Knowledge and preparedness for home-based, family-centered management of COVID-19 patients and dead bodies among residents in a COVID-19 high-risk setting.

Background: The overwhelming coronavirus disease- 2019 (COVID-19) cases have called for inevitable home-based care for some cases and direct involvement in COVID-19 dead body burials by many families worldwide. However, data on the knowledge and readiness by families for these practices is still scarce, hence this study among residents of Wakiso district, Uganda.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study between 6th March and 4th April 2021.