Developing the questionnaire of general population knowledge, attitudes and practices towards the COVID-19 outbreak.
Hossein Namdar Areshtanab, Maryam Vahidi, Mina Hosseinzadeh and 1 others
PMID 38520156WHAT IT FOUND
The practice section of a new public COVID-19 questionnaire was the most usable, but some knowledge and vaccine-attitude parts did not hang together well.
It may help nurses guide education, but was not tested for outcomes.
Key findings
01The final questionnaire had 47 items: 16 knowledge items, 13 attitude items and 18 practice items.
02After final testing, the practice section scored 0.85 and total knowledge 0.63 on internal consistency, while the vaccine-view attitude subscale scored 0.1.
03In 847 participants, knowledge of transmission/prevention and symptoms/treatment, and fear and hope, were associated with reported practices.
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What it does not show
The sample came from 10 of 83 health centres in Tabriz, Iran, and participants were selected conveniently. 70.2% of participants were women, so the results may not generalise to men. No test-retest reliability was performed because pandemic information changed during the study. The study was cross-sectional, so it cannot show that knowledge or attitudes caused practices. Income and other possible confounders were not measured. Several knowledge and vaccine-view attitude subscales had very low internal consistency, so those scores may be unreliable. Practice items were answered only as yes or no, not by frequency.
Declared interests
Funded by Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as a fully validated public COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes and practices questionnaire. The practice section was consistent, but several knowledge and vaccine-attitude parts scored very low, and no test-retest reliability was done.