Department of Morphology Experiment Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, The Second Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
J Infect Public Health. 2020 Oct;13(10):1419-1423. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.06.031. Epub 2020 Jul 1.
Since December 2019, the rapid epidemic spread of COVID-19 in China has aroused the attention of the government and the public. The purpose of this study is to investigate the attitude and knowledge among medical students and non-medical students toward SARS-CoV-2 infection.
A web-based survey was disseminated to the students from medical colleges and comprehensive universities via the survey website (www.wjx.cn) and via WeChat. Participation in the study was voluntary with the instruction to click on the website or scan the QR code to complete the anonymous electronic questionnaire from February 5 to 7, 2020.
The questionnaire was completed by 588 students from 20 colleges and universities in China. Of the respondents, 66.0% were medical students and 34.0% were non-medical students. 99.6 % of the students held an optimistic attitude toward the COVID-19 epidemic situation. The majority of participants had a good level of knowledge of common symptoms, transmission, and prevention of the disease. In a comparison between non-medical students with medical students, the medical students had a deeper understanding of COVID-19. In this study, we also found that female students had a better understanding of transmission and prevention than male students did.
The majority of students who participated in the questionnaire had a positive attitude and a good perception about COVID-19.
自 2019 年 12 月以来，COVID-19 在我国的迅速流行引起了政府和公众的关注。本研究旨在调查医学生和非医学生对 SARS-CoV-2 感染的态度和知识。
通过调查网站（www.wjx.cn）和微信向医学院校和综合性大学的学生发布了一项基于网络的调查。2020 年 2 月 5 日至 7 日，学生自愿参与研究，点击网站或扫描二维码完成匿名电子问卷。
该问卷由来自中国 20 所高校的 588 名学生完成。其中，66.0%为医学生，34.0%为非医学生。99.6%的学生对 COVID-19 疫情持乐观态度。大多数参与者对常见症状、传播和疾病预防有较好的认识。在非医学生与医学生的比较中，医学生对 COVID-19 的了解更为深入。在本研究中，我们还发现，女学生对传播和预防的理解要好于男学生。
大多数参与问卷调查的学生对 COVID-19 持有积极的态度和良好的认知。
