Table 3.
Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on COVID-19 Precautions
| Question Item | Subscale: Knowledge | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incorrect | Correct | |||
| N | % | N | % | |
| 1. Novel COVID-19 virus transmits through droplets. | 287 | 69.66 | 125 | 30.34 |
| 2. The main symptoms of COVID-19 include all the following except runny nose. | 72 | 17.27 | 340 | 82.73 |
| 3. After exposure to COVID-19, active symptoms may appear; 2–14 days post-exposure. | 142 | 34.15 | 270 | 65.85 |
| 4. According to CDC guidelines, to be protected from COVID-19, the duration of washing hands and cleaning surfaces should not be less than 20 seconds. | 203 | 49.02 | 209 | 50.98 |
| Subscale: Attitude | ||||
| 5. Patients with a droplet spread disease should be isolated in a private room. | 96 | 22.93 | 316 | 77.07 |
| 6. Patients with a droplet spread disease should be kept at a distance of at least 150 cm. | 131 | 31.46 | 281 | 68.54 |
| 7. Carriers with a droplet spread disease should wear a mask during transport. | 69 | 16.75 | 343 | 83.25 |
| 8. Mask should be worn if or when a subject is within a 90 cm distance from a patient under droplet precaution care. | 112 | 27.18 | 300 | 72.82 |
| 9. Mask should be worn most of the time to prevent infection spread. | 317 | 76.83 | 95 | 23.17 |
| Subscale: Practice | ||||
| 10. Taking a shower with hot water to kill COVID-19 attached to the body surface is considered a false myth. | 95 | 22.68 | 317 | 77.32 |
Note: Descriptive statistics.