Table 5.

Awareness of COVID-19 stratified by educational groups among the study participants (n = 1,000).

Knowledge	Total N = 1,000	Educational groups			P-value
		≤High school n = 205	Bachelor degree n = 634	Master/Ph.D. or above n = 161
Incubation period : 2–14 days	957	183 (89.27%)	616 (97.16%)	158 (98.14%)	0.001
Symptoms
Difficulty in breathing	909	172 (83.9%)	582 (91.8%)	155 (96.27%)	0.001
High temperature/Fever	898	170 (82.93%)	571 (90.06%)	157 (97.52%)	0.001
Cough	839	158 (77.07%)	533 (84.07%)	148 (91.93%)	0.001
Sore throat	542	101 (49.27%)	325 (51.26%)	116 (72.05%)	0.001
Tiredness	531	83 (40.49%)	351 (55.36%)	97 (60.25%)	0.001
Complications
Pneumonia	794	136 (66.34%)	515 (81.23%)	143 (88.82%)	0.001
Kidney failure	228	32 (15.61%)	136 (21.45%)	60 (37.27%)	0.001
Sepsis and septic shock	76	6 (2.93%)	49 (7.73%)	21 (13.04%)	0.001
Population at high risk
Elderly age ≥ 65 years	745	141 (68.78%)	471 (74.29%)	133 (82.61%)	0.010
People with comorbid conditions	686	111 (54.15%)	444 (70.03%)	131 (81.37%)	0.001
Health care workers	560	94 (45.85%)	364 (57.41%)	102 (63.35%)	0.002
Personal protection measures
Social distancing	923	178 (86.83%)	595 (93.85%)	150 (93.17%)	0.004
Avoid travel to infected area or country	869	165 (80.49%)	564 (88.96%)	140 (86.96%)	0.008
Avoid things made in china	162	51 (24.88%)	102 (16.09%)	9 (5.59%)	0.001
Treatment available for COVID 19
No treatment till date	764	138 (67.32%)	487 (76.81%)	139 (86.34%)	0.001
Supportive treatment	471	61 (30.24%)	317 (50%)	92 (55.14%)	0.001

P < 0.05 is considered statistically significant (Chi square test), n, Number of participants; HCWs, health care workers (including doctors, nurses, and pharmacist), other residents: including employed, unemployed, and students.