Development and validation of a questionnaire to assess preventive practices against COVID-19 pandemic in the general population.

ABSTRACT: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected millions of people worldwide with far-reaching socio-economic implications in society. The adoption of preventive practices by the public remains the mainstay in reducing the spread of COVID-19 but there is a dearth of validated tools to assess such infection prevention practices related to pandemics. This study was conducted to develop and validate a questionnaire for the assessment of preventive practices against COVID-19 in the general population. It was done following a standardized protocol involving questionnaire development through literature review, focused group discussions, in-depth interviews, expert opinion, and pre-testing. This was followed by the validation of the questionnaire through a cross-sectional survey on 108

SUBMITTER: Agarwal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7899917 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature