The current global perspective of the knowledge-attitude-behavior of the general public towards the corona virus disease -19 pandemic: Systematic review and meta-analysis on 67,143 participants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Determining the success of infectious disease outbreak prevention is dependent mainly on public knowledge and compliance regarding the guidelines of precautionary behaviors and practices. While the current literature about the COVID-19 pandemic extensively addresses clinical and laboratory-based studies, a gap remains still present in terms of evaluating the general public knowledge and behaviors towards the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this review was to form a preliminary and contemporary understanding of the general public knowledge, attitude, and behaviors towards the COVID-19 pandemic globally.

Methods

A systematic search was conducted in various databases until May 2020. Each study's characteristics including the sample size, region, and study type were exa

SUBMITTER: AlAmodi AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8682882 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature