A Study on the Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on COVID-19 among the Indian Pharmacy Students
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Aim: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 among the Indian pharmacy students.
Materials and Methods: This was a prospective study conducted among the Indian pharmacy students by using the KAP questionnaire which was circulated by means of Google forms to various pharmacy colleges located in India. A total number of 151 pharmacy students were participated in this study by filling the KAP questionnaire. In this study, the questionnaire was divided into 3-categories mainly knowledge, attitude and practice.
Results: According to the grading of the knowledge, most of the study participants were observed to be with good knowledge (92.1%) in the aspect of “COVID-19” followed by moderate knowledge (7.9%). In this study, the attitude of the study participants were observed to be upto the mark as they are considering “COVID-19”is a very serious disease and they are using a face mask to prevent a disease. We observed that most of the study participants increased their frequency of washing hands, using the hand sanitizer and masks, maintaining the social distance and avoiding the unnecessary travelling during the COVID-19 outbreak. Most of the study participants avoided touching their eyes, nose & mouth and also even avoided meeting their friends and relatives.
Conclusion: Pharmacy students and pharmacy professionals should have enough knowledge, attitude and practice towards COVID-19 as they are also part of the health care team. They should get involved in creating the awareness in the society regarding the COVID-19 to fight against it successfully.
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