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Protected copyright. 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 For peer review only - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtml BMJ Open Page 2 of 41 BMJ Open: first published as 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043971 on 23 February 2021. Downloaded from 1 2 3 4 KAP-COVIDGLOBAL: A Multinational Survey of the Levels and Determinants of 5 Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards COVID-19 6 7 Ahmed Taher Masoud1, Mohamed S. Zaazouee2, Sarah M. Elsayed3, Khaled M. Ragab4, Esraa M. Kamal1, 8 Yusra T. Alnasser5, Ahmed Assar6, Anas Z. Nourelden7, Loai J. Istatiah1, Mohamed M. Abd-Elgawad1, 9 Ahmed T. Abdelsattar1, Ahmed A. Sofy1, Doaa G. Hegazy8, MD, Victor Z. Femía9, Adriana R. Mendonça9, 10 1 10 11 1 1 11 Fatma M. Sayed , Ahmed Elmoursi , Alaa Alareidi , Ahmed K. Abd-Eltawab , Mohamed Abdelmonem , 12 Omar M. Mohammed1, EzzEldeen A. Derballa1, Kareem A. El-Fas12, PharmD, Mohamed Abdel-Daim13, ‡ 14 ‡ * 13 PhD , Abdelrahman I. Abushouk , MD for the KAP-COVIDGLOBAL Investigators 14 15 16 1 Faculty of Medicine, FayoumFor University, peer Fayoum, review Egypt only 17 2 18 Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt 19 3 th 20 Faculty of Medicine, 6 of October University, Giza, Egypt 21 4 Faculty of Medicine, Minia University, Minia, Egypt 22 23 5 Faculty of Pharmacy, Damascus University, Damascus, Syria 24 25 6 Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt 26 27 7 Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt 28 8 29 Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 30 9 Universidade do Vale do Sapucaí, Pouso Alegre, Minas Gerais, Brazil 31 32 10 Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 33 34 11 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ http://bmjopen.bmj.com/ 35 36 12 College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia 37 13 38 Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia & Pharmacology 39 Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt 40 14 41 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 42 on October 4, 2021 by guest. Protected copyright. 43 * All collaborators are listed in Appendix file 1. 44 ‡ Both authors contributed equally and are considered conjoined senior authors. 45 46 47 Correspondence: Abdelrahman I. Abushouk, MD; 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, 02115, MA 48 49 Tel: +1 6173978718; Email: [email protected] & [email protected] 50 51 OR Mohamed Abdel-Daim; College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, 11362, Saudi Arabia 52 Tel: +2 01014295780; Email: [email protected] 53 54 Manuscript Word Count: 3357 55 56 57 58 1 59 60 For peer review only - http://bmjopen.bmj.com/site/about/guidelines.xhtml Page 3 of 41 BMJ Open BMJ Open: first published as 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043971 on 23 February 2021. Downloaded from 1 2 3 4 Abstract 5 6 Objective: The adherence to public health recommendations to control COVID-19 spread is influenced by 7 8 public knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP). We performed this cross-sectional study to assess the 9 10 levels and determinants of public KAP towards COVID-19 in a large, multinational sample. 11 12 Design: Cross-sectional study (survey). 13 14 15 Setting: The questionnaire was distributed to potential respondents via online platforms 16 For peer review only 17 Participants: 71,890 individuals from 22 countries. 18 19 Methods: We formulated a four-section questionnaire in English, followed by validation and translation 20 21 into seven languages. The questionnaire was distributed (May-June 2020) and each participant received 22 23 a score for each KAP section. 24 25 26 Results: Overall, the participants had fair knowledge (mean score: 19.24±3.59) and attitudes (3.72±2.31) 27 28 and good practices (12.12±1.83) regarding COVID-19. About 92% reported moderate-to-high compliance 29 30 with national lockdown. However, significant gaps were observed: only 68.2% knew that infected 31 32 individuals may be asymptomatic; 45.4% believed that antibiotics are effective treatments; and 55.4% 33 34 http://bmjopen.bmj.com/ 35 stated that a vaccine has been developed. However, 71.9% believed or were uncertain that COVID-19 is a 36 37 global conspiracy; 36.8% and 51% were afraid of contacting doctors and Chinese people, respectively. 38 39 Further, 66.4% reported the pandemic had moderate-to-high negative effects on their mental health.
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