Journal Article

Knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19: an online survey

Bashir, Maab Imadeldin, Idriss, Wegdan Ibraheim, Mohamed, Amal Abdelrahim Osman, edris, Hassan Alshaikh, Mohammed, Awab Aldow, Abdelrahim, Rania Bashir, Elhassan, Eilaf Ali Mohamed, Mahgoop, Mohamed Alhadi, Sharif, Mohamed Emadaldin, Mohamed, Abdelrahim Osman, Malik, Elfatih Mohamed

2021

Overview

Background The Novel Corona virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged to affect the human population in 2019 causing COVID-19 pandemic. The only preventive measures available are social distancing, hand washing and face masks. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19. Methods An online cross-sectional study targeting adult Sudanese people was conducted in April 2020. The study used a self-administered questionnaire containing 18 knowledge questions, 5 questions for attitude and six questions for practices. Social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp were utilized to disseminate the questionnaire. The total number of eligible questionnaires available for analysis by the end of the period was 987. Results The mean (±SD) age of respondents was 30.13 (±9.84) years with males representing 55.4%. The majority were university and higher education levels (95.2%), residing in Khartoum (71.7%). The mean (±SD) knowledge score of the participants was 15.33 (± 2.24) and was found to be associated with education level and age groups ( p -value = 0.022, P value =0.010) respectively. The mean (±SD) attitude score was 04.15 (± 0.97) and was significantly associated with older groups and better-educated participants (p-value =0.001, p-value = 0.048) respectively. The practices related to COVID-19 preventive measures mean (±SD) was 02.58 (± 1.73) with a significant difference between age groups and area of residence. Conclusions This study showed that the participants had good knowledge and satisfactory attitude that was not similarly expressed into practice. Efforts are needed in health education and law enforcement to improve the practices among all groups with special emphasis on younger and less educated males.

• Publisher: BioMed Central,BioMed Central Ltd,Springer Nature B.V,BMC
• Subject: Adult / Age / Attitudes / Biostatistics / Control / Coronavirus / Coronaviruses / COVID-19 / COVID-19 - epidemiology / COVID-19 - prevention & control / Cross-Sectional Studies / Data collection / Demographic aspects / Digital media / Disease control / Disease prevention / Disease transmission / Education / Environmental Health / Epidemics / Epidemiology / Female / Forecasts and trends / Gender / Health behavior / Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Health literacy / health promotion and society / Human populations / Humans / Hygiene / KAP study / Knowledge / Male / Males / Medicine / Medicine & Public Health / Pandemics / Population / Public Health / Public opinion / Questionnaires / Questions / Research Article / Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 / Social distancing / Social networks / Sudan / Sudan - epidemiology / Surveys and Questionnaires / Tropical diseases / Vaccine / Viral diseases