Ruiz-Aquino, MelyDíaz-Lazo, Anibal ValentínUbillús, MilwardAguí-Ortiz, Alejandrina KibutzRojas-Bravo, Violeta2023-01-262023-01-262022https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13053/7695The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a crisis in health systems around the world with a rapid increase in human contagion. As well, a gap is identified in the knowledge of COVID-19 prevention in the community context. Objective: To determine the relationship between the perception of knowledge and the type of attitudes towards COVID-19 among citizens in the urban area of Huánuco, Peru. Methods: An analytical and cross-sectional study using a quantitative approach was conducted in the city of Huánuco between March and May 2020. The sample consisted of 168 people. A perception of knowledge questionnaire and a previously validated COVID-19 attitude scale have been applied. The chi-square test was applied, a p-value less than 0.05 has been taken into account. Results: When analyzing the perception of knowledge about COVID-19, 62.5% (105) said “they feel they do not know”. The analysis of the type of attitudes viewed by citizens towards COVID-19 revealed that 63.1% (106) of respondents had negative attitudes. Statistically significant association was found between the perception of knowledge and the type of attitudes towards COVID-19 (p<0.005). Conclusions: There is a relationship between the perception of knowledge and the type of attitudes toward COVID-19 among a group of citizens from the Huanuco urban area.application/pdfenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Knowledge; Attitudes; Self-care; Coronavirus; COVID-19 (source: MeSH NLM).info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.25176/rfmh.v21i1.3352 http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.00