Adam Mohamed, Gameraddin Moawia, Alelyani Magbool, Zaman Gaffar Sarwar, Musa Alamin, Ahmad Irshad, Alshahrani Mohammad Y, Alsultan Kamal, Gareeballah Awadia
Department of Radiological Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Asir, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Diagnostic Radiologic Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Al-Madinah, Medina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2021 Jul 24;12:789-797. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S314163. eCollection 2021.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has exerted great efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19. This research aims to scrutinize the outlook, awareness, and customs of Saudi undergraduate students regarding COVID-19.
The current cross-sectional study comprises 178 undergraduate students in the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences. The data were collected from online Google form questionnaires. The differences were picked out of the questionnaires, and the mean scores of the differences were duly assessed. The variables associated with knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 were evaluated; moreover, a comparative study was conducted on these variables in different faculty departments. ANOVA, Student's -test, and binary logistic regression analysis were used to assess the data on knowledge, attitude, and practice.
Most of the undergraduate students were well acquainted with COVID-19. We obtained the mean knowledge score for COVID-19 to be 3.08 ± .82 (range: 1-5), indicating good knowledge. The attitude means the score was 3.02 ± .61 (range: 0-4), implying good positive attitudes. On assessing the mean score of practices, it was found 5 ± .47 (range: 0-7), pointing towards perfect practices. There were no significant differences between males and females regarding knowledge, attitudes, and practice toward COVID-19 (p-value < 0.05).
Students of Applied Medical Sciences are knowledgeable about COVID-19. Health education programs should be focused on protection and safety from COVID-19 for Applied Medical Sciences students, especially Medical Rehabilitation Sciences and Radiology. Hand hygiene awareness programs must be conducted for undergraduate students. Infection control should be part of the undergraduate applied for medical sciences curriculum program.
沙特阿拉伯王国为防止新冠病毒传播付出了巨大努力。本研究旨在审视沙特本科学生对新冠病毒的看法、认知及习惯。
当前的横断面研究包括应用医学科学学院的178名本科学生。数据通过在线谷歌表单问卷收集。从问卷中找出差异，并对差异的平均得分进行适当评估。评估了与新冠病毒知识、态度和行为相关的变量；此外，还对不同系别这些变量进行了比较研究。采用方差分析、学生t检验和二元逻辑回归分析来评估知识、态度和行为方面的数据。
大多数本科学生对新冠病毒有充分了解。我们得出新冠病毒知识平均得分为3.08±0.82（范围：1 - 5），表明知识掌握良好。态度平均得分为3.02±0.61（范围：0 - 4），意味着积极态度良好。在评估行为平均得分时，发现为5±0.47（范围：0 - 7），表明行为完美。在新冠病毒知识、态度和行为方面，男性和女性之间没有显著差异（p值<0.05）。
应用医学科学专业的学生对新冠病毒有一定了解。健康教育项目应侧重于应用医学科学专业学生，特别是医学康复科学和放射学专业学生预防新冠病毒的保护和安全。必须为本科学生开展手部卫生意识项目。感染控制应成为本科应用医学科学课程项目的一部分。
