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Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing

Volume 10, Issue 2, 2023
Mcmed International
Asian Pacific Journal of Nursing
Issn
XXX-XXXX (Print), 2349 – 0683 (Online)
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bi-annual
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Abstract
Title
STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING COVID-19 AMONG CARETAKERS OF CHILDREN VISITING IN PEDIATRIC OPD BE INFORMED, BE PREPARED, BE SMART, BE SAFE, BE READY TO FIGHT COVID-19
Author
Blessy Susan Biji*¹, Sr.Namitha Kurien2, Aneesha Shajil
Email
blessy.biji16@gmail.com
keyword
Knowledge, attitude, COVID 19
Abstract
As COVID -19 is a newly detected serious global health threat, it is important to prevent and treat the disease. Since children are not capable of taking care of themselves as well as to follow the preventive measures, it is necessary to assess the level of knowledge and attitude of caregivers towards Covid-19. So, the aims of the study were 1. To assess the knowledge of caretakers regarding Covid-19. 2. To determine the attitude of caretakers towards Covid-19 3. To find the association of knowledge with baseline variables of the care takers 4. To find the association of attitude with baseline variables of the care takers 5. To assess the correlation between knowledge and attitude of the caretakers regarding COVID-19 A descriptive, cross sectional study was done in the Pediatric OPD of St John’s Medical College Hospital, Bangalore.69 care takers those who met the inclusion criteria were enrolled in to the study by purposive sampling technique. Self administered structured knowledge questionnaire and 3 point likert scale to assess the attitude was used to collect the data. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study shows that 44.9% of the samples had moderately adequate knowledge and 87% of the samples showed favourable attitude
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