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Patients visiting the eye hospitals for an examination were contacted over their phones and responses were directly entered onto the Google forms platform.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 4573 participants were included in the study. Among all participants, a cumulative 83% of participants had some knowledge of mucormycosis. More than 80% of them reported that their prime source of information was through mass communication like television or radio. Around 34.8% of the respondents were aware that it can occur after treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, only half of them (54.3%) knew that systemic steroids were the main risk factor. The knowledge scores were higher for participants who were diabetics (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 1235) or had been affected by COVID-19 earlier (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 456) or whose friends had mucormycosis earlier (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 312). Knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) scores of nonprofessional health-care workers (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">n<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 103) were much better compared to patients.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Such KAP studies give us an idea of the impact of the measures taken for educating the public. In this study, a cumulative 83% of participants had some knowledge of mucormycosis and 86% knew that this was an emergency. 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