Yulan Lin|Zhijian Hu|Haridah Alias|Li Ping Wong
Knowledge, Attitudes, Impact, and Anxiety Regarding COVID-19 Infection Among the Public in China
Fujian Medical University|Fujian Medical University|University of Malaya|University of Malaya
objectives sufficient knowledge positive attitudes crucial prevention covid19 however insufficiency information regard china country novel coronavirus believed originated aim study survey knowledge attitudes impact anxiety levels chinese people relation covid19 outbreak method crosssectional population survey using online questionnaire undertaken jan 24 feb 24 2020 study participants residents mainland china age 18 years attitude items measured perceived threat covid19 based health belief model anxiety measured statetrait anxiety inventory stai selfreported questionnaire measure state stais trait anxiety stait results total 2446 completed responses received mean standard deviation sd total knowledge score 203 sd 29 possible score 23 social disruption household economic impact notable particularly provinces higher cumulative confirmed cases majority responses indicated low perceived susceptibility infected 867 95ci 854881 fair proportion respondents perceiving higher severity 629 95 ci 610648 mean total impact score 99 sd 38 possible score 15 mean score stais 487 sd 108 whereas mean stait score 457 sd 85 demographics women reported significantly higher odds higher levels stais or167 stait or130 compared men people younger age also likely experience higher stais stait higher perceived susceptibility severity impact strong predictors higher levels stais stait conclusion findings assist tailoring public communication change peoples knowledge attitudes present study also underlined importance promotion mental health infectious disease outbreaks help moderating perceived threat social household economic impact targeting vulnerable segment population