Open Access<p>Perception Toward Quarantine for COVID-19 Among Adult Residents of Selected Towns in Southwest Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Yitagesu Mamo,
Adane Asefa,
Qaro Qanche,
Tadesse Dhuguma,
Asrat Wolde,
Tadesse Nigussie
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s277273
Subject(s) - quarantine , medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , demography , cross sectional study , descriptive statistics , perception , veterinary medicine , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , psychology , pathology , sociology , neuroscience , mathematics
COVID-19 is a global pandemic caused by a transmissible respiratory virus, SARS-Cov-2. Because it is a novel pathogen, limited information is available to characterize the spectrum of clinical illness, transmission efficiency, and the duration of viral shedding for patients with COVID-19. Quarantine is an important component of a multilayered strategy to prevent sustained spread of COVID-19 everywhere. The aim of this study was to assess public perceptions toward quarantine for COVID-19 and associated factors among adult residents of selected towns in Southwest Ethiopia, 2020.