Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness Knowledge, Awareness, and Practices Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Among a www.cambridge.org/dmp Sample of a Pakistani Population: A Cross-Sectional Study Original Research Saba Tariq MBBS, MPhil, PhD1 , Sundus Tariq MBBS, MPhil, PhD2, Mukhtiar Baig 3 4 Cite this article: Tariq S, Tariq S, Baig M, MBBS, MPhil, PhD and Muhammad Saeed MBBS, MPhil, PhD Saeed M. Knowledge, awareness, and practices regarding the novel coronavirus among a 1Pharmacology, University Medical and Dental College, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan; sample of a pakistani population: a cross- 2Physiology, University Medical and Dental College, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan; 3Clinical sectional study. Disaster Med Public Health Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA and 4Clinical Biochemistry, Prep. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/ dmp.2020.408. University Medical and Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan Keywords: Abstract attitude; COVID-19; knowledge; practice; social determinants of health Objectives: We aimed to investigate knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding the new coro- navirus in a sample of the general Pakistani population. Corresponding author: Methods: This survey was carried out through The University of Faisalabad (TUF), Pakistan, Saba Tariq, between February 2020 and April 2020. The questionnaire was circulated on various online Email:
[email protected]. platforms to gather information. The data were analyzed on SPSS-22. Results: Out of 2121 respondents (13.7% were male, and 86.3% were females), 7.4% were mar- ried, 4.5% had a high income, and 5.8% had fewer family members. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) knowledge scores were significantly low in the < 21 years age group as compared to the 21 to 25 years age group (P < 0.001) and > 25 years age group (P < 0.001).