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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61965| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Brazilians level of knowledge, attitudes and practices towards covid-19: a cross-sectional study |
| Authors: | Gisele Arruda Rodrigo Galvão Bueno Gardona José Vitor da Silva Silvana Damin Christiana Lima Leonardo de Souza Vasconcellos Wladimir Queiroz Gerusa Figueiredo |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Brazil is facing increasing cycles of numbers of infected people and deaths resulting from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This situation involves a series of factors, including the behavior of the population, that can be decisive for controlling the disease.OBJECTIVE: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of the Brazilian population regarding COVID-19.DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional survey-type study, conducted using a population sample from different Brazilian states.METHODS: A quantitative, descriptive and analytical approach was used. Sampling was done according to convenience and via snowballing. The data collection instrument was a knowledge, attitudes and practices system. RESULTS: 1,655 people from all over Brazil participated in the survey; 80% were living in the southern region and 70.15% were female. More than 90% had knowledge and good attitudes relating to the means of transmission, preventive care and symptoms associated with COVID-19, although their knowledge and attitudes were not fully reflected in daily practices, for which there was lower adherence (80%). Greater knowledge was correlated with older participants, larger number of children, female sex and marital status; better attitude, with female sex and complete higher education; and better practices, with greater age, larger number of children and female sex.CONCLUSION: A large part of the population has general knowledge about COVID-19, but not all knowl edge was applied in practice. Older people, females and university graduates stood out as the best in formed and most committed to controlling the disease. |
| Subject: | COVID-19 Brazil |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE PROPEDÊUTICA COMPLEMENTAR |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0541.23072021 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/61965 |
| Issue Date: | 2022 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-3180.2021.0541.23072021 |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | São Paulo Medical Journal |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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