Conspiracy beliefs are associated with lower knowledge and higher anxiety levels regarding COVID-19 among students at the University of Jordan

Sallam, Malik; Dababseh, Deema; Yaseen, Alaa’; Al-Haidar, Ayat; Ababneh, Nidaa A.; Bakri, Faris G.; Mahafzah, Azmi

doi:10.1101/2020.04.21.20064147

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“…[29] Similar ndings were indicated in a study where older students in a higher year of study showed better knowledge as compared to the younger students from initial years of medical education. [18] Regarding the treatment of corona virus by antibiotics, our study has shown that 77.3% of participants have responded correctly, which is lesser compared to a similar study from Jordan and Italy, where 88.6% and 80.7% of participants responded correctly. [18,30] Similarly, the responses for a question regarding the speci c drugs available for treating corona virus, in our study correct responses were obtained from 92.2% of respondents, which was better than the Italian study, where the correct responses were only 69.7%.…”

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“…[18] Regarding the treatment of corona virus by antibiotics, our study has shown that 77.3% of participants have responded correctly, which is lesser compared to a similar study from Jordan and Italy, where 88.6% and 80.7% of participants responded correctly. [18,30] Similarly, the responses for a question regarding the speci c drugs available for treating corona virus, in our study correct responses were obtained from 92.2% of respondents, which was better than the Italian study, where the correct responses were only 69.7%. [30] The median knowledge score in our study was 70% (21 out of 30).…”

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“…Another study from Jordan showed a high knowledge of more than 80% and a Turkish study revealed a higher knowledge levels in female midwifery students compared to the present one. [17,18] The areas where the participants were having lesser knowledge were on PPE and facilities for proper management of COVID-19 at health facilities. In today's circumstances when there is high demand of PPEs, health science students must have correct knowledge on types of PPEs recommended at various work stations at health facilities.…”

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“…[17] The survey instrument developed was also similar to that used in studies from Jordan and India, which had 26 questions related to the demographics and about the quarantine period, the disease itself and also about the disease transmission routes, clinical features, recovery rates and the use of medicines etc. [18,19] The questionnaire has been attached as a supplementary le.…”

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Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

Jha

Singh

Bajracharya

et al. 2020

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Background The number of cases of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is still increasing especially in South Asia. There is an urgent need to measure the knowledge of the disease among health science students who may be required to play an active role in pandemic control. The research was conducted to answer how does Nepalese medical students' knowledge about coronavirus compare to medical students in other countries and what are the educational needs of medical students who may be called in to support the treatment of COVID-19 in Nepal. Methods A cross sectional study was performed during the third week of June among first to final year medical and dental students. As the country was in lockdown, a structured online questionnaire was used to obtain data. The responses obtained were cleaned, coded, entered in IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows and the normality of the data checked using one-sample Kolmogorov Smirnov test (p<0.05). The demographic parameters were tabulated and total score compared among different subgroups of participants. The frequency of different measures mentioned by respondents to control the pandemic were also noted. Results Out of the 565 participants, 336 (59.6%) were females followed by 229 (40.4%) males. Nearly half of the participants, 282 (49.8%) were belonging to age group 21-23 years. Majority 415 (73.5%) were undergraduate medical and 150 (26.5%) were undergraduate dental students. The largest number of respondents, 140 (24.9%) were from second year of study and 344 (60.9%) were from urban areas. The median total score was 21 and the interquartile range 4. The maximum possible score was 30. The scores among students belonging to different years of study were significantly different (p=0.033). Total scores were not significantly different among other subgroups of respondents. Conclusions The knowledge of the participants was good. Deficiencies in knowledge were noted in certain areas and these should be addressed through an educational intervention. In countries where epidemic is on the rise, strategies to keep health science students updated with proper information related to COVID-19 is important. Similar studies can be undertaken in other medical colleges in the country and in nursing and pharmacy colleges also.

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confidence: 79%

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“…This situation was explained by the families of low income groups who need daily income and experience financial problems in the quarantine period. 10 …”

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The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in Turkey

Torun¹,

Torun²

2020

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective: We aimed to investigate the knowledge of medical students about COVID-19, the effects of the traumatic situation they experienced, the stress they perceived and the factors affecting them. In addition, we aimed to learn the thoughts of the students about the virus due to the uncertainties. Methods: The study was carried out online between April 30, May 5, 2020 with a questionnaire prepared with googleforms. For the study, all students studying at the Faculty of Medicine of Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl University were called through class representatives and WhatsApp class groups. The questionnaire included sociodemographic information, knowledge and sources of information about the disease, to agreement degree the proposition whether covid 19 is produced as a biological weapon. The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and Impact of Events Scale-Revised (IES-R) were applied. Results: The total number of participants was 275 students. No student was infected with COVID-19 at the time of the survey. The presence of chronic disease in the participants was found to be a factor that increased anxiety (p = 0.01). Majority of participants (60.40%) stated that they agree with COVID-19 is a biological weapon. The mean scores of women ‘s total PSS and IES-R were higher than men. It was found that the families of the students had a lower monthly income than the minimum monthly wage is increasing the anxiety about getting COVID-19 infection and perceived stress. One-third of the students reported that sleep and appetite were impaired than the before pandemic. The announcements and website of Ministry of Health and the social media was the main source of information of the participants. Conclusions: It was found that medical students were highly worried about being infected with COVID-19. The scores obtained from the pre-clinic students’ anxiety to become infected with COVID-19, PSS and IES-R total scores were found to be significantly higher than their clinical students. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2985 How to cite this:Torun F, Torun SD. The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in Turkey. Pak J Med Sci. 2020;36(6):---------. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.36.6.2985 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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When we are worried, what are we thinking? Anxiety, lack of control, and conspiracy beliefs amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic

Šrol

Mikušková

Čavojová

2021

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Societal crises and stressful events are associated with an upsurge of conspiracy beliefs that may help people to tackle feelings of lack of control. In our study ( N = 783), we examined whether people with higher feelings of anxiety and lack of control early in the COVID‐19 pandemic endorse more conspiracy theories. Our results show that a higher perception of risk of COVID‐19 and lower trust in institutions' response to the pandemic were related to feelings of anxiety and lack of control. Feeling the lack of control, but not anxiety, independently predicted COVID‐19 conspiracy theory endorsement. Importantly, COVID‐19 conspiracy beliefs were strongly correlated with generic conspiracy and pseudoscientific beliefs, which were likewise associated with the feeling of lack of control and lower trust in institutions. The results highlight that considering people's emotional responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic is crucial for our understanding of the spread of conspiracy and pseudoscientific beliefs.

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Conspiracy beliefs are associated with lower knowledge and higher anxiety levels regarding COVID-19 among students at the University of Jordan

Abstract: Background:The world has been afflicted heavily by the burden of coronavirus disease 2019

Cited by 63 publications

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Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

Knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic among undergraduate medical and dental students in Lalitpur, Nepal

The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical students in Turkey

When we are worried, what are we thinking? Anxiety, lack of control, and conspiracy beliefs amidst the COVID‐19 pandemic

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