Prevalence, attitude, knowledge, and risk perception towards COVID-19 in COPD patients associated to biomass exposure.
Francisco Montiel-LopezDaniela Rodríguez-RamírezMaría Cristina Miranda-MárquezMaricruz Cassou-MartínezHéctor Perea-GutiérrezAndrea Hernández-PérezMaría de Lourdes Martínez GómezRaúl H SansoresRafael Hernández-ZentenoRogelio Pérez-PadillaAlejandra Ramírez-VenegasPublished in: International journal of environmental health research (2021)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients due to biomass exposure (BE-COPD) could be more affected than COPD due to tobacco smoke (TE-COPD) by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The aim of this work was to determine the prevalence of COVID-19 in BE-COPD and TE-COPD and if housing conditions, poor attitude, knowledge, and risk perception towards COVID-19, particularly in BE-COPD women, could represent a risk factor for contagion.An 11% prevalence of COVID-19 was found with no significant difference between COPD groups. The BE-COPD group showed poorer socioeconomic status. No significant differences were found to be associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection regarding housing conditions, poor knowledge, attitude, and risk perception towards COVID-19. Living in urban areas and perceiving risk in COVID-19 were significantly associated with increased adherence to sanitary measures and concern of contagion. Around 40% of all patients showed poor risk perception and adherence to sanitary measures towards COVID-19.
Keyphrases
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- coronavirus disease
- lung function
- sars cov
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- type diabetes
- risk factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- cystic fibrosis
- pregnant women
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- pregnancy outcomes
- mental illness
- breast cancer risk