Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Among Chronic Illness Patients at Outpatient Departments in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Regarding COVID-19 Among Chronic Illness Patients at Outpatient Departments in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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DOI：
10.2147/rmhp.s268876
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Nguyen TNH
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作者：
Huynh G;Nguyen MQ;Tran TT;Nguyen VT;Nguyen TV;Do THT;Nguyen PHN;Phan THY;Vu TT;Nguyen TNH
新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）已成为全球人类生命的主要威胁。本研究旨在评估胡志明市门诊部慢性病患者对COVID-19的知识、态度和行为。在2020年2月至3月期间，通过使用结构化自填问卷，在胡志明市（HCMC）的三家医院采用方便抽样策略进行了一项横断面研究。与实践，患病率（PR）和95%置信区间的因素进行了估计，使用泊松回归与强大的选项。P值<0.05被认为是统计学差异。共有522名参与者的平均年龄为51.5 ± 10.6岁。大部分受访者（93. 7%）表示透过电视及社交媒体（分别为72. 8%及62. 1%）看到有关COVID-19疫情的资讯。超过三分之二的参与者（68.4%）回答对COVID-19有足够的了解。大多数受访者对COVID-19持积极态度（90.8%），尽管存在一些误解。几乎四分之三以上的国家（77.2%）保持了良好的预防做法。知识充足者的良好行为率是知识不足者的1.24倍（PR1.24，95% CI：1.10-1.41，P<0.05）。男性良好行为率低于女性（PR：0.91，95% CI：0.83-0.99，P<0.05）。对COVID-19的认识不足和消极态度仍然存在，这可能是慢性病患者采取良好预防措施的障碍。教育计划需要通过电视和社交媒体继续进行，并强调慢性病患者更有可能出现严重症状，包括死于COVID-19。此外，管理当局应该延长具体政策，以保护我们社区中更脆弱的群体。
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a major threat to human life around the world. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding COVID-19 among people with chronic diseases at the outpatient departments in Ho Chi Minh City. A cross-sectional study was carried out between February and March 2020 using a convenience sampling strategy in three hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) via the use of a structured self-administered questionnaire. Factors relating to practices, prevalence ratio (PR), and 95% confidence interval were estimated by using the Poisson regression with robust options. P-value <0.05 was considered as statistically different. A total of 522 participants had a mean age of 51.5 ± 10.6 years. Most of them reported seeing information regarding the COVID-19 pandemic (93.7%) via television and social media (72.8% and 62.1%, respectively). Just over two-thirds of the participants (68.4%) answered with sufficient knowledge of COVID-19. Most respondents had a positive attitude toward COVID-19 (90.8%), although some misconceptions existed. Almost over three-fourths of them (77.2%) maintained good practices for prevention. The rate of good practices in those who had sufficient knowledge was 1.24 times greater than that among those who had insufficient knowledge (PR 1.24, 95% CI: 1.10–1.41, P<0.05). Also, the rate of good practices in males was lower than that of females (PR: 0.91, 95% CI: 0.83–0.99, P<0.05). There still exists an amount of insufficient knowledge and negative attitude regarding COVID-19, which may be barriers to good prevention practices among chronic illness patients. Education programs need to continue via television and social media and emphasize that people with chronic diseases are more likely to experience severe symptoms, including death from COVID-19. Additionally, management authorities should prolong specific policies to protect the more vulnerable in our community.