Department of Dental Public Health, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2021 Mar;24(3):406-411. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_259_20.
The purpose of this study is to understand healthcare students' knowledge of COVID-19 and the precautionary behaviors they practiced in Saudi Arabia during the MERS-CoV2 outbreak.
This cross-sectional study utilized an online questionnaire consisting of 29 items and three sections. The first section collected demographic information, including age, gender, location, and level of education. The second section assessed their knowledge of clinical characteristics, treatments, and disease prevention. The third section addressed the students' behaviors.
Respondents included 223 students, of which 37.2% were males and 62.8% were females. The largest group of respondents included medical students (44.8%), followed by dental students (41.3%). Overall, students demonstrated a thorough knowledge of disease transmission, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of COVID-19. However, some of the respondents could not identify the full name of the disease, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (64.6%), or provide a current estimate of the number of cases diagnosed globally (49.8%). Additionally, most of the survey respondents (93.3%) reported that they had followed social distancing guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health.
While most health students were knowledgeable about most aspects of COVID-19, others did not follow universal precautions during the outbreak, which identifies better incorporation of such information in students' academic programs.
本研究旨在了解沙特阿拉伯医护学生对 COVID-19 的认识，以及在 MERS-CoV2 爆发期间他们所采取的预防行为。
本横断面研究采用了一份包含 29 个项目和三个部分的在线问卷。第一部分收集了人口统计学信息，包括年龄、性别、地点和教育水平。第二部分评估了他们对临床特征、治疗和疾病预防的了解。第三部分涉及学生的行为。
共有 223 名学生参与了调查，其中 37.2%为男性，62.8%为女性。最大的群体是医学生（44.8%），其次是牙医学生（41.3%）。总的来说，学生对 COVID-19 的疾病传播、诊断、预防和治疗有了全面的了解。然而，一些受访者无法识别疾病的全名，即 2019 年冠状病毒病（64.6%），或提供全球诊断病例的当前估计数（49.8%）。此外，大多数调查受访者（93.3%）报告说他们遵循了卫生部发布的社交距离指南。
尽管大多数医学生对 COVID-19 的大多数方面都有了解，但在疫情爆发期间，其他人没有遵循普遍预防措施，这表明需要在学生的学术课程中更好地纳入此类信息。
