Assessment of the Knowledge of covid-19 Among Urban Elderly at Medar Block, Mysuru

Abstract

COVID is recently emerged communicable disease. It was an outbreak in all parts of the world. At the start of the pandemic, 15% of people were thought to become seriously unwell and required hospital treatment and oxygen. More recent estimates suggest that hospitalization is required in around 3% of people with COVID-19. This is partly due to immunization, partly due to changes in the virus (especially the Omicron variants), and partly due to the availability of targeted medical treatments. Hence, this study aims to assess the knowledge of covid among urban elders at Medar block, Mysuru. Objectives: A study to assess the knowledge on covid among urban elderly at medar block, Mysuru Methods: The research design selected for this study was descriptive design. Non Probability convenient sampling technique was adopted to select 60 Urban Elderly at medar block Mysuru. Result: The result revealed that the majority of the elderly have adequate knowledge of Covid but there is an association between the Knowledge of the urban elderly with their selected demographic variables such as age, gender and occupation. Conclusion: It was concluded that the Urban Elderly has Adequate Knowledge of COVID and there is a statistically significant association between the knowledge and demographic variable such as age, gender and occupation.