Knowledge of COVID-19 and associated factors among kidney transplant recipients and donors in Singapore.

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Tác giả: Shannon Baey, Fiona Foo, Marjorie Foo, Xia He, Quan Yao Ho, Tazeen Hasan Jafar, Terence Kee, Constance Lee, Ian Tatt Liew, York Moi Lu, Eleanor Ng, Rupesh Madhukar Shirore, Ping Sing Tee, Sobhana Thangaraju, Yeli Wang, Jin Hua Yong

Ngôn ngữ: eng

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Thông tin xuất bản: India : Singapore medical journal , 2025

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Bộ sưu tập: NCBI

ID: 173585

 BACKGROUND: Effective interventions during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic require an understanding of patients' knowledge and perceptions that influence their behaviour. Our study assessed knowledge of COVID-19 among kidney transplant recipients and donors, hitherto unevaluated. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 325 kidney transplant recipients and 172 donors between 1 May 2020 and 30 June 2020. The survey questionnaire assessed knowledge levels of COVID-19, sociodemographic data, health status, psychosocial impact of COVID-19 and precautionary behaviours during the pandemic. RESULTS: The mean COVID-19 knowledge score of the study population was 7.5 (standard deviation: 2.2) out of 10. The mean score was significantly higher among kidney recipients compared to kidney donors (7.9 [1.9] vs. 6.7 [2.6]
  P <
 0.001). Younger age (21-49 vs. ≥50 years) and higher education (diploma and higher vs. secondary and lower) were associated with significantly higher knowledge scores in donors, but not among recipients ( P -interactions ≤0.01). In both kidney recipients and donors, financial concerns and/or social isolation were associated with lower knowledge levels. CONCLUSIONS: Concerted efforts are needed to improve COVID-19 knowledge in kidney transplant recipients and donors, particularly older donors, donors with lower education and patients with financial concerns or feelings of social isolation. Intensive patient education may mitigate the impact of education levels on COVID-19 knowledge levels.
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