Elise Verot, Robin Chaux, Julie Gagnaire, Paul Bonjean, Amandine Gagneux-Brunon, Philippe Berthelot, Carole Pelissier, Billal Boulamail, Franck Chauvin, Bruno Pozzetto, Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers
Evaluating the Knowledge of and Behavior Toward COVID-19 and the Possibility of Isolating at a City Level: Survey Study
JMIR public health and surveillance
chronic health conditions significantly correlated increased clinical severity coronavirus 2019 covid19 heightened risk covid19 mortality study aims determine global knowledge attitudes practices knowledge abuse profile patients chronic diseases toward covid19 study initiated december 2019 extended april 2023 extensive search relevant englishlanguage literature conducted part systematic review metaanalysis google scholar scopus pubmedmedline science direct web science embase springer proquest utilized search quality included studies assessed using quality rating checklist created joanna briggs institute crosssectional research stata software version 14 inverse variance cochran q statistics used statistical analysis assess heterogeneity among studies dersimonian liard randomeffects models applied cases heterogeneity existed total 23 studies involving 14587 patients contributed metaanalysis studies comprised 21 studies focused knowledge 6864 participants 12 studies attitudes involving 3597 patients 12 practices encompassing 4126 patients pooled estimates sufficient knowledge positive attitudes covid19 preventive behaviors among chronic disease patients determined 482 95 confidence interval 95 ci 339625 608 95 ci 468748 583 95 ci 395770 respectively years consistent decrease adequate knowledge positive attitudes covid19 preventive behaviors among population specifically regarding knowledge rates declined 502 2020 497 2021 dropped 451 similarly percentage individuals positive attitude fell decreasing 641 2020 603 2021 dropping 579 2022 furthermore covid19 preventive behaviors showed fluctuations rates recorded 637 2020 increasing 754 2021 decreasing 47 2022 line publication dates included studies findings metaanalysis show significant decrease levels knowledge attitudes adherence preventative interventions covid19 among individuals chronic diseases findings emphasize need targeted interventions ongoing education address trend