26.0 (SD = 5.0). There were significant associations between knowledge and educationlevel (P = 0.00) and marital status (P = 0.02). Marital status was significantly associated withattitude towards COVID‑19 (P = 0.03). A weak positive correlation was found between knowledgeand attitude (r = 0.17, P = 0.00) suggesting that an increase in knowledge will increase the positiveattitude among older people.CONCLUSION: Older people reported good knowledge and positive attitudes towards COVID‑19.The Malaysian government should provide relevant health education for those with lower educationlevels and divorced or widowed to improve knowledge and attitudes towards COVID‑19.