Knowledge about COVID-19 in the General Population of Mexico

Título traducido de la contribución: Conocimientos sobre COVID-19 en la población general de México

Andrés Felipe Tirado-Otálvaro, Carlos Arturo Cassiani-Miranda, María Soledad Rodríguez-Verdugo, Adalberto Campo-Arias, Orlando Scoppetta, Yinneth Andrea Arismendy-López

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    An analytical observational study was conducted to investigate the association between knowledge of COVID-19 in the general population of Mexico and sociodemographic variables of interest. A total of 758 adults between 18 and 74 years old (M = 37.3 SD = 12.6), of which 88.9% had higher education and 33.2% were health care workers, participated in an online questionnaire assessing disease knowledge and the COVID-5 item Fear Scale, which was adapted by the research team. The proportion of individuals with high knowledge about COVID-19 was found to be 41.0%. Participants with higher education and healthcare professionals demonstrated higher knowledge scores in comparison to those with primary and secondary education, as well as non-healthcare professionals (PR=1.25, 95%CI 1.05-1.48). In conclusion, that people with higher education and healthcare workers exhibited better knowledge scores regarding the disease, while high knowledge about COVID-19 was only associated with being a health professional.

    Título traducido de la contribuciónConocimientos sobre COVID-19 en la población general de México
    Idioma originalInglés
    Páginas (desde-hasta)117-131
    Número de páginas15
    PublicaciónHacia la Promocion de la Salud
    Volumen28
    N.º1
    DOI
    EstadoPublicada - 1 ene. 2023

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