Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic: knowledge and preventive actions among a mexican population sample / Lecciones de la pandemia de COVID-19: conocimiento y acciones preventivas de una muestra de población mexicana
Arch. med
; 21(1): 247-256, 2021/01/03.
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| ID: biblio-1148452
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CO279.1
ABSTRACT
Objective:
to evaluate the knowledge of the general population about the COVID-19 pandemic, including the disease and the preventive measures to reduce spreading of the virus undertaken by participants. Materials andmethods:
a cross-sectional study on a Mexican population sample was conducted during the period of March 20th to March 27th in Mexico, via a computer-based survey. General knowledge about COVID-19 and the adherence to recommendations were evaluated.Results:
a total of 2,577 participants completed the survey. The results revealed an overall proper knowledge about the disease, with 76.2% having the proper knowledge about the disease, which was significantly correlated with age (r=0.15, p<0.001), socioeconomic status (r=0.06, p<0.003) and maximum academic level achieved by the study subjects (r=0.12, p<0.001).Conclusions:
overall, people have good knowledge of COVID-19 and know about the specific public health recommendations, but a large proportion of people do not strictly follow these recommendations..AuPalabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Evaluación de Resultados de Acciones Preventivas
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Infecciones por Coronavirus
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch. med
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
México
Pais de publicación:
Colombia