Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: knowledge and preventive actions among a mexican population sample / Lecciones de la pandemia de COVID-19: conocimiento y acciones preventivas de una muestra de población mexicana
Arch. med
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21(1): 247-256, 2021/01/03.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
to evaluate the knowledge of the general population about the COVID-19 pandemic, including the disease and the preventive measures to reduce spreading of the virus undertaken by participants. Materials andmethods:
a cross-sectional study on a Mexican population sample was conducted during the period of March 20th to March 27th in Mexico, via a computer-based survey. General knowledge about COVID-19 and the adherence to recommendations were evaluated.Results:
a total of 2,577 participants completed the survey. The results revealed an overall proper knowledge about the disease, with 76.2% having the proper knowledge about the disease, which was significantly correlated with age (r=0.15, p<0.001), socioeconomic status (r=0.06, p<0.003) and maximum academic level achieved by the study subjects (r=0.12, p<0.001).Conclusions:
overall, people have good knowledge of COVID-19 and know about the specific public health recommendations, but a large proportion of people do not strictly follow these recommendations..Au
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Main subject:
Evaluation of Results of Preventive Actions
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Coronavirus Infections
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Screening study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Mexico
Language:
English
Journal:
Arch. med
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Mexico
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Anáhuac México/MX
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