Abstract
Background: COVID-19, a global health crisis of the 21st century, has threatened possibly every aspect of human life. Since the pandemic is not yet over, this study was carried out among undergraduate students of a medical institute in Nepal to assess and boost their KAP status on the disease.
 Material and methods: It was an online cross-sectional census survey performed among consenting undergraduate healthcare students of BPKIHS. A self-made and validated questionnaire assessing KAP on COVID-19 was prepared in Google form and distributed online among target students. The study population was 745. Both descriptive and inferential analysis of the data was performed. Student’s T-Test and one-way ANOVA were applied for which level of statistical significance was kept at p<0.05.
 Results: Ninety-six students participated in a pilot-study (Cronbach α= 0.792). The response rate was 76.27%. Most participants (76.76%) were from Nepal. The male/female ratio was 0.76. Most (59.2%) had not participated in such studies before. For 93.54%, the source of information was the internet. Assessed by questionnaire, right Knowledge (n=16) was 85.06% ± 8.81%; right Attitude (n=6) was 65.00% ± 16.16 and right Practice (n=6) was 82.88%± 8.50%. Male were more knowledgeable about the disease (p=0.011). However, females secured higher in practical aspects (p=0.000). Indian students possessed better knowledge (p=0.005) and a better attitude (p=0.033). MBBS students had better knowledge (p=0.000), but Nursing students secured higher in Practice (p=0.012). Attitude is better in the earlier years (p=0.045).
 Conclusion: We assessed KAP related to COVID-19 via score among healthcare undergraduate students. Different co-factors do impact students’ overall KAP status.
Highlights
COVID-19, a global health crisis of the 21st century, has threatened possibly every aspect of human life
We assessed KAP related to COVID-19 via score among healthcare undergraduate students
The response rate was minimal from the dental 3rd year students whereas, the overall respondents rate was lowest from the 2nd year nursing students
Summary
COVID-19, a global health crisis of the 21st century, has threatened possibly every aspect of human life. COVID-19 is a relatively new infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus named ‘Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2’ (SARS-CoV-2) [1] It spreads by breathing in the virus if one is within proximity of someone who has the disease or touching a contaminated surface followed by eyes, nose, or mouth [2, 3, 4]. There was a nationwide lock-down, so all the students of this medical institute had gone to their homes: mostly different parts of Nepal and neighboring India This online study was planned to assess and raise the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) status of the potential health care manpower of the near future (the undergraduate health care professionals) of the institute
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