评估沙特人群对COVID-19大流行期间遵循安全预防措施有效性的认知、接受程度和看法。
Assessing the Saudi Population Knowledge, Acceptance, and Perception on the Effectiveness of Following the Safety Precautions During COVID-19 Pandemic.
作者信息
Aljaffary Afnan, Al-Habib Alaa, Al-Awami Fatimah, Al-Askari Entesar, Aljaffary Rawan
机构信息
Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Revenue Development department, Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Centre, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
出版信息
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2023 May 4;16:805-816. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S400220. eCollection 2023.
BACKGROUND
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become an alarming issue worldwide. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was fast in adopting the safety precaution measures and is considered one of the major countries that place preventive precautions measures to control the spread of the disease. The current study aims to assess the knowledge, effectiveness, and acceptance of the public regarding COVID-19 safety precautions measures: face masks, physical distance, wash hands/use hand sanitizer, and the use of Tawakkalna application as a preventive measure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
METHODS
The study design was quantitative cross-sectional using a self-administered questionnaire.
RESULTS
Of the 400 received responses, the data analysis showed that there was a significant association between knowledge about the safety precaution measures score with nationality and gender with P value less than 0.05.
CONCLUSION
The awareness of Saudi citizens of the importance of implementing preventive precautions and their compliance greatly contributed in limiting the virus spread.
背景
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）已成为全球一个令人担忧的问题。沙特阿拉伯王国迅速采取了安全预防措施，被视为采取预防措施以控制疾病传播的主要国家之一。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯王国公众对COVID-19安全预防措施（口罩、保持身体距离、洗手/使用洗手液以及使用“塔瓦卡尔纳”应用程序作为预防措施）的认知、有效性和接受程度。
方法
本研究设计为采用自填式问卷的定量横断面研究。
结果
在收到的400份回复中，数据分析表明，关于安全预防措施得分的知识与国籍和性别之间存在显著关联，P值小于0.05。
结论
沙特公民对实施预防措施重要性的认识及其遵守情况在很大程度上有助于限制病毒传播。
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