KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES OF ELDERLY FACING COVID-19
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https://doi.org/10.18554/reas.v12i3.6887Abstract
Objective: Identify the elderly knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding COVID-19, in the community. Methodology: It is an analytic cross-sectional study, having the elderly population as a target. A Family Health Strategy Program assisted them and, the criteria applied were: Sociodemographic profile; The CAP (which stands for Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices – KAP). Results: 89 elderly individuals were taken into the study, with ages ranging from 68 to 96 years old and predominantly female. When asked if human contact and eating wild animals meat would transmit the COVID-19 virus, 34,8% (n= 31) have answered “yes”. In regards to preventive measures, 97,8% (n=87) have agreed that using masks is necessary to avoid contamination from the new Coronavirus. The majority of them, 85.4% (n=76) have shown themselves hopeful towards the end of the pandemic. Conclusion: The majority of elderly people not only know about the disease but also have positive attitudes and adopt practices to control the COVID-19 contamination.
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