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Medical Students and COVID-19: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Precautionary Measures. A Descriptive Study From Jordan
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The recent coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic is associated with increasing morbidity and mortality and has impacted the lives of the global populations. Human behavior and knowledge assessment during the crisis are critical in the overall efforts to contain the outbreak. To assess knowledge, attitude, perceptions, and precautionary measures toward COVID-19 among a sample of medical students in Jordan. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted between the 16th and 19th of March 2020. Participants were students enrolled in different levels of study at the six medical schools in Jordan. An online questionnaire which was posted on online platforms was used. The questionnaire consisted of four main sections: socio-demographics, sources of information, knowledge attitudes, and precautionary measures regarding COVID-19. Medical students used mostly social media (83.4%) and online search engines (84.8%) as their preferred source of information on COVID-19 and relied less on medical search engines (64.1%). Most students believed that hand shaking (93.7%), kissing (94.7%), exposure to contaminated surfaces (97.4%), and droplet inhalation (91.0%) are the primary mode of transmission but were indecisive regarding airborne transmission with only 41.8% in support. Participants also reported that elderly with chronic illnesses are the most susceptible group for the coronavirus infection (95.0%). As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic more than 80.0% of study participants adopted social isolation strategies, regular hand washing, and enhanced personal hygiene measures as their first line of defense against the virus. In conclusion, Jordanian medical students showed expected level of knowledge about the COVID-19 virus and implemented proper strategies to prevent its spread.
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- Khasawneh, A. I., Humeidan, A. A., Alsulaiman, J. W., Bloukh, S., Ramadan, M., Al-Shatanawi, T. N., Awad, H. H., Hijazi, W. Y., Al-Kammash, K. R., Obeidat, N., Saleh, T., & Kheirallah, K. A.
- Venue
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2020-05-29
- Volume
- 8
- Pages
- 253-253
- ISSN
- 2296-2565 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3030421526
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- 375
- References
- 32
- FWCI
- 111.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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