Barzinjy Azeez A, Aziz Kareem F, Hussen Bashdar M, Qader Saleem S, Hamad Samir M, Qader Arez S, Jamal Abdullah L
Department of Physics, Salahaddin University-Erbil, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region Iraq.
Physics Education Department, Tishk International University, Erbil, Kurdistan-Region Iraq.
Z Gesundh Wiss. 2023;31(4):513-520. doi: 10.1007/s10389-021-01568-0. Epub 2021 May 3.
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced the appearance of a new coronavirus disease in Hubei province, China, to be a public health emergency of international concern. The objectives of this study can be highlighted through classifying the information sources for identifying protective practices, death probability, gender-death associations probability and education level.
This is a descriptive design study conducted among the Kurdistan Region/Iraq population via an online application between 1 March and 1 May 2020. Three hundred twenty people participated in this questionnaire study. The data were collected through an online form, relying upon a self-report questionnaire. The questionnaire had three main parts. The first part is related to the socio-demographic characteristics of the sample, including gender, age, family status, address status and education level. The second part involves the items related to precautionary measures using none, sometimes, and always. The last part contains items related to death probability owing to other causes and this includes five categories: extremely low, low, intermediate, high and extremely high. The validity and reliability of this questionnaire were revised by the panel of experts before the data collection.
The outcomes of the study revealed that the majority, ca. 73%, of the Kurdistan Region/Iraq population depended on TV to obtain information about COVID-19. Also, this investigation showed that there is a substantial association between participants with infection prevention and control practices relevant to COVID-19. Moreover, according to this study, there is a significant relationship between the death probability and COVID-19. Concurrently, there is not any significant association between other causes, namely cancer, heart diseases, diabetes and road traffic accidents, and the death probability.
This study showed that for the majority of the Kurdistan Region/Iraq population the most reliable source of information for any COVID-19 related updates is the TV broadcast. This study also indicated that there is strong association for the majority of individuals regarding their practices for prevention from COVID-19 and death probability with COVID-19. However, there is not any substantial association between the epidemic and the other deadly calamities and the death probability.
世界卫生组织（WHO）宣布中国湖北省出现的新型冠状病毒病为国际关注的突发公共卫生事件。本研究的目的可通过对用于识别防护措施、死亡概率、性别与死亡关联概率以及教育水平的信息来源进行分类来突出体现。
这是一项描述性设计研究，于2020年3月1日至5月1日通过在线应用程序在伊拉克库尔德地区的人群中开展。320人参与了这项问卷调查研究。数据通过在线表格收集，依靠一份自我报告问卷。问卷有三个主要部分。第一部分与样本的社会人口学特征有关，包括性别、年龄、家庭状况、居住状况和教育水平。第二部分涉及与预防措施相关的项目，分为从不、有时和总是采取预防措施。最后一部分包含与其他原因导致的死亡概率相关的项目，这包括五类：极低、低、中等、高和极高。在数据收集之前，该问卷的有效性和可靠性由专家小组进行了修订。
研究结果显示，伊拉克库尔德地区约73%的人群依靠电视获取有关COVID-19的信息。此外，这项调查表明，参与者在与COVID-19相关的感染预防和控制措施方面存在显著关联。而且，根据这项研究，死亡概率与COVID-19之间存在显著关系。同时，癌症、心脏病、糖尿病和道路交通事故等其他原因与死亡概率之间没有任何显著关联。
本研究表明，对于伊拉克库尔德地区的大多数人群而言，任何与COVID-19相关更新的最可靠信息来源是电视广播。这项研究还表明，对于大多数人来说，他们预防COVID-19的措施与COVID-19的死亡概率之间存在很强的关联。然而，该疫情与其他致命灾难和死亡概率之间没有任何实质性关联。
