Table 1.
Survey (questions and possible answers) and relative results presented as total and divided for healthcare workers, also in training, and non-healthcare workers (numbers and percentages). Correct answers presented in bold.
| Questions | Possible answers | HCW response (%) | not-HCW response (%) | Total (%) | |
| 1 | Are you worried about novel coronavirus? | A lot | 73 (6.6) | 85 (9.2) | 158 (7.8) |
| Quite enough | 595 (54) | 457 (49.6) | 1052 (52) | ||
| Little | 379 (34.4) | 338 (36.7) | 717 (35.4) | ||
| Not at all | 54 (4.9) | 42 (4.6) | 96 (4.7) | ||
| 2 | What is the main mode of interhuman transmission of novel coronavirus? | Airborne | 278 (25.3) | 309 (33.5) | 587 (29) |
| Droplet spread | 785 (71.4) | 562 (61) | 1347 (66.6) | ||
| Direct contact | 37 (3.4) | 49 (5.3) | 86 (4.3) | ||
| It is not transmitted. | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | ||
| 3 | Which clinical forms are caused by novel coronavirus? | Asymptomatic form | 6 (0.5) | 8 (0.9) | 14 (0.7) |
| Flu-like form | 221 (20.1) | 285 (30.9) | 506 (25) | ||
| Severe pneumonia | 74 (6.7) | 125 (13.5) | 199 (9.8) | ||
| All the previous | 799 (72.6) | 505 (54.7) | 1304 (64.5) | ||
| 4 | Nowadays, in Italy, how can you protect yourself from novel coronavirus? | Avoiding crowded places | 455 (41.4) | 378 (41.2) | 833 (41.3) |
| Not travelling in China | 575 (52.3) | 461 (50.3) | 1036 (51.4) | ||
| Wearing always a surgical mask | 67 (6.1) | 69 (7.5) | 136 (6.7) | ||
| Not going to Chinese restaurant | 2 (0.2) | 9 (1) | 11 (0.5) | ||
| 5 | What should I do in common areas, if I have a cold or flu? | Coughing and sneezing covering nose and mouth (with a napkin or upper arm) | 68 (6.7) | 123 (14.2) | 191 (10.1) |
| Often washing hands | 27 (2.7) | 47 (5.4) | 74 (3.9) | ||
| Keeping distance from other people, if possible | 4 (0.4) | 15 (1.7) | 19 (1) | ||
| All the previous | 916 (90.2) | 683 (78.7) | 1599 (84.9) | ||
| 6 | Are you a healthcare worker, also in training? | Yes | 1102 (100) | 0 | 1102 (54.4) |
| No | 0 (0) | 924 (100) | 924 (45.6) | ||
| 7 | Which precautions are recommended by the Ministry of Health? | Standard precautions | 251 (24.1) | ||
| Airborne precautions | 337 (32.3 | ||||
| Contact precautions | 26 (2.5) | ||||
| Eye protection | 1 (0.1) | ||||
| All the previous | 427 (41) | ||||
| 8 | Which measure are available today against novel coronavirus? | Vaccine | 6 (0.6) | ||
| Specific therapy | 29 (2.8) | ||||
| Supportive therapy | 780 (74.5) | ||||
| All the previous | 6 (0.6) | ||||
| None of the previous | 226 (21.6) | ||||