Geddawy Ayman, Alajmi Mansour, Alaskar Abdulaziz M, Alwadani Salman T, Alanezi Abdulaziz F, Alhomaidhi Abdullah Abdurahman, Al-Ghamdi Sameer
Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Minia University 61511, Minia, Egypt.
Postgrad Med. 2023 Apr;135(3):234-243. doi: 10.1080/00325481.2021.2017184. Epub 2021 Dec 30.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents a major health problem, and its influences may persist with emerging viral variants. The current work was to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and learning satisfaction of health sciences students (HSS) regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted from 20 February 2021 to 20 March 2021. Participants were undergraduate HSS at Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire has been generated and distributed via online form. The questionnaire used was based on previous studies and included demographic information and knowledge, attitudes, perception, and learning satisfaction related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Out of the 400 questionnaires distributed to eligible students, the current study included a total of 330 HSS (82.5% response rate) from colleges of medicine (25.5%), dentistry (11.8%), pharmacy (33.6%), and Applied Medical Sciences (29.1%) of participants. The mean scores of knowledge, attitude, and learning satisfaction attained by students were 5.63 ± 0.65 out of 6, 4.22 ± 1.01 out of 5, and 11.28 ± 2.9 out of 19, respectively. Results show an association between the knowledge score of students and their age-group and specialty-college. Students with chronic diseases reported lower attitude scores and rate of COVID-19 vaccine-willingness. Younger HSS had a higher learning satisfaction score than the older participants.
Overall, participants show high knowledge level and positive attitude toward COVID-19 but fair learning satisfaction during the pandemic. Further studies are needed to improve the learning satisfaction and attitude of HSS in the future.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行是一个重大的健康问题，其影响可能会随着新出现的病毒变种而持续存在。当前的研究旨在评估健康科学专业学生（HSS）对COVID-19大流行的知识、态度和学习满意度。
于2021年2月20日至2021年3月20日进行了一项基于问卷调查的横断面研究。参与者是沙特阿拉伯哈杰尔王子萨塔姆·本·阿卜杜勒阿齐兹大学的本科健康科学专业学生。问卷通过在线表格生成并分发。所使用的问卷基于先前的研究，包括人口统计学信息以及与COVID-19大流行相关的知识、态度、认知和学习满意度。
在分发给符合条件学生的400份问卷中，本研究共纳入了来自医学院（25.5%）、牙科学院（11.8%）、药学院（33.6%）和应用医学科学学院（29.1%）的330名健康科学专业学生（回复率为82.5%）。学生在知识、态度和学习满意度方面的平均得分分别为满分6分中的5.63±0.65分、满分5分中的4.22±1.01分以及满分19分中的11.28±2.9分。结果显示，学生的知识得分与其年龄组和专业学院之间存在关联。患有慢性病的学生态度得分和COVID-19疫苗接种意愿率较低。年轻的健康科学专业学生的学习满意度得分高于年长的参与者。
总体而言，参与者对COVID-19表现出较高的知识水平和积极态度，但在大流行期间学习满意度一般。未来需要进一步研究以提高健康科学专业学生的学习满意度和态度。
