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. 2024 Dec 18;24(1):3522.
doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-21009-3.

Validation of a Nepali version of the questionnaire to assess preventive practices against the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population

Dipsikha Aryal  1 , Puspa Acharya  2 , Niraj Bhattarai  3 , Roshan Gwachha  4
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Validation of a Nepali version of the questionnaire to assess preventive practices against the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population

Dipsikha Aryal et al. BMC Public Health. .

Abstract

Background: The new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by a virus in the coronavirus family called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Due to lack of effective treatment, the major way to breakdown the disease transmission is by application of preventive measures. For this, a preventive practice questionnaire was used to assess the preventive practice during COVID-19. A definite advantage of this questionnaire is its ability to identify individual level preventive practices. The objective of the study was to validate the Nepali version of Questionnaire to assess preventive practices against the COVID-19 pandemic in the General population.

Methods: A web-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2022 to April 2023 using preventive practices against the COVID-19 pandemic questionnaire and was conducted among 351 respondents. The sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire were calculated for validation. The best cutoff point for the Nepalese version of the questionnaire was identified and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) was calculated.

Results: The overall prevalence of good preventive practices was 90.6%. The best cutoff points for the Nepali version of the questionnaire were 93% sensitivity and 67% specificity, respectively at a cutoff level of 47/48. The area under the curve was 0.859. Thus, the Nepalese version of the questionnaire concerning preventive practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population had an accuracy of 85.9% (95% CI 0.757-0.961, p = 0.001).

Conclusion: The Nepalese version of the questionnaire on preventive practices during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population can be successfully used as a survey tool. These findings might help to detect appropriate adherence to preventive practices can be achieved in busy outpatient departments. Detecting adherence to preventive practices may help local health authorities and policymakers in identifying specific populations for future awareness campaigns during infectious disease outbreaks.

Keywords: COVID-19; Nepali version; Preventive practice; Questionnaire validation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethical approval and consent to participate: The study was approved by the Institutional Review Committee of Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences (Reg.no–670). Informed consent was obtained from all the respondents before their enrollment. Throughout the study, the confidentiality and anonymity of the respondents were rigorously maintained and ensured. Consent for publication: “Validation of a Nepali version of the questionnaire to assess preventive practices against the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population” conducted by Ms. Dipsikha Aryal, Ms. Puspa Acharya, Mr. Niraj Bhattarai and Dr. Roshan Gwachha. We would like to have the manuscript considered for publication in BMC Public Health, as the objective and design of study matches the aim and scope of Journal focusing on Public Health issues. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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