Social Awareness and Use of Face Masks among Medical Students in Association with the COVID-19 Pandemic

Community Based Medical Journal Pub Date : 2024-01-24 DOI:10.3329/cbmj.v13i1.71082

Md Serajul Islam, Mir Moyeedul Islam, Nazia Nazneen, Tamrin Zaman

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A cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted to assess the level of social awareness and use of face mask in association with the COVID-19 pandemic among the medical students of Ad-din Sakina Women’s Medical College, Jashore, Bangladesh, between January and February of 2022. The study was carried out in the Department of Community Medicine. A total of 354 students of the same medical college participated in the survey. Data was collected by structured questionnaire and data processing and statistical analysis were done by using SPSS version 25.0. The age of the respondents was between 18 and 26 years. The mean age was 21.73 years. 82.8% of respondents were Muslims and 15.3% were Hindu. The average monthly family income of respondents was about 53,000 BDT. 83% of the respondents used face masks for the protection against COVID-19. 70.3% of the respondents relied more on the surgical type of mask. According to the survey the main mode of transmission of virus was found to be through respiratory droplets by 87.3% of the respondents. However, 13% failed to recognize droplet inhalation as a source of transmission. 92.1% of the respondents believed that the route of transmission includes eyes, nose, and mouth. Among the respondents 96% sanitize hand and face properly and 87.3% maintain social distance. It was found out that 7.1 percent of the respondents were affected by COVID-19 and 100% respondents were vaccinated against COVID-19. These findings clearly showed a satisfactory level of awareness and attitudes among the medical students towards COVID-19. Promoting the use of facemasks and educating the public about mask-wearing as an effective tool in disease prevention may also help to increase the public’s perceived benefits, which may then also contribute to increasing mask-wearing compliance. Facemasks play a pivotal role in the prevention and control of infectious respiratory disease transmission. CBMJ 2024 January: vol. 13 no. 01 P: 71-76

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与 COVID-19 大流行相关的医学生的社会意识和口罩使用情况

本研究是一项横断面描述性研究，旨在评估 2022 年 1 月至 2 月期间孟加拉国贾肖尔市阿德丁-萨基纳女子医学院医学生对 COVID-19 大流行的社会认知水平和口罩使用情况。研究在社区医学系进行。该医学院共有 354 名学生参与了调查。数据通过结构化问卷收集，并使用 SPSS 25.0 版进行数据处理和统计分析。受访者的年龄在 18 至 26 岁之间。平均年龄为 21.73 岁。82.8%的受访者为穆斯林，15.3%为印度教徒。受访者的平均家庭月收入约为 53,000 BDT。83% 的受访者使用口罩来预防 COVID-19。70.3% 的受访者更依赖外科口罩。调查发现，87.3% 的受访者认为病毒的主要传播方式是通过呼吸道飞沫传播。然而，13% 的受访者不承认吸入飞沫是传播源。92.1%的受访者认为传播途径包括眼、鼻和口。96% 的受访者会正确消毒手部和面部，87.3% 的受访者会保持社交距离。调查发现，7.1% 的受访者受到 COVID-19 的影响，100% 的受访者接种了 COVID-19 疫苗。这些结果清楚地表明，医科学生对 COVID-19 的认识和态度达到了令人满意的水平。推广使用口罩并教育公众将佩戴口罩作为预防疾病的有效工具，也有助于提高公众对口罩益处的认知，进而有助于提高佩戴口罩的依从性。口罩在预防和控制呼吸道传染病传播方面发挥着关键作用。

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