Abstract
Introduction: Swine Flu-Is a respiratory tract infection which is spread from the pigs. This kind of virus can kill the human race. This infection is a worldwide virus outbreak. Outbreaks are common in pigs year round and infection in humans is a result of close contact with infected animals. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge regarding swine flu among adult
Methodology: A quantitative research approach and descriptive design was used for the study. The study sample size was 150 and the sampling technique used was convenient sampling technique for selecting the samples. The knowledge was assessed by the help of structured knowledge questionnaire tool and extraneous variables included in the study were age, educational status, religion, marital status, occupation, types of family, dietary habits, monthly income. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Bar, cylindrical, pyramid diagrams were used to depict the findings and to interpret data.
Result: The result of study depicts that more than half 66 (66%) of subjects have excellent knowledge, less than half 31 (31.3%) subjects have good knowledge, 2.7 (2.7%) subjects have average knowledge, and 0 (0%) subjects poor knowledge regarding swine flu. Hence, it was concluded that the maximum adult have excellent knowledge regarding swine flu. The results revealed that there was no association between age, gender, education staus, religion and types of family, monthly income because the calculated chi square value was less then table value but in marital status the calculated chi square value was (13.03), in the occupation calculated chi square value was (0.01). Association was found significant at p<0.05 level.
Keywords: Knowledge. Adult, Swine Flu, Urban.
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Corresponding Author
Nisha Kumari
Associate Professor, Dept, of Community, Abhilashi University, Mandi, H.P. 175008
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i12.51
