Knowledge, attitude, and practices associated with COVID-19 among university students: a cross-sectional survey in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Aldukhayel, Abdulrhman; Alhomidani, Raghad; AlMazyad, Nouf S.; AlHindi, Hajar A.; Alsudairi, Hajar

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“…In contrast other studies from Japan [25] and India [32] did not show any differences between medical and non-medical students. The high knowledge about COVID-19 among medical and allied health students in the UAE is similar to findings reported from Japan [25], Saudi Arabia [24], Portugal [33], and Pakistan [23] (96%, 86%, 82%, 72% respectively). These studies used different sets of questions to explore the KAP among…”

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“…University students can be a source of increased health awareness and health education not only for themselves but also for those around them as they take part in the dissemination of pandemic-related knowledge supporting the prevention and control of the pandemic [21,22]. Recent studies from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Japan have shown that medical students have sufficient knowledge, positive attitudes, and proactive practices during the COVID-19 crisis [23][24][25].…”

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COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices of United Arab Emirates medical and health sciences students: A cross sectional study

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The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest viral pandemic of the 21st century. We aimed to study COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) among medical and health sciences students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). We performed a cross-sectional study between 2 June and 19 August 2020. The survey was distributed online using Survey Monkey. It was conducted in English and comprised two parts: socio-demographic characteristics, and KAP towards COVID-19. 712 responses to the questionnaire were collected. 90% of respondents (n = 695) were undergraduate students, while 10% (n = 81) were postgraduates. The majority (87%, n = 647) stated that they obtained COVID-19 information from multiple reliable sources. They were highly knowledgeable about the COVID-19 pandemic, but 76% (n = 539) did not recognize its routes of transmission. Medical students were significantly more knowledgeable compared with allied health students (P<0.0001, Mann Whitney U test) but there was no difference in knowledge between undergraduate and postgraduate students (P = 0.14, Mann Whitney U test). Medical students thought that more could be done to mitigate the COVID-19 situation compared with the allied health students (66.2% compared with 51.6%, p = 0.002 Fisher’s Exact test). 63% (n = 431) were worried about getting COVID-19 infection, while 92% (n = 633)) were worried that a family member could be infected with the virus. 97% (n = 655) took precautions when accepting home deliveries, 94% (n = 637) had been washing their hands more frequently, and 95% (n = 643) had been wearing face masks. In conclusion, medical and health sciences students in the UAE showed high levels of knowledge and good attitudes and practices towards the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, they were worried about themselves or their family members becoming infected. Medical students had more knowledge about COVID-19 pandemic which was reflected in their opinion that more can be done to mitigate its effects.

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COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices of United Arab Emirates medical and health sciences students: A cross sectional study

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“…This is in line with studies which have found personality influences of COVID-19 risk perception including extroversion, conscientiousness and self-consciousness (Al-Omiri et al, 2021;Aschwanden et al, 2021;Hatabu et al, 2020); and optimism/pessimism and self-enhancement tendency (Sakakibara & Ozono, 2020). Further, demographic characteristics including age, gender, education level and place of residence, among others, predict KAP (Aldukhayel et al, 2020;Alves et al, 2020;Peng et al, 2020). In Kenya, studies indicate significantly higher knowledge of COVID-19 among females than males (Austrian et al, 2020;Karijo et al, 2020).…”

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“…While mass vaccination remains a distant reality, the management of the outbreak requires adherence to the recommended measures. The measures are in turn affected by the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of the population (Aldukhayel et al, 2020). Studies (Austrian et al, 2020;Hatabu et al, 2020) indicate that sufficient KAP ensures that the population does not underestimate the situation or stigmatize those infected.…”

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“…They include findings that few Kenyans observe social distancing and mask wearing, self-medicate when feeling symptoms or ignore symptoms (MoH, 2020); feel at low risk and have misconceptions about COVID-19 including its origins and possible remedies (Karijo et al, 2020;Twaweza, 2020) and use social media as sources of information (Karijo et al, 2020;Muriuki et al, 2020). Studies among university students across the globe show high knowledge levels but inconsistent attitudes and practices (Aldukhayel et al, 2020;Alves et al, 2020) and hence provides justification for a study of this nature among university students in Kenya for comparisons. Additionally, studies on KAP have not exhaustively examined the underlying psychological predictors.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices, and Personality Predictors of Risk Taking towards COVİD-19 among University Students in Kenya

Otanga

2021

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The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of university students towards COVID-19, and further, some personality characteristics that exacerbate the risk of infection. Out of the 300 university students based in Mombasa, Kenya, targeted in the online study, 219 submitted their filled questionnaires. Data was analyzed quantitatively using SPSS (v.25). Two-way ANOVA and regression models were used to analyze the data. Findings show high knowledge levels and low-risk behaviors towards COVID-19 but unhealthy attitudes especially among women aged 20-29 who also reported higher extroversion, and positive attitudes towards social interactions during COVID-19. Basic knowledge was predicted by age, gender, extroversion, public self-consciousness, and high-risk perception while advanced knowledge was predicted by basic knowledge. Low-risk perception was predicted by age, basic knowledge, and positive attitudes towards social interaction during COVID-19. Age, extroversion and risk perception predicted attitudes about social interactions. Preventive practices were in turn predicted by gender, risk perception, attitudes towards social interactions, extroversion and lack of premeditation. Findings of the study raise interest about university students’ KAP, underlying personality dynamics that predict risk taking towards COVID-19, and appropriate COVID-19 messaging to affect attitudes.

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Knowledge, attitude and practices of Saudi dental hygiene students towards novel corona virus disease (COVID‐19): A nation‐wide study

Mulla

2022

Int J Dental Hygiene

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Introduction Healthcare workers involved in procedures that generate aerosol or handling patient specimens are associated with a high possibility of COVID‐19 infection. Thus, it is very important for the health workers to understand the knowledge related to transmission, prevention and protocols of COVID‐19. Methods Cross‐sectional questionnaire study was conducted on dental hygiene students in Saudi Arabia. An online version of pre‐tested and validated questionnaire was used to test the KAP for COVID 19. Results The mean score for knowledge‐related questions was found to be 2.91 ± 1.59, attitude‐related questions to be 2.84 ± 1.41 and for practice‐related questions to be 4.20 ± 1.36. After converting the scores into percentages, any score <60% was categorized as poor score, 60%–80% as average score and >80% as good score. Students showed poor knowledge and attitude towards COVID‐19. But the practice of dental hygiene students towards COVID‐19 was found to be good with the score of 83.4%. Conclusion The outcome of this cross‐sectional study shows that most of dental hygiene students studying in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are following good practices towards COVID‐19 inspite of having poor knowledge and attitude.

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Knowledge, attitude, and practices associated with COVID-19 among university students: a cross-sectional survey in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

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COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices of United Arab Emirates medical and health sciences students: A cross sectional study

COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practices of United Arab Emirates medical and health sciences students: A cross sectional study

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices, and Personality Predictors of Risk Taking towards COVİD-19 among University Students in Kenya

Knowledge, attitude and practices of Saudi dental hygiene students towards novel corona virus disease (COVID‐19): A nation‐wide study

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