Table 2.
Association and differences between knowledge and demographic variables, psychological distress, anxiety, fear.
| Variable | Knowledge of COVID-19 status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ2-test | t-test/ANOVA | ||||||
| Inadequate | Adequate | χ2 | P | M(SD) | t/F | P | |
| knowledge | knowledge | ||||||
| n (%) | n (%) | ||||||
| *Age, years | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 21.8 (3.3) | 21.3 (2.8) | 0.218 | 1.23 | |||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 48 (17.3) | 230 (82.7) | 0.8 | 0.385 | 4.6 (1.2) | −1.77 | 0.077 |
| Female | 32 (20.6) | 123 (79.4) | 4.4 (1.2) | ||||
| Educational program | |||||||
| Arts | 38 (19) | 162 (81) | 2.3 | 0.522 | 4.4 (1.2) | 1.71 | 0.165 |
| Engineering | 25 (21.7) | 90 (78.3) | 4.5 (1.1) | ||||
| Health sciences/sciences | 10 (13.5) | 64 (86.5) | 4.7 (1.2) | ||||
| Medical | 7 (15.9) | 37 (84.1) | 4.8 (1.3) | ||||
| Dwelling status | |||||||
| Villa | 42 (16.7) | 209 (83.3) | 1.5 | 0.469 | 4.1 (1.2) | 2.77 | 0.064 |
| Apartment | 28 (20) | 112 (80) | 4.4 (1.1) | ||||
| Dorm/shared | 10 (23.8) | 32 (76.2) | 4.2 (1.4) | ||||
| Time spend reading about Covid-19 | |||||||
| <1 h | 55 (19) | 235 (81) | 3.2 | 0.356 | 4.5 (1.2) | 1.81 | 0.145 |
| 1–2 h | 12 (13.2) | 79 (86.8) | 4.7 (1.1) | ||||
| 3–4 h | 6 (24) | 19 (76) | 4.3 (0.9) | ||||
| More than 4 h | 7 (25.9) | 20 (74.1) | 4.3 (1.4) | ||||
| History of mental illness | |||||||
| No | 75 (20.7) | 288 (79.3) | 7.1 | 0.008 | 4.4(1.2) | −3.18 | 0.002 |
| Yes | 5 (7.1) | 65 (92.9) | 4.9 (1) | ||||
| COVID-19 anxiety | |||||||
| No | 64 (17.6) | 300 (82.4) | 1.2 | 0.271 | 4.5 (1.2) | 1.07 | 0.285 |
| Yes | 16 (23.2) | 53 (76.8) | 4.4 (1.4) | ||||
| Psychological distress | |||||||
| No | 35 (16.5) | 177 (83.5) | 1.1 | 0.302 | 4.6 (1.2) | 0.83 | 0.409 |
| Yes | 80 (18.5) | 176 (79.6) | 4.5 (1.2) | ||||
| COVID-19 fear | |||||||
| Mean (SD) | 18.1 (7.8) | 16.3 (5.8) | 0.017 | 2.40 | |||
*
Analyzed as continuous variable (t-test) only, P-values in bold are statistically significant. M= Mean, SD= standard deviation.