A Nationally Representative Survey of COVID-19 in Pakistan, 2021–2022

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Aheron, Sarah ; Victory, Kerton R. ; Imtiaz, Amnah ; Fellows, Ian ; Gilani, Sara I. ; Gilani, Bilal ; Reed, Christie ; Hakim, Avi J.
• Description:
  We conducted 4,863 mobile phone and 1,715 face-to-face interviews of adults >18 years residing in Pakistan during June 2021-January 2022 that focused on opinions and practices related to COVID-19. Of those surveyed, 26.3% thought COVID-19 was inevitable, and 16.8% had tested for COVID-19. Survey participants who considered COVID-19 an inevitability shared such traits as urban residency, concerns about COVID-19, and belief that the virus is a serious medical threat. Survey respondents who had undergone COVID-19 testing shared similarities regarding employment status, education, mental health screening, and the consideration of COVID-19 as an inevitable disease. From this survey, we modeled suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases and found nearly 3 times as many suspected and confirmed COVID-19 cases than had been reported. Our research also suggested undertesting for COVID-19 even in the presence of COVID-19 symptoms. Further research might help uncover the reasons behind undertesting and underreporting of COVID-19 in Pakistan.
• Subjects:
  Adult Cell Phone COVID-19 Testing COVID-19/diagnosis COVID-19/epidemiology Humans Phenotype
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2022; 28(Suppl 1):S69-S75
• Pubmed ID:
  36502429
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9745241
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Pakistan
• Volume:
  28
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cb8648e5b7655ad42006d97e9b7216b8f8c586a090878fff1df341b7749fdacb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/123313/cdc_123313_DS1.pdf
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