Assessment of Knowledge, Practice and Associated Factors Towards Prevention of Novel Corona Virus Among Clients Attending at Debre Tabor General Hospital Debre Tabor Town, North West Ethiopia, 2020: Institutional Based Cross-Sectional Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tigabu Emiru ◽  
Tekalign Amera Birlie ◽  
Sheganew Fetene Tasew ◽  
Abirham Tsedalu Amare ◽  
Nigussie Solomon Tibebu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
North West ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
North West Ethiopia ◽  
Debre Tabor ◽  
Knowledge Practice

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge, practice and associated factors towards prevention of novel corona virus among clients attending at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Debre Tabor Town, North West Ethiopia, 2020: Institutional based cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 026-034
Author(s):  
Emiru Tigabu Desie ◽  
Birlie Tekalign Amera ◽  
Tasew Sheganew Fetene ◽  
Amare Abraham Tsedalu ◽  
Tibebu Nigusie Selomon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Family Size ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Preventive Practices ◽  
Corona Virus ◽  
Debre Tabor ◽  
Knowledge Practice

Background: Corona virus disease is a highly infectious disease caused by the newly innovated corona virus. An emerging respiratory disease was abbreviated as COVID-19, after it has been first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan city of China. Ethiopia Ministry of health initiated multidisciplinary approach to tackle COVID-19 of which awareness creation is the main. The aim of this study is to assess knowledge, practice and associated factors towards prevention of novel corona virus among clients in Debre Tabor general hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020. Methods: Institution based cross sectional study design was conducted in Debre Tabor General hospital from May 15 to May 30, 2020. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The data were entered into epi data version 4.4 and exported to SPSS window version 25 for analysis. Binary and multivariable logistic regression was fitted. Odds Ratios with 95% Confidence interval and p - value ≤ 0.05 were considered to assert significance. Result: A total of 345 clients were analyzed and the response rate was 96.4%. The mean age was 32.95 with S.D ± 13.18 years. Majority of the respondents were male (75.7%). Among the study participants 54.2% with (95% CI: [49.0, 59.2%]) and 49.0% with (95% CI: [43.5, 53.4%]) have good knowledge and god practice on COVID-19 preventions respectively. Sex AOR: 4.33 (2.06, 9.09), family size AOR: 2.49 (1.01, 6.15 and heard from social media AOR: 2.78 (1.21, 6.39) were significantly associated with knowledge of respondents. Knowledge AOR: 3.11 (1.59, 6.10) was significantly associated with practice of clients. Residency and those heard from TV were significant variables for both. Conclusion and recommendation: In this study the overall knowledge and preventive practices of the respondents were found to be low. Sex, family size, residency and sources of information were associated factors for knowledge. In addition to this knowledge was significant factor for practice. Health education programs aimed at mobilizing and improving COVID-19 related knowledge and practice intend to be strengthened.

scholarly journals Knowledge on Prevention of Stroke and Its Associated Factors Among Hypertensive Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 1681-1688
Author(s):  
Nigusie Selomon Tibebu ◽  
Tigabu Desie Emiru ◽  
Chalie Marew Tiruneh ◽  
Adane Birhau Nigat ◽  
Moges Wubneh Abate ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Hospital ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hypertensive Patients ◽  
Debre Tabor
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