Tadese Mesfin, Haile Assalif Beyene, Moltot Tebabere, Silesh Mulualem
Department of Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.
Infect Drug Resist. 2021 Mar 11;14:953-961. doi: 10.2147/IDR.S302126. eCollection 2021.
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed a great threat to the public. University students living in school compound with groups and sharing a common cafeteria are more susceptible to contract and spread the virus. Risk perception multiplies fear and anxiety that triggers precautionary action. However, research is scant in this particular field.
To assess the perceived risk of COVID-19 and its associated factors among University Students in Northeast Ethiopia during school reopening.
Institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 682 Debre Berhan University students from December 1-15, 2020, when students just get back to school. Data was collected using a structured and pre-tested questionnaire. A multistage sampling technique was used to select study subjects. Data were cleaned and entered into Epi-Data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25 software for analysis. Descriptive statistics, bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis were run to summarize the results.
The overall perceived risk of COVID-19 was 296 (43.4%), 95% CI (39.4-47.4). Age (AOR (CI) =3.27 (1.87-5.71), open relationship (AOR (CI) =3.17 (1.73-5.79), fathers' education (AOR (CI) =2.29 (1.31-4.02), having diabetes (AOR (CI) =2.64 (1.15-6.07), and information source from ministry of health (MOH) (AOR (CI) =1.87 (1.27-2.75) had significantly high-risk perception. However, students who use Facebook (AOR (CI) =0.57 (0.39-0.82) and Websites/articles (AOR (CI) =0.14 (0.06-0.34) had significantly low-risk perception. Television (59.8%) and Telegram (66.6%) were the primary sources of information, while the World Health Organization (68.3%) was the most trusted source of information.
University students perceived a low risk towards COVID-19 pandemics at the time of school resumption. It was influenced by students' demographic characteristics, co-morbidities, social media, and information sources. The Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education should properly promote risk communication among university students.
2019年新型冠状病毒病（COVID-19）对公众构成了巨大威胁。居住在校园内、集体生活且共用食堂的大学生更容易感染和传播该病毒。风险认知会加剧恐惧和焦虑，从而引发预防行动。然而，这一特定领域的研究较少。
评估埃塞俄比亚东北部大学生在学校重新开学期间对COVID-19的感知风险及其相关因素。
2020年12月1日至15日，在德布雷伯汉大学682名学生中开展了一项基于机构的横断面研究，当时学生刚返校。使用结构化且经过预测试的问卷收集数据。采用多阶段抽样技术选择研究对象。数据进行清理后录入Epi-Data 4.6版本，并导出到SPSS 25软件进行分析。进行描述性统计、双变量和多变量逻辑回归分析以总结结果。
COVID-19的总体感知风险为296人（43.4%），95%置信区间（39.4 - 47.4）。年龄（调整后比值比（置信区间）=3.27（1.87 - 5.71））、开放式关系（调整后比值比（置信区间）=3.17（1.73 - 5.79））、父亲的教育程度（调整后比值比（置信区间）=2.29（1.31 - 4.02））、患有糖尿病（调整后比值比（置信区间）=2.64（1.15 - 6.07））以及来自卫生部的信息来源（调整后比值比（置信区间）=1.87（1.27 - 2.75））的风险感知显著较高。然而，使用脸书的学生（调整后比值比（置信区间）=0.57（0.39 - 0.82））和网站/文章（调整后比值比（置信区间）=0.14（0.06 - 0.34））的风险感知显著较低。电视（59.8%）和电报（66.6%）是主要信息来源，而世界卫生组织（68.3%）是最受信任的数据来源。
在学校复课时，大学生对COVID-19大流行的感知风险较低。这受到学生的人口统计学特征、合并症、社交媒体和信息来源的影响。卫生部和教育部应妥善促进大学生中的风险沟通。
