ISSN: 2578-5044
Authors: Saleha S*, Fatima Z, Gohreen T, Hafsa N and Zainab K
Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious & viral disease that mainly affects young children. Despite the efforts of national and international organizations, polio has not been eradicated from Pakistan, which is one of three remaining polio-endemic countries in the world. Study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude and practices among people regarding polio immunization in Lahore Pakistan. A cross-sectional study involving 300 participants was conducted from November 2018 to March 2019 in Lahore, Pakistan. Both male and female were included. Results showed that significant association was found between different statements of knowledge and age (p=0.005 and p=0.003), gender (p= 0.021), qualification (p=0.003, p<0.001, p= 0.021, p=0.001, and p=0.029), residential status (p=0.039, p=0.008 and p=0.001), employment status (p=0.030), monthly income (p=0.005, p=0.027, p=0.020,p=0.044 and p=0.002) and people having children less than 5 years of age (p=0.003). Significant association was found between different statements of attitude and gender (p=0.030), qualification (p=0.015and p=0.022), residential status (p=0.030), employment status ( p=0.011), monthly income (p=0.031) and people having children less than 5 years of age (p=0.033 and p=0.039). Significant association was also found between different statements of perception and age (p=0.008, p=0.001 and p=0.036), qualification (p=0.004, p=0.002, p= 0.001, p=0.002, and p=0.011, p=0.004, p=0.015, p= 0.001 and p=0.004), residential status (p=0.023, p=0.004, p=0.028 and p=0.014), employment status (p=0.015, p=0.007 and p=0.01), monthly income (p=0.048, p=0.021, and p=0.040) and people having children less than 5 years of age (p=0.037, p=0.027 and p=0.021). It is concluded that most of the participants had adequate knowledge & wanted the complete elimination of polio from Pakistan but there are still
Keywords: Knowledge; Attitude; Perception; Polio; Immunization
