National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
After COVID-19 pandemic treatment modalities are more focused towards preventive measures rather than medications. Among preventive measures hand hygiene is not only globally accepted method but also the simplest, cheapest, and most effective method in preventing spread of diseases. The objective of this study was to assess levels of knowledge, attitude, and practice in various aspects of hand hygiene among medical students and general public for identifying gaps for planning necessary corrective measures. A cross sectional study involving self-administered pre structured questionnaires containing 29 questions related to knowledge, attitude, and practice in various aspects of hand hygiene given to 150 medical students of S.N Medical college, jodhpur and 90 general public visiting out patient department of tertiary care hospital, western Rajasthan. The data was analysed using Microsoft excel with p- values being calculated. There were 252 responses to the survey divided into medical students and general public. Out of which, 12 responses were incomplete so were excluded leaving total 240 responses. There was no statistical difference between the groups for attitude towards hand hygiene. Significant statistical differences were found between the two groups in terms of knowledge and practice towards hand hygiene. The study showed that medical students and public had a good attitude toward hand hygiene. Medical students showed good knowledge and positive practices towards hand hygiene as compare to general public. Both groups strongly agree that hand hygiene practices are essential specially after COVID 19 pandemic. However our study was conducted with smaller number of participants, so to assess the true difference in KAP between medical students and general public there is need of more studies involving larger number of participants in India.
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