Kamala Dhakal, Changying Chen, Panpan Wang, Joanes Faustine Mboineki, Bibhav Adhikari
Existing psychological supportive care interventions for cervical cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMC public health
health impacts covid19 evenly distributed societies chronic patients highly affected develop dangerous symptoms covid19 understanding information seeking covid19 may help improve effectiveness public health strategies future adoption safety measures minimize spread pandemic however little evidence information seeking specifically covid19 study setting therefore study aimed assess information seeking covid19 associated factors among chronic patients institutionalbased crosssectional study supplemented qualitative data conducted bahir dar city public hospitals northwest ethiopia april 8 june 15 2021 total 423 chronic patients selected using systematic random sampling techniques interval 5 bivariable multivariable logistic regression analysis fitted identify factors associated information seeking covid19 pvalue 005 used declare statistical significance qualitative data analyzed using thematic approach finally triangulated quantitative findings proportion information seeking covid19 among chronic patients 440 95 ci 390 490 living urban aor 44 95 ci 201 958 high perceived susceptibility covid19 aor 34 95ci 198 570 high perceived severity covid19 aor 17 95ci 104 291 high selfefficacy covid19 aor 43 95ci 252 734 adequate health literacy aor 18 95ci 110 303 significant factors associated informationseeking covid19 overall proportion information seeking covid19 among chronic patients low thus health promotion programs emphasize chronic patients living rural area enhance perceived risk severity covid19 enhancing selfefficacy health literacy interventions improve information seeking