Prevalence, attitude, knowledge, and risk perception towards COVID-19 in COPD patients associated to biomass exposure.
Int J Environ Health Res
; 33(2): 170-179, 2023 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-34965789
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients due to biomass exposure (BE-COPD) could be more affected than COPD due to tobacco smoke (TE-COPD) by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of this work was to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in BE-COPD and TE-COPD and if housing conditions, poor attitude, knowledge, and risk perception towards COVID-19, particularly in BE-COPD women, could represent a risk factor for contagion.An 11% prevalence of COVID-19 was found with no significant difference between COPD groups. The BE-COPD group showed poorer socioeconomic status. No significant differences were found to be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection regarding housing conditions, poor knowledge, attitude, and risk perception towards COVID-19. Living in urban areas and perceiving risk in COVID-19 were significantly associated with increased adherence to sanitary measures and concern of contagion. Around 40% of all patients showed poor risk perception and adherence to sanitary measures towards COVID-19.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Environ Health Res
Assunto da revista:
SAUDE AMBIENTAL
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
México
País de publicação:
Reino Unido