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Knowledge, Attitudes, And Practices Towards Novel COVID-19 Among Pakistani Population During Pandemic Period

Special control measures have been taken by government of Pakistan during COVID-19 pandemic. Implementation of these measures were dependent on knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of population towards disease. Objectives: To assess KAP of residents of Pakistan towards COVID-19 during outbreak. Methods: It was a web-based, cross-sectional study. The study was designed using Google Forms and was distributed through "WhatsApp" groups. The objectives and purpose were explained to respondents. The survey was completed by clicking on responses to closed-ended multiple choice questions measured on Likert Scale. Results: Overall awareness for all respondents was adequate with majority reporting correct answers. Less than half of respondents knew about correct use of sanitizer and gloves. Frequently missed questions with correct responses were about use of alcohol base sanitizer to disinfect hands 104 (32%), disinfect gloves 56 (17%), ideally required concentration of alcohol 131 (40%) and primary use of gloves 71 (228%). Conclusion: Knowledge about disease was found acceptable with encouraging attitude and satisfactory practices. However, most respondents lacked knowledge about use of sanitizer and gloves. It is important to devise a Health Education campaign and public guidelines at national level to target all socio-economic groups, to stop spread of COVID-19.