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Knowledge and Perceptions on COVID-19 among the University Students in Odisha: An Online Survey


Haitham Haj Mohammed | Nibal Dibiat



Haitham Haj Mohammed | Nibal Dibiat "Knowledge and Perceptions on COVID-19 among the University Students in Odisha: An Online Survey" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2, February 2021, pp.353-356, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38416.pdf

The most recent outbreak of the highly infectious acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 has grappled the world. Human behavior and awareness assessment during this crisis is crucial in an effort to contain the pandemic. Objectives: We conducted this study to assess evaluation of awareness, attitude, prevention, expectations, and precautionary measures against COVID-19 among the university students in Odisha. Methods: This is a comprehensive cross-sectional study that was conducted as an online survey using an online self-completed questionnaire. The participants were students enrolled in different universities in Odisha. The questionnaires were divided into four main sections: general health knowledge, sterilisation, prevention, and precautionary measures on COVID19. Results: Most of the students (85.8 %) believed that consuming antibiotics is not useful, 75.9% considered that washing hands with normal water is helpful and 61.8 % believed drinking a hot drink will help prevent COVID-19. Where 54.7% of participants followed the world health organization as the primary sources of information and 27.4% of the participants used social media to obtain information about (SARS)-CoV-2. Most of the participants (99%) agreed that self-isolation and maintaining distance can decrease the spread of COVID-19. The majority of the respondents had sufficient knowledge and their attitude and perception towards Covid-19 preventive measures was satisfactory. Conclusion: Odisha Universities students demonstrated an expected level of awareness about the COVID-19 virus and implemented effective strategies to prevent its spread.

Covid-19, students, information, spread


IJTSRD38416
Volume-5 | Issue-2, February 2021
353-356
IJTSRD | www.ijtsrd.com | E-ISSN 2456-6470
Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development Journal. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)

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