Knowledge about COVID-19 in the General Population of Mexico

Q3 Health Professions Hacia la Promocion de la Salud Pub Date : 2023-09-26 DOI:10.17151/hpsal.2023.28.1.9

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.

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墨西哥普通人群中关于COVID-19的知识

进行了一项分析性观察研究，以调查墨西哥普通人群中COVID-19知识与感兴趣的社会人口变量之间的关系。共有758名18 ~ 74岁的成年人(M = 37.3 SD = 12.6)参加了由研究小组改编的疾病知识评估问卷和COVID-5项目恐惧量表，其中88.9%的人受过高等教育，33.2%的人是医护人员。对新冠肺炎知识知晓率为41.0%。受过高等教育和医疗保健专业人员的参与者比受过小学和中学教育的参与者以及非医疗保健专业人员的参与者表现出更高的知识得分(PR=1.25, 95%CI 1.05-1.48)。总之，受过高等教育的人和医护人员对这种疾病的知识得分更高，而对COVID-19的高知识仅与卫生专业人员有关。

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