Knowledge, attitude and practice toward COVID-19, 2020 in Kassala, Sudan Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus. The behavior of the general public will probably have an important bearing on the course of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic. Human behavior is influenced by people's knowledge and perceptions. This study was done to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the people in the state of Kassala. A cross-sectional descriptive survey of 210 Sudanese residents from the state of kassala was conducted between March –May 2020. 210 questionnaires where distributed, Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, analysis for frequencies and chi-square was obtained using R Language Version R i386 4.0.2. 96.2 % of our respondents heard about corona (p-value < 2.2e-16), while the main source of information was through the radio 34.3 %( p-value = 5.515e-15). 83.3 % of the respondents think they are at risk of exposure to COVID -19, 97.6% think that it’s important to take measures to prevent corona virus in the community. Most of our respondents (94.35) think that corona causes stigma to the affected people. 61.9% of our participants think the virus is very dangerous. In the effort to prevent the spread of the disease, 28.6% the respondents stopped greeting people while 28 % of them did not take any measures to stop it. There is poor knowledge, attitude and practice to wards corona in the state of kassala. The ministry of health needs to intensify the effort to provide knowledge through radio, as it was the most commonly used media in our community.

publication date

  • 2021

number of pages

  • 4

start page

  • 01

end page

  • 05

volume

  • 6

issue

  • 1