期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：5
页码：2543-2549
DOI：10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I5.262
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：INTRODUCTION: Since the news of COVID 19 disease origin till now there has been many changes in the understanding of the disease.Lack of knowledge and misconception often leads to arousal of myths among the community. Due to the misconception and myths, people use wrong measures for prevention and treatment, thereby making them prone to infection. This study is done to know about proportion of people with high level of myth and misconception among adults. METHODOLOGY: This study is a cross-sectional design to assess the myths and misconception on COVID-19 among the adult by purposive sampling technique. Data was entered in Microsoft Excel and analyzed using SPSS software version 21. RESULTS: A total of 334 participants participated in this study out of which 52.99% of the participants had high level of myths related to COVID 19. There was statistical significance between high level of myths and age, education, occupation and marital status. CONCLUSION: Despite the awareness created through various media, people are having high levels of myths which needs to eliminated. Gaining knowledge through verified source is important to eliminate misconception about a disease.
