Knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding COVID-19 among the postgraduate medical students of a government medical college in Gujarat (India)

Abstract

Abstract Objective: To assess postgraduate students’ knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding COVID-19. Methods: A self-designed online questionnaire was circulated to the postgraduate students. Mean knowledge, attitude, and practice scores were calculated and compared among different study groups with the ANOVA test. Results: Out of 254 postgraduate students approached, 220 responses were received, so the final sample size was 220. Out of 220 students enrolled, 159 (72.27%) students had good knowledge and 61 (27.73%) students had poor knowledge; 167 (75.90%) students had a positive attitude, 51 (23.18%) students had a neutral attitude, and only two (0.92%) students had a negative attitude; 196 (89.09%) students observed good practices whereas 24 (10.91%) students observed poor practices. Conclusion: Most students had good knowledge, a positive attitude, and good practices.

Keywords

• attitude and practice
• covid-19
• knowledge
• postgraduate students