Knowledge And Awareness Of The Need To Continue Safety Practices After Covid-19 First Wave Among The General Public- Cross Sectional Survey

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Rasveya. S , Dr. Gheena.S , Dr. Sandhya Sundar

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AIM: To assess the Knowledge and awareness of the general population about the need to continue safety practises even after The COVID-19 outbreak subsided.
BACKGROUND : New coronavirus causes COVID-19, an infectious disease that causes respiratory illness. Experts have indicated about the second and third wave of coronavirus which is said to have aggressive effects than the first wave, which will have even more fatal outcomes, so that is why the safe practices such as wearing masks, using sanitizers, social distancing has to be continued.
MATERIALS AND METHOD: A cross-sectional study was conducted employing a self administered questionnaire to the general population. This study was conducted by assessing responses to 10 selected questions through Google forms. The data collected were tabulated and statistically analyzed using SPSS software version 23.0(IBM,Chicago, USA).
RESULTS: The study consisted of 162 participants. Among them, 56.79% of participants were males and 43.21% of them were females. About 52.47% of the participants wear masks regularly but 47.53% do not wear masks regularly . About 58.64% of the participants use sanitizer after exposure,41.36% do not use sanitizer after exposure. Majority 45.68% of the participants did not prefer getting vaccinated,33.33% of the participants preferred getting vaccinated,20.99% of the participants may get vaccinated. 11.73% of males and 12.96% of females were not aware of the consequences of not following post COVID-19 first wave safety measures (chi-square, p value= 0.000).
CONCLUSION: The present study records moderate levels of awareness regarding the continual of preventive practices in the post COVID period. Since there is a higher risk of spreading COVID-19, there is a need for greater awareness about the post-COVID-19 practices and to spread awareness to get vaccinated.

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