An Assessment of Perceived Stigmatization of Patients Infected with COVID-19 in the Nation's Epicenter of the Pandemic : A Cross-Sectional Study of Residents of Agege, Lagos, Nigeria
Copyright © 2021 by West African Journal of Medicine..
BACKGROUND: In some parts of Africa, the patients and those who survived COVID-19 are stigmatized and this has impeded the response activities put in place to control the pandemic. Inspite of this, most efforts in preventing COVID-19 were geared towards the use of non-pharmacologic measures without corresponding measures to dissipate stigmatization in the community. Therefore, this study assessed the factors associated with perceived stigmatization of patients with COVID-19 among residents of Agege local government, Lagos State, Nigeria.
METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 333 consenting residents recruited from Agege local government area (LGA) using a multi-stage sampling technique. A semistructure, interviewer-administered questionnaire adapted from the People Living with Human Immunodefiency Virus (PLHIV) Stigma Index was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of COVID-19 and perceived stigmatization. Bivariate analysis was done using Chi-square and binary logistic regression was used to identify the determinants of perceived stigmatization at 5% level of significance.
RESULTS: The mean age of the respondents was 35.7 ± 13.6 years. Awareness about COVID-19 outbreak was 95.2%. Television (43.5%) and radio (36.9%) were the two major sources of information on COVID-19 infection and prevention. The proportions of the respondents who had poor knowledge and perceived stigmatization of COVID-19 patients were 50.0% and 47.7% respectively. A higher likelihood of perceived stigmatization was found among those aged 25 - 49 years (aOR= 3.1, 95% CI = 1.4 - 6.7), > 50 years (aOR= 2.1, 95% CI = 1.1 - 3.9) and married respondents (aOR= 1.8, 95% CI = 1.1 - 2.9).
CONCLUSION: The study highlights the poor knowledge about COVID-19 and a high level of stigmatization. Hence, targeted health educational interventions are urgently needed for the residents of Agege, most especially among married respondents as well as the adults.
| Medienart: |
Artikel |
|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr: |
2021 |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: |
2021 |
| Enthalten in: |
Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38 |
|---|---|
| Enthalten in: |
West African journal of medicine - 38(2021), 12 vom: 30. Dez., Seite 1206-1215 |
| Sprache: |
Englisch |
|---|
| Beteiligte Personen: |
Babatunde, O A [VerfasserIn] |
|---|
| Themen: |
COVID-19 |
|---|
| Anmerkungen: |
Date Completed 18.01.2022 Date Revised 30.04.2022 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
|---|
| Förderinstitution / Projekttitel: |
|
|---|
| PPN (Katalog-ID): |
NLM335722474 |
|---|
| LEADER | 01000naa a22002652 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | NLM335722474 | ||
| 003 | DE-627 | ||
| 005 | 20231225230516.0 | ||
| 007 | tu | ||
| 008 | 231225s2021 xx ||||| 00| ||eng c | ||
| 028 | 5 | 2 | |a pubmed24n1119.xml |
| 035 | |a (DE-627)NLM335722474 | ||
| 035 | |a (NLM)35037451 | ||
| 035 | |a (PII)West Afr J Med | ||
| 040 | |a DE-627 |b ger |c DE-627 |e rakwb | ||
| 041 | |a eng | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Babatunde, O A |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 3 | |a An Assessment of Perceived Stigmatization of Patients Infected with COVID-19 in the Nation's Epicenter of the Pandemic |b A Cross-Sectional Study of Residents of Agege, Lagos, Nigeria |
| 264 | 1 | |c 2021 | |
| 336 | |a Text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a Band |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 500 | |a Date Completed 18.01.2022 | ||
| 500 | |a Date Revised 30.04.2022 | ||
| 500 | |a published: Print | ||
| 500 | |a Citation Status MEDLINE | ||
| 520 | |a Copyright © 2021 by West African Journal of Medicine. | ||
| 520 | |a BACKGROUND: In some parts of Africa, the patients and those who survived COVID-19 are stigmatized and this has impeded the response activities put in place to control the pandemic. Inspite of this, most efforts in preventing COVID-19 were geared towards the use of non-pharmacologic measures without corresponding measures to dissipate stigmatization in the community. Therefore, this study assessed the factors associated with perceived stigmatization of patients with COVID-19 among residents of Agege local government, Lagos State, Nigeria | ||
| 520 | |a METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 333 consenting residents recruited from Agege local government area (LGA) using a multi-stage sampling technique. A semistructure, interviewer-administered questionnaire adapted from the People Living with Human Immunodefiency Virus (PLHIV) Stigma Index was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of COVID-19 and perceived stigmatization. Bivariate analysis was done using Chi-square and binary logistic regression was used to identify the determinants of perceived stigmatization at 5% level of significance | ||
| 520 | |a RESULTS: The mean age of the respondents was 35.7 ± 13.6 years. Awareness about COVID-19 outbreak was 95.2%. Television (43.5%) and radio (36.9%) were the two major sources of information on COVID-19 infection and prevention. The proportions of the respondents who had poor knowledge and perceived stigmatization of COVID-19 patients were 50.0% and 47.7% respectively. A higher likelihood of perceived stigmatization was found among those aged 25 - 49 years (aOR= 3.1, 95% CI = 1.4 - 6.7), > 50 years (aOR= 2.1, 95% CI = 1.1 - 3.9) and married respondents (aOR= 1.8, 95% CI = 1.1 - 2.9) | ||
| 520 | |a CONCLUSION: The study highlights the poor knowledge about COVID-19 and a high level of stigmatization. Hence, targeted health educational interventions are urgently needed for the residents of Agege, most especially among married respondents as well as the adults | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Journal Article | |
| 650 | 4 | |a COVID-19 | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Nigeria | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Perception | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Self-reporting | |
| 650 | 4 | |a stigmatization | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Owoicho, S A |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Sunday, S T |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Akande, A |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Yesufu, B M |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Akanbi, I M |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Dairo, M D |e verfasserin |4 aut | |
| 773 | 0 | 8 | |i Enthalten in |t West African journal of medicine |d 1993 |g 38(2021), 12 vom: 30. Dez., Seite 1206-1215 |w (DE-627)NLM012653942 |x 0189-160X |7 nnns |
| 773 | 1 | 8 | |g volume:38 |g year:2021 |g number:12 |g day:30 |g month:12 |g pages:1206-1215 |
| 912 | |a GBV_USEFLAG_A | ||
| 912 | |a GBV_NLM | ||
| 951 | |a AR | ||
| 952 | |d 38 |j 2021 |e 12 |b 30 |c 12 |h 1206-1215 | ||