Perception of knowledge and attitudes towards COVID-19 in a group of citizens in the urban area of Huánuco

• Autores: Ruiz Aquino, Mely, Diaz Lazo, Anibal, Ubillús, Milward, Aguí Ortiz, Alejandrina Kibutz, Rojas Bravo, Violeta
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revista URP - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/3352
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/3352
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Health knowledge, attitudes, practice; self-care; coronavirus; COVID-19

Objective. To identify relationship between knowledge and type of attitudes towards COVID-19 in the citizens of the urban area of Huánuco. Methods. Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach. It was carried out in the city of Huánuco, 2020. Sample comprised 168 citizens. A previously validated knowledge questionnaire and an attitudes scale towards COVID-19 were applied. Pearson's χ² test and Spearman's correlation coefficient (rho) were applied. Results. When analyzing the type of knowledge regarding COVID-19, 62.5% (105) of the sample was located in the category “unknown”. Analyzing the type of attitudes perceived by citizens towards COVID-19, 36.9% (62) had positive attitudes, while 63.1% (106) presented negative attitudes. Contrasting the relationship of knowledge and the type of attitudes towards COVID-19, statistical significance was found between both variables (p <0.005). The level of education presented a significant relationship with knowledge about COVID-19 (r = 0.314; p <0.000). Conclusion. There is a direct relationship between the knowledge and the type of attitudes towards COVID-19 in the citizens of the urban area of Huánuco. In other words, there is ignorance about COVID-19. The vast majority show negative attitudes.