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Knowledge and Perception on COVID-19 Pandemic among the Undergraduate Students of Ayurveda College: A Cross-sectional Online Survey

2021; Radiance Research Academy; Linguagem: Inglês

10.31782/ijcrr.2021.sp176

ISSN

2231-2196

Autores

Srihari Sheshagiri, Jyothy Kothanath Bhaskaran,

Tópico(s)

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research

Resumo

COVID-19 -Coronavirus disease 2019, is a new infectious disease caused due to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-COV-2). 1The disease was first reported in December 2019 at Wuhan, China 2 and was later declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020. 3 pandemic conditions, the response of public health authorities depends upon the knowledge and perception of the public among the disease.The activities and role of medical professionals and graduate students play an influential role in the outcome of the COVID pandemic.Population-based surveys during lockdown is an impossible method to assess the required response and hence online survey is used, which is less time-consuming. MATERIALS AND METHODSThe current cross-sectional online survey was conducted upon the prospective medical graduates who were from Mahatma Gandhi Ayurved College, Hospital & Research Centre, Salad, Wardha and DattaMeghe Ayurveda Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra.The online platform used for the survey was through structured Google forms.The population strata were based upon a predetermined number of open slots into which IJCRR

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