Document Type : Original Article
Authors
- . Hajar Najafi
- . Sedigheh Farzi 1
- . Mohammad Javad Tarrahi 2
- . Sima Babaei 3
- . Ida Shekinah S
- . Priyadharshini Chinnasamy
- . Deepsheka K
- . Venkatesan Singaram
1 Department of Palliative Care, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Department of Adult Health Nursing, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Pandemic 2019 is observed in all sectors of the world which had caused a huge disruption in the
education system in India as well as worldwide adding challenges to student’s life. We aimed to
provide an outline on E‑Learning and the difficulties experienced by students of various colleges in
the southern parts of India and to conduct knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) analysis based
on student’s perception regarding E‑learning by collecting an online survey, 346 valid questionnaires
were retrieved. In order to evaluate the association between the variables of KAP, structural equation
modeling was used for data analysis. The influencing factors of KAP were observed to know the
effect of the pandemic on E‑learning from the model. The result finding moderately fit the collected
data and reveals a good fit of the model in the means of satisfying the threshold values.
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