Savera Narejo, Maryam Saida Quarishy, Fouzia Naeem Effendi, Alishba Khan, Farah Fatima Abbas, Saadia Akram, Munazza Suharwardy Obaid.
Awareness and knowledge amongst medicine and allied students regarding coronavirus in a university in Karachi following an outbreak.
Pak J Physiol Jan ;18(1):58-62.

Background: Awareness motivates one to adopt protective measures and enables them to spread the knowledge amongst their peers. The study was conducted to assess and compare the knowledge and awareness among Medical and Allied Students regarding COVID-19 at a University in Karachi, Sindh. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey consisting of 23 close-ended items conducted online, amongst undergraduate Medical and Allied Students. Results: The 520 study participants filled out the web-based survey 232 (44.6%) from Medicine and 288 (55.4%) from Allied Sciences. The mean age of the study Participants were 21.18±1.784 years. The majority students were from medical 176 (33.8%) and medical technology field 108 (20.8%), followed by nursing, dental, physiotherapy and other allied health sciences departments. Awareness and knowledge regarding corona virus were found more in allied sciences students than in medical students (p=0.0001). Conclusion: Awareness and knowledge regarding COVID-19 were better allied sciences students than in medical students.

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