Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Regarding COVID-19 among Patients with Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases in Nepal: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Binit Vaidya; Manisha Bhochhibhoya; Rikesh Baral; Shweta Nakarmi

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Purpose: The global health crisis created by coronavirus disease in 2019, ie, COVID-19, is of serious concern to rheumatologists. The relationship of rheumatic diseases, their therapies, and COVID-19 with multiple genuine and malicious information available online can influence the knowledge and attitudes of rheumatic patients. This Google Forms study was conducted to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of rheumatology patients with regard to COVID-19 in Nepal. Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with rheumatic diseases. A modified version of a questionnaire was used after consent had been obtained. It was then translated into Nepali for comprehensibility. The final questionnaire contained a total of 29 questions: six on demographic parameters and twelve, five, and six on knowledge, attitudes and practice, respectively. Simple descriptive statistics were used to describe the positive responses in each domain. Logistic regression analysis was done to observe demographic variables associated with knowledge, attitudes, and practice. Results: Among 380 participants, 63.2% were female, the majority (42.1%) aged 18– 29 years, and all were literate. Most were aware of the clinical features of COVID-19 (91.6%), 71.5% had positive attitudes toward its control, some (31.5%) thought that they had a greater chance of contracting COVID-19 than others, and 18.9% believed that antirheumatic medications could increase their susceptibility to infection. A majority ( 94.7%) of them practiced preventive measures. Conclusion: Patients with rheumatic diseases were aware of the general clinical features, routes of transmission, and general preventive measures regarding COVID-19 and did not significantly change their treatment practices.

机译：目的：2019年Coronavirus病的全球健康危机，即Covid-19，风湿病学家的严重关注。具有在线提供多种真实和恶意信息的风湿病，治疗和Covid-19的关系可以影响风湿患者的知识和态度。谷歌表格研究是为了了解风湿病学患者关于尼泊尔Covid-19的知识，态度和实践。方法：在风湿疾病患者中进行了基于网络的横截面研究。在获得同意后使用的调查版本的调查版本。然后转化为尼泊尔以获得可理解性。最终调查问卷总共包含29个问题：六个人口统计参数和十二个，五，以及六个知识，态度和实践。简单的描述性统计用于描述每个域中的正响应。逻辑回归分析是为了观察与知识，态度和实践相关的人口变量。结果：380名参与者，63.2％是女性，大多数（42.1％）为18-29岁，所有人都是识字的。大多数人都知道Covid-19的临床特征（91.6％），71.5％对其控制有积极的态度，其中一些（31.5％）认为它们与其他人有比其他人的收缩机会 - 19％，相信18.9％抗胃部药物可以提高它们对感染的易感性。其中大多数（> 94.7％）他们实行了预防措施。结论：风湿性疾病的患者了解了关于Covid-19的一般临床特征，传播途径和一般预防措施，并没有显着改变其治疗方法。

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Regarding COVID-19 among Patients with Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases in Nepal: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

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