Open Access<p>Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice Regarding COVID-19 among Patients with Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases in Nepal: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Binit Vaidya,
Manisha Bhochhibhoya,
Rikesh Baral,
Shweta Nakarmi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open access rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-156X
DOI - 10.2147/oarrr.s265816
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , logistic regression , family medicine , rheumatology , covid-19 , rheumatic disease , disease , alternative medicine , descriptive statistics , physical therapy , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , statistics , mathematics
The global health crisis created by coronavirus disease in 2019, ie, COVID-19, is of serious concern to rheumatologists. The relationship of rheumatic diseases, their therapies, and COVID-19 with multiple genuine and malicious information available online can influence the knowledge and attitudes of rheumatic patients. This Google Forms study was conducted to understand the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of rheumatology patients with regard to COVID-19 in Nepal.