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Revista de Práticas Avançadas em Enfermagem

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Covid-19 Prevention and Precaution among Non-Teaching Faculty in a Private Dental Institution

Abstract

Aashiq Mohamed P, Sri Sakthi D

Background: The society must routinely practice precautionary measures and precautions to control the spread of Coronavirus, as no vaccines and antiviral treatments are currently available. This study examines non-teaching faculties knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) related to COVID-19, their relationships and identified the pandemics vulnerable population inorder to provide recommendations for policies and behavioural interventions. Materials and methods: A total of 90 non-teaching staff from a private dental institution participated in this study. A self-administered, 12 item questionnaire was circulated among the non-teaching staff. Only completely filled forms were taken into account for analysis by using SPSS software version 23 with Pearson Chi square test method. Results: The final analysis was done using responses from 89 non-teaching faculties. On the whole, knowledge regarding COVID-19 was found to be moderate among these no-teaching staff. Conclusion: This study shows a baseline knowledge regarding this pandemic. Even though the participants had fair knowledge, their attitude towards answering the questions was good.

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