Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices toward COVID‑19 among Persian Birth Cohort Participants
نویسندگان
1 Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
2 Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
3 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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6 Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
7 Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
8 Abnormal Uterine Bleeding Research Center, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
9 Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
10 Child Growth and Development Research Center, Research Institute for Primordial Prevention of Non Communicable Disease, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward COVID‑19 play an importantrole in controlling the outbreak. The present study aimed to investigate the KAP of a group of womentoward COVID‑19 during the second wave of the outbreak in Iran.METHOD AND MATERIAL: A cross‑sectional survey of 2862 women was conducted in May and June2020 in two centers of Persian birth cohort . The survey instrument was a self‑reported questionnaireMultivariable linear regression analysis to identify factors associated with knowledge and practice.toward COVID‑19 and multinomial logistic regression analyses to identify factors associated withattitudes. Unstandardized regression coefficients (β) and odds ratios and their 95% confidenceintervals were used to quantify the associations between variables and KAP.RESULT: Good knowledge and optimistic attitudes toward the successful control of COVID‑19 wasseen among participants. Overall, about 57.3% (1640), 41.1% (1176), and 1.6% (46) of respondentswere categorized as low (score <50%), moderate (score: 50%–80%), and high (score > 80%) properpractice, respectively. Eighty‑five individuals with COVID‑19 experience (3.0%) had lower knowledgescore (79.91 ± 17.93 vs. 83.81 ± 13.88, P < 0.001) and lower proper practice score (40.22 ± 16.57 vs.47.96 ± 16.15, respectively, P < 0.001) compared to those who were not infected. A higher level ofknowledge was associated with appropriate practice in both groups of positive attitudes (χ2 = 32.23,P < 0.001) and negative attitudes (χ2 = 31.49, P < 0.001).CONCLUSION: This survey recorded good knowledge and relatively good attitudes among women.Special health policies plan should be taken for target populations among women during the COVID‑19pandemic.
