Department of Laboratory, Dhahran Eye Specialist Hospital, Ministry of Health, Dhahran 31942, Saudi Arabia.
Infectious Disease Unit, Specialty Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia.
Med Sci (Basel). 2021 Feb 16;9(1):11. doi: 10.3390/medsci9010011.
(1) Background: COVID-19 has become a worldwide public health problem. No previous study has investigated factors associated with COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) after completely lifting the curfew in all Saudi Arabia regions and cities. Therefore, adequate knowledge, a positive attitude, and correct control of COVID-19 are essential to eradicate the disease. Hence, this study aims to assess factors associated with KAP of COVID-19; (2) Methods: This cross-sectional web-based survey was performed with the participation of 4305 individuals aged over 15 years living in Saudi Arabia from 11 to 19 August 2020. They were included using the snowball sampling method; (3) Results: Of the 4305 participants, 94.9% were Saudis, 60% females, and 45.4% were in the age group of 20-34 years, 61.7% married, and 49.3% from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. Most of the participants demonstrated good KAP levels (89.6%, 87.2%, and 87.2%) towards the COVID-19 pandemic, respectively. In addition, most of the participants (85.8%) used the internet and social media as a source for COVID-19 information (4) Conclusions: The finding showed that most of the participants demonstrated good knowledge of COVID-19, positive attitudes, and demonstrated good practices for preventing the spread of disease infection.
(1) 背景:COVID-19 已成为全球性公共卫生问题。此前尚无研究调查在沙特阿拉伯所有地区和城市完全解除宵禁后与 COVID-19 知识、态度和实践(KAP)相关的因素。因此,充分了解、积极的态度和正确控制 COVID-19 对于消除该疾病至关重要。因此,本研究旨在评估与 COVID-19 的 KAP 相关的因素;
(2) 方法:这是一项横断面网络调查,共有 4305 名年龄在 15 岁以上的沙特阿拉伯居民参加,调查于 2020 年 8 月 11 日至 19 日进行。采用雪球抽样法进行抽样;
(3) 结果:在 4305 名参与者中,94.9%是沙特人,60%是女性,45.4%年龄在 20-34 岁之间,61.7%已婚,49.3%来自沙特阿拉伯东部省。大多数参与者在 COVID-19 大流行方面表现出良好的 KAP 水平(分别为 89.6%、87.2%和 87.2%)。此外,大多数参与者(85.8%)将互联网和社交媒体作为获取 COVID-19 信息的来源(4)结论:研究结果表明,大多数参与者对 COVID-19 具有良好的认识、积极的态度,并且在预防疾病传播方面表现出良好的实践。