European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction: Every element of human existence has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving people more susceptible to the illness. Aim: To investigate the KAP towards COVID-19 among COVID-19 patients admitted during April 2021 to Oct 2021 and its correlation with mortality and severity of disease. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive survey was conducted among consecutive COVID-19 adult patients (>18 years) admitted to Dedicated COVID Hospital, at tertiary health care center, SP Medical College, Bikaner (Rajasthan). All covid positive patients, giving informed verbal consent, reporting to our COVID dedicated hospital within study duration, were included in our study by consecutive sampling. A pretested preformed questionnaire was used, which comprised of two parts to collect demographic details of the participants along with KAP towards COVID-19. The collected data was entered in Microsoft Excel and then was analysed and statistically evaluated using Epi info software. Results: Age of patients ranged between 18 to 85 years with mean age of 50.9±15.4 yr. A composite analysis of the KAP score revealed that 24.6% had a poor KAP score, 65.6% had an average KAP score while the remaining 9.8% had a good KAP score. We found a significant association between low disease severity or good disease outcome with all 3 parameters of KAP score (p value <0.05). Patients with low levels of KAP (knowledge, attitude, and practices) showed a higher likelihood of being infected with COVID-19. Conclusion: the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding COVID-19 among patients with COVID-19 were average, and were lower among patients with low education levels, low socioeconomic status, and occupations not related to healthcare.