Volume 9 Issue 1 Article 24

Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitudes, And Practices Regarding Post COVID 19 Complications (Physical, Biological), And Immunization Practices in Hawler Medical University, KR, Iraq

Authors: Sahar Mohammed Zaki1 & Fatiheea Fatihalla Hassan2 & Omid Saber Abdullah3 & Zainab Ali Jaff4
1Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, Hawler Medical University
1Medical Laboratory Sciences, Catholic University in Erbil, Iraq, Kurdistan
2Department of Pharms, Medical Physics, and Clinical Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Hawler Medical University, Kurdistan Region, Iraq
3College of Administration and Economics, Statistics Department, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Iraq
3University of Kurdistan – Hawler (UKH), Erbil, Iraq
4University of Kurdistan – Hawler (UKH), Erbil, Iraq

Abstract: The purpose of this program evaluation is to assess community knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding complications of COVID 19, and immunization practices after the COVID 19 infection as part of the impact evaluation of the effects of COVID 19 infection.
Cross-sectional a total of HMU employers and students sampled for survey participation. Verbal consent and by website consent to obtained from all study participants. study revealed that COVID 19 infection in female was higher than males. The highest percentage of the patients was in the age group (19-29) which represent about 24.6%, most of the COV ID infection acquired by direct contact 56.5%, the highest percentage of infection was in those individual with blood group A (34.5%), fever was recorded in 85.2%, fatigue (81.1%) and cough (60.7%), 89.30 % of patients complained of fatigue, 56.60 % of patient complained of loss appetite and only 18% developed Acute respiratory distress.

Keywords: COVID-19, Fever, Complications, Survey, Acute Respiratory Distress

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Doi: 10.23918/eajse.v9i1p291

Published: February 12, 2023

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