Awareness of COVID-19 Before and After Quarantine Based on Crowdsourced Data From Rabigh City, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional and Comparative Study.
Front Public Health
; 9: 632024, 2021.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1201120
ABSTRACT
Background:
Infection prevention and control measures are critical for the prevention of the spread of COVID-19.Aim:
In this study, we aimed to measure and evaluate the level of awareness and knowledge of the prevention, symptoms, and transmission control of COVID-19 before and after quarantine among the residents of Rabigh city and adjacent villages in Saudi Arabia.Methods:
A cross-sectional online survey was conducted in two stages the first stage took place before quarantine and the second stage took place after quarantine. The survey was filled out electronically.Results:
A total of 448 participants responded and filled out the questionnaires. Females (73.70%) formed the largest number of participants for both stages. The majority of the participants were <30 years old (50.90%) and had a high education level in various sectors and levels (97.1%). It was noticeable that during the first stage, the participants' awareness of COVID-19 symptoms was not very high 13.62% did not know about the symptoms. However, by the second stage, awareness about symptoms had increased (9.6%).Conclusion:
The residents of Rabigh city and the surrounding villages had good levels of knowledge about COVID-19.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Quarantine
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Crowdsourcing
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Front Public Health
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Fpubh.2021.632024
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