Attitude of Egyptian Population Toward COVID 19 in Ramadan

Covid 19 Clinical Trial

Official title:

Survey Studying the Change in the Attitude and Behaviour of the Egyptian Population Toward COVID 19 Pandemic During the Holy Month Ramadan .

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04401072
• Other study ID #: covid 19 in ramadan
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: April 24, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 2020

Study information

• Verified date: May 2020
• Source: Damanhour University
• Contact: Noha el bassiouny, PHD
• Phone: 045317617
• Email: dr_nosa0777[@]yahoo.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

During the COVID 19 pandemic and after new cases started to appear in Egypt in march 2020 the Egyptian government issued movement restrictions and placed areas into quarantine to reduce the spread of the virus. Egyptian citizens were encouraged to adopt personal protective measures, such as staying at home , increasing personal hygiene and wearing protective face masks. Ramadan is a holy month and a very special event for all the Muslims worldwide including the Egyptian Muslims . the Egyptians have many rituals and traditions special for Ramadan . normally Egyptian people tend to go to family gatherings and go out for iftar and suhoor in Ramadan .the markets also tend to be very crowded and full of people in Ramadan for buying food and other preparations for Ramadan and Eid Al Fitr. This all can lead to crowdingof people in the streets and markets and increases the chance of the spread of the virus and the chance of infection.Public Awareness play a major rule in reducing the spread of COVID 19 so in this study a survey is done to measure the attitude of the Egyptian population toward COVID 19 in Ramadan and to evaluate if the rituals and traditions in the holy month are affecting the spread of COVID 19 in Egypt.

Description:

The survey will enroll as many individuals of the Egyptian population as possible in the survey portion of the study - The number of participates have no limitations, at least 500 participants.

The survey will be enrolled in online google form, face to face interview(this will be reduced to encourage social isolation) & semi-structured telephone interviews if possible.

The research procedures:

An online survey link will include questions regarding the attitude and behaviour of the Egyptian population during the COVID-19 outbreak in Ramadan and to evaluate if people are practicing their normal rituals and traditions in the holy month and how can this affect the COVID 19 spread in Egypt.

Face to face and semi-structured interviews if possible: For those Egyptian citizens who state that they would like to participate in an interview, a random sample will be contacted.

Inclusion Criteria:

Egyptian population of any age group

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 500
• Est. completion date: October 2020
• Est. primary completion date: May 22, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Egyptian population

Exclusion Criteria:

none

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Covid 19

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Egypt	Damanhour University	Damanhur	Beheira

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Damanhour University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Attitude of the Egyptian population during the COVID 19 pandemic in Ramadan	evaluate theattitude and behaviour and of the Egyptian population during COVID 19 pandemic in Ramadan	6 months