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BSc Pharmaceutical Healthcare Recently graduated student at Technological University Dublin, Ireland, with an interest in infectious diseases, immunology and virology.
The COVID-19 disease was declared a global pandemic by the 11th of February 2020, presenting a major threat to public health worldwide. Success in the battle against COVID-19 depends on public adherence to control measures. Their adherence is greatly affected by their knowledge, perceptions, and practices; therefore, the aim of this study was to assess and understand the knowledge, perceptions, practices, and trusted information sources of COVID-19 among Irish residents. A quantitative survey was performed by means of an online questionnaire, which comprised five sections to collect data regarding demographics, knowledge, perceptions, practices, and information sources. A total of 1007 participants completed the online survey between February and March 2021. The majority of respondents (69.4% female and 30.3% male) had a correct rate of knowledge (88%) and practices (68.1%), with health organisations being the most trusted information source (70.7%); 87.4% understand good mask etiquette. Only 53.7% agreed that closing schools or mass gathering events are an effective way to reduce the spread of the virus, while 81.3% are aware that COVID-19 is more severe than the flu; 64% of respondents said that the pandemic has negatively affected their mental health. It was observed that a higher level of knowledge is positively correlated with good practices. The study concludes that most of the respondents have shown a good level of knowledge and right practices towards the COVID-19 pandemic, and that the higher the level of knowledge of individuals, the better the COVID-19 safety practices are that they perform. It has been observed that the continuous improvement on an individual’s level of knowledge of COVID-19 is essential to maintain good safety practices and reduce the spread.
Emma Temple; Amit Jaiswal; Swarna Jaiswal. COVID-19 Related Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, and Practices amongst Irish Residents. COVID 2021, 1, 166 -185.
AMA StyleEmma Temple, Amit Jaiswal, Swarna Jaiswal. COVID-19 Related Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, and Practices amongst Irish Residents. COVID. 2021; 1 (1):166-185.
Chicago/Turabian StyleEmma Temple; Amit Jaiswal; Swarna Jaiswal. 2021. "COVID-19 Related Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, and Practices amongst Irish Residents." COVID 1, no. 1: 166-185.