Assessment of Knowledge and Perception Regarding COVID-19 among Undergraduate Medical Students of Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam
- 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam
- 2. Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh, Assam
Description
Background: COVID-19 has made people more vulnerable to infection due to a lack of understanding and hazardous practices. Medical students can play an important role as trust worthy information sources. The purpose of this study was to analyze medical students’ knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 at a tertiary care center. Methods: Participants took an online cross-sectional survey using Google Forms between November 2020 and January 2021. The research was carried out on MBBS students. To describe participant characteristics, descriptive statistics were used. Results: The survey was completed by all participants. They are all MBBS students. The majority of participants had acceptable knowledge for Covid 19 identification, while approximately 6.2% had just incomplete understanding (picked either RT-PCR or Immunofluorescent antigen detection technique). Students have a favorable opinion of COVID-19 prevention. More over half of the students (62.5%) correctly believed that antibiotics are ineffective in COVID-19 treatment, and 15.8% believed that vaccines are insufficient to prevent COVID-19 transmission at this time. Conclusion: As the COVID-19 virus causes on and off waves of cases around the world, it is critical to spread awareness and beliefs among the general public in order to avert a pandemic of such magnitude. Medical students, with their educational background and basic understanding of COVID-19, can play an important role in informing the society about the genuine facts of this pandemic situation.
Abstract (English)
Background: COVID-19 has made people more vulnerable to infection due to a lack of understanding and hazardous practices. Medical students can play an important role as trust worthy information sources. The purpose of this study was to analyze medical students’ knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 at a tertiary care center. Methods: Participants took an online cross-sectional survey using Google Forms between November 2020 and January 2021. The research was carried out on MBBS students. To describe participant characteristics, descriptive statistics were used. Results: The survey was completed by all participants. They are all MBBS students. The majority of participants had acceptable knowledge for Covid 19 identification, while approximately 6.2% had just incomplete understanding (picked either RT-PCR or Immunofluorescent antigen detection technique). Students have a favorable opinion of COVID-19 prevention. More over half of the students (62.5%) correctly believed that antibiotics are ineffective in COVID-19 treatment, and 15.8% believed that vaccines are insufficient to prevent COVID-19 transmission at this time. Conclusion: As the COVID-19 virus causes on and off waves of cases around the world, it is critical to spread awareness and beliefs among the general public in order to avert a pandemic of such magnitude. Medical students, with their educational background and basic understanding of COVID-19, can play an important role in informing the society about the genuine facts of this pandemic situation.
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2023-06-25
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