The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi Arabia
OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of knowledge, perception, and attitude of COVID- 19 with the psychological distress status of the public in Saudi Arabia. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was performed among 429 participants using an online survey after approval from Umm Al-Qura Univ...
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| author | Hayam Ibrahim Asfour Nahla Hariri Nahla Abdul-Gadir Tayyib Fatmah Jabr Alsolami Grace Lindsay |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To determine the association of knowledge, perception, and attitude of COVID- 19 with the psychological distress status of the public in Saudi Arabia.
METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was performed among 429 participants using an online survey after approval from Umm Al-Qura University in March 2020. Data collection took three months during COVID- 19 outbreak (May-July 2020). An online survey was composed of items related to knowledge, perception, attitude, and the population's psychological status during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. Association tests were used at a significance level of < 0.05 and a 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: Nearly 80% of the participants had variable degrees of psychological distress. There were significant associations of perception (fear of being infected with COVID-19, (p < 0.05), fear of being in contact with patients with COVID-19 (p < 0.05), and fear of inability to continue their usual activities/work (p < 0.05), changes in social habits (p < 0.05), and following the precautional measures to prevent acquiring COVID-19 infection (p < 0.05) with psychological status. At the same time, the association of
Knowledge regarding COVID-19 with psychological level was not statistically significant (p = 0.221).
CONCLUSION: Most of the participants had variable degrees of
sychological distress. There were significant associations of most of the elements of perception and attitudes of the public regarding COVID-19 with their psychological distress. The public should implement psychological support programs during the pandemic to help them overcome COVID-19- related psychological distress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fac42f282a814b88967739b5dbda9fe52023-05-17T06:56:07ZengLiaquat University of Medical and Health SciencesJLUMHS1729-03412309-86272022-09-012103202208doi:10.22442/jlumhs.2022.00932The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi ArabiaHayam Ibrahim Asfour0Nahla Hariri1Nahla Abdul-Gadir Tayyib2Fatmah Jabr Alsolami3 Grace Lindsay4Nursing Practices Department, Faculty of Nursing Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Community Medicine & Primary Health Care for Pilgrims Department Faculty of Medicine, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.Nursing Practices department, Faculty of Nursing Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Nursing Practices department, Faculty of Nursing Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaNursing Practices Department, Faculty of Nursing Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiOBJECTIVE: To determine the association of knowledge, perception, and attitude of COVID- 19 with the psychological distress status of the public in Saudi Arabia. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study was performed among 429 participants using an online survey after approval from Umm Al-Qura University in March 2020. Data collection took three months during COVID- 19 outbreak (May-July 2020). An online survey was composed of items related to knowledge, perception, attitude, and the population's psychological status during COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. Association tests were used at a significance level of < 0.05 and a 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: Nearly 80% of the participants had variable degrees of psychological distress. There were significant associations of perception (fear of being infected with COVID-19, (p < 0.05), fear of being in contact with patients with COVID-19 (p < 0.05), and fear of inability to continue their usual activities/work (p < 0.05), changes in social habits (p < 0.05), and following the precautional measures to prevent acquiring COVID-19 infection (p < 0.05) with psychological status. At the same time, the association of Knowledge regarding COVID-19 with psychological level was not statistically significant (p = 0.221). CONCLUSION: Most of the participants had variable degrees of sychological distress. There were significant associations of most of the elements of perception and attitudes of the public regarding COVID-19 with their psychological distress. The public should implement psychological support programs during the pandemic to help them overcome COVID-19- related psychological distress.https://www.lumhs.edu.pk/jlumhs/Vol21No03/09.pdfattitudecovid-19knowledgeperceptionpsychological statuspublic |
| spellingShingle | Hayam Ibrahim Asfour Nahla Hariri Nahla Abdul-Gadir Tayyib Fatmah Jabr Alsolami Grace Lindsay The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi Arabia JLUMHS attitude covid-19 knowledge perception psychological status public |
| title | The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | The Association of Knowledge, Perception and Attitude of COVID-19 with the Psychological Status of the Public in Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | association of knowledge perception and attitude of covid 19 with the psychological status of the public in saudi arabia |
| topic | attitude covid-19 knowledge perception psychological status public |
| url | https://www.lumhs.edu.pk/jlumhs/Vol21No03/09.pdf |
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