COVID-19 responses among university students of Bangladesh: Assessment of status and individual view toward COVID-19

ABSTRACT

COVID-19 has become one of the poignant infectious diseases in human history. This cross-sectional study intended to evaluate the adverse impact of COVID-19 among university students of Bangladesh. It also disclosed the COVID-19 responses through knowledge, attitude, and practice level across these university students. A rapid online survey was conducted to administer a self-reported questionnaire among these university students during the country’s COVID-19 induced lockdown period. Convenience and snowball sampling technique was employed for this study. Total of 418 university students participated. Statistical analyses were conducted based on type and normality distribution of data. Majority of the participated students experienced high impact (61.48%) on their study. They were also exceedingly concerned with their mental health (47.84%) due to this pandemic. Large number of students attended online classes (69.62%). Students living in the capital city Dhaka, reported more unsafe current places than the students living outside Dhaka. Furthermore, universities supported their students through multiple financial and mental assistance initiatives. Participated students reported moderate knowledge, attitude, and high practice scores. They were also observed moderate total KAP score in this study. Female students demonstrated good knowledge and practice scores than the male students.

KEYWORDS:

• University students
• infectious disease
• COVID-19
• developing settlement
• lockdown