Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 among persian birth cohort participants

• Main Authors: Majid Mirmohammadkhani, Maryam Bemanalizadeh, Maryam Yazdi, Parvin Goli, Fatemeh Mohebpour, Elham Saffarieh, Navid Danaei, Fatemeh Paknazar, Seyede Shahrbanoo Daniali, Roya Kelishadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021-01-01
• Series: Journal of Education and Health Promotion
• Subjects: attitudes; covid-19; disease outbreaks; health knowledge; iran; practice; women
• Online Access: http://www.jehp.net/article.asp?issn=2277-9531;year=2021;volume=10;issue=1;spage=358;epage=358;aulast=Mirmohammadkhani

BACKGROUND: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) toward COVID-19 play an important role in controlling the outbreak. The present study aimed to investigate the KAP of a group of women toward 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 June 2020 in two centers of Persian birth cohort . The survey instrument was a self-reported questionnaire Multivariable linear regression analysis to identify factors associated with knowledge and practice. toward COVID-19 and multinomial logistic regression analyses to identify factors associated with attitudes. Unstandardized regression coefficients (β) and odds ratios and their 95% confidence intervals were used to quantify the associations between variables and KAP. RESULT: Good knowledge and optimistic attitudes toward the successful control of COVID-19 was seen among participants. Overall, about 57.3% (1640), 41.1% (1176), and 1.6% (46) of respondents were categorized as low (score <50%), moderate (score: 50%–80%), and high (score > 80%) proper practice, respectively. Eighty-five individuals with COVID-19 experience (3.0%) had lower knowledge score (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 of knowledge 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-19 pandemic.