JPSIM Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine J Pak Soc Intern Med 2709-8729 2710-0804 Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine 10.70302/jpsim.v2i4.2168 jpsim.v2i4.2168 Original Research Attitude and Behavior Towards Covid-19 Among Attendants of Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital of Azad Kashmir Khalid Abdul abdulkhalid301@gmail.com * Rafique Rubina Sheikh Mohammad Arshad Hamdani Mazhar Ahmed Farooq Shafique Shafaq AJK-Medical College Muzafffarabad *Correspondence: Abdul Khalid (abdulkhalid301@gmail.com) 14 12 2021 2021 2 4 308 311 18 09 2021 01 11 2021 Copyright © 2021 The Author(s) 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Objective

Assessment of Attitude and behavior of local papulation towards Covid-19 after 18 months of pandemic in

Muzaffarabad.

 Methodology

Prospective, randomized, cross sectional survey was conducted in the Attendants of Patients in the tertiary care

hospital of Muzaffarabad.

 Results

84% respondents considered Covid-19 as potentially fatal disease and believed that face masks can provide

protection against Covid-19. Among the participants of the study, 94%% were using face masks, 81% were avoiding

public gatherings and 82% were scared of Covid-19. The acceptance of Covid-19 vaccine was 74%.

 Conclusion

There is still persistent skepticism towards preventive measures and social distances in the pandemic. A

significant majority of society in this region has acceptance for these measures and vaccination.

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