Asma Dahar.
COVID-19: Perspective and Practice of Urban Population of Pakistan.
Ann Jinnah Sindh Med Uni Jan ;7(1):13-9.

Objective: To understand the level of awareness and practices in urban population of Pakistan towards the deadly outbreak of COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 in Pakistan Methodology: A descriptive, cross-sectional online study was conducted amongst the people of Pakistan in the month of July, 2020 by non-probability, convenience sampling technique. The questionnaire was filled by people aged 20-60 years, both male and female, employed or unemployed, married or single regardless of their occupation and residing in Karachi, Pakistan. Results: A total of 600 participants filled the questionnaire. Majority of respondents were in the range of 20-30 years, with 477(79.50%) responses. Mean KAP score was found to be 18.59+- 2.455. Among these, 74.2% of the population were known to have Good KAP, 24% of the population had Fair KAP and 1.9% of the population had Poor KAP. Conclusions: Knowledge related to COVID-19 was found to be fair, whereas attitude and practice towards the pandemic was good. Although, many of the knowledge questions were answered rightly by the respondents, still there were some misconceptions related to face masks, gloves, and high-risk people for the disease. Key words: Awareness, Behaviour, Pneumonia, RNA Viruses, SARS Virus, COVID-19.

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