Abstract
On the eleventh of March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a pandemic by the number of cases and deaths worldwide: more than 91.1 million confirmed cases and approx. 1.9 million deaths globally, as of date. The aims of this systematic review were to identify and to evaluate the reports associated on Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 pandemic in America. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were adopted for searching reports published from December 2019 to September 2020, regarding "COVID-19 KAP" across six electronic databases. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were taken up to select the articles and focus to the topic. Thirteen scientific papers were finally eligible and included in this systematic review. The surveys were directed to common citizens, healthcare workers and patients with chronic conditions. General public acquired information about COVID-19 mainly through social media; several misconceptions due to falsehoods circulating on-line were identified. The pandemic COVID-19 has severely affected the physical and emotional health of many people in America. Nevertheless, many American citizens do not recognize or have poor knowledge about COVID-19 risks. This systematic review brings information for governments and scientific community that may be useful in the development of official awareness and prevention campaigns aiming mainly at marginated groups of the society.
Highlights
On the eleventh of March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) a pandemic by the number of cases and deaths worldwide: more than 91.1 million confirmed cases and approx. 1.9 million deaths globally, as of date
General public The knowledge, attitude and behaviors of the general public have an important bearing on the course of COVID-19 outbreak [33]
Women and people with higher schooling levels were the most optimistic about succeeding against COVID-19, but it should be emphasized that knowledge was not associated with this mood or with practices
Summary
On the eleventh of March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) a pandemic by the number of cases and deaths worldwide: more than 91.1 million confirmed cases and approx. 1.9 million deaths globally, as of date. On the eleventh of March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID19) a pandemic by the number of cases and deaths worldwide: more than 91.1 million confirmed cases and approx. The virus, characterized by sustained and widespread transmission, was named as the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) [5,6,7]. It has progressed since December 2019 as serious illness, “Coronavirus disease 2019” (COVID-19), and was declared pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the eleventh of March 2020 [8].
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