Table 3.
Attitude of the participants toward COVID-19
| All (N = 1,012), % (N) | Health-related majors (N = 481), % (N) | Non–health-related majors (N = 531), % (N) | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do you think that COVID-19 is a dangerous disease? | |||||
| Yes | 85.2 (862)* | 82.5 (397) | 87.6 (465) | 0.024 | |
| No | 14.8 (150) | 17.5 (84) | 12.5 (66) | ||
| Do you worry about suffering from COVID-19? | |||||
| Yes | 76.2 (771) | 74.2 (357) | 78.0 (414) | 0.16 | |
| No | 23.8 (241) | 25.8 (124) | 22.0 (117) | ||
| Are you at risk of getting COVID-19 infection? | |||||
| Yes | 25.9 (262)* | 25.2 (121) | 26.6 (141) | 0.61 | |
| No | 74.1 (750) | 74.8 (360) | 73.4 (390) | ||
| Has your daily life been disturbed by COVID-19? | |||||
| Yes | 89.2 (903) | 88.8 (427) | 89.6 (476) | 0.65 | |
| No | 10.8 (109) | 11.2 (54) | 10.4 (55) | ||
| Are you interested in knowing the methods of prevention of COVID-19? | |||||
| Yes | 89.3 (904)* | 90.2 (434) | 88.5 (470) | 0.37 | |
| No | 10.7 (108) | 9.8 (47) | 11.5 (61) | ||
| How would you describe the available information about COVID-19? | |||||
| Sufficient | 61.6 (623) | 61.1 (294) | 62.0 (329) | 0.78 | |
| Insufficient | 38.4 (389)* | 38.9 (187) | 38.0 (202) | ||
| Could the novel COVID-19 disease be prevented by adopting the isolation measures? | |||||
| Yes | 91.4 (925)* | 91.1 (438) | 91.7 (487) | 0.71 | |
| No | 8.6 (87) | 8.9 (43) | 8.3 (44) | ||
| Could the COVID-19 be reduced by awareness? | |||||
| Yes | 95.7 (968)* | 96.9 (466) | 94.5 (502) | 0.07 | |
| No | 4.3 (44) | 3.1 (15) | 5.5 (29) | ||
| Attitudes score (total is 6; 0 = 0% and 6 = 100%) | 72 ± 14.5 | 71.72 ± 13.85 | 72.19 ± 15.11 | 0.29 | |
*
Positive attitudes.