Title
Factors associated with knowledge and perceptions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic among future health science professionals: A logistic model analysis
Date Issued
2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Chuquimez C.
De La Cruz J.
MAYTA TOVALINO, FRANK ROGER
Publisher(s)
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Abstract
Aim: This study aimed to determine the factors associated with knowledge and perceptions regarding the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic among undergraduate students in different health science fields. Materials and Methods: An analytical, cross-sectional, prospective study was conducted. Data were collected between January and March 2021, from health science undergraduate students attending Federico Villarreal National University in Peru. To calculate the sample size, a formula to estimate a proportion was applied using Stata 15 software (n = 527). The examined factors were faculty, year of study, gender, region, residence, living with parents, and having family members infected with COVID-19, which were analyzed using a logit model to identify the impact of the intervening variables with a significance of P 0.05. Results: None of the variables studied were found to affect knowledge and perceptions regarding COVID-19 preventive measures among Peruvian health science students, with the following odds ratios (OR) obtained: faculty (OR = 0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.83-1.12), year of study (OR = 0.98; CI: 0.77-1.25), gender (OR = 1.12; CI: 0.54-2.28), region (OR = 1.32; CI: 0.35-4.78), residence (OR = 0.97; CI: 0.48-1.95), living with parents (OR = 1.5; CI: 0.52-4.39), and having infected family members (OR = 1.5; CI: 0.64-3.49). Conclusion: The results of this study show that students at a Peruvian public university have adequate knowledge and perceptions regarding preventive strategies to avoid contracting and spreading COVID-19. In addition, none of the examined factors were significant in this relationship.
Start page
579
End page
585
Volume
13
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Epidemiología
Enfermedades infecciosas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85121008821
Source
Journal of International Oral Health
ISSN of the container
0976-7428
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