Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the study population (n = 381).
| Knowledge (Range: 0–100%) |
Preventive Behaviors (Range: 0–100%) | Risk Perception (Range: 1–5) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | Characteristic | n (%) | M ± SD | p-value | M ± SD | p-value | M ± SD | p-value |
| Gender | Male | 79 (20.7) | 13.91 ± 0.78 | 0.04 * | 8.75 ± 0.55 | 0.27 ** | 2.48 ± 1.1 | 0.01 * |
| Female | 268 (70.3) | 13.66 ± 0.94 | 8.82 ± 0.47 | 2.90 ± 1.0 | ||||
| Not reported | 34 (9) | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Degree course | Undergraduate dental | 320 (84) | 13.68 ± 0.91 | 0.2 * | 8.79 ± 0.50 | 0.8 * | 2.7 ± 1.0 | <0.001 * |
| Post-graduate dental | 33 (8.7) | 13.88 ± 0.90 | 8.81 ± 0.54 | 3.6 ± 1.0 | ||||
| Not reported | 28 (7.3) | |||||||
| Received formal education about COVID-19 | Yes | 247 (64.8) | 13.70 ± 0.87 | 0.1 * | 8.83 ± 0.50 | 0.09 * | 2.7 ± 1.0 | 0.02* |
| No | 102 (26.8) | 13.69 ± 1.03 | 8.73 ± 0.51 | 3.0 ± 1.0 | ||||
| Not reported | 32 (8.4) | |||||||
| Source of education | Social media | 193 (50.7) | 13.72 ± 1.0 | 0.2 ** | 8.78 ± 0.52 | 0.4 ** | 2.7 ± 1.0 | 0.5 ** |
| TV/Radio | 62 (16.3) | 13.69 ± 1.0 | - | 8.82 ± 0.45 | - | 2.6 ± 1.0 | ||
| College | 36 (9.4) | 13.94 ± 0.9 | - | 8.83 ± 0.51 | - | 3.2 ± 1.1 | ||
| Newspapers | 33 (8.7) | 13.57 ± 0.75 | - | 8.76 ± 0.50 | - | 3.0 ± 1.0 | ||
| Others (Family/Friends) | 29 (7.6) | 13.43 ± 0.91 | - | 8.83 ± 0.40 | - | 2.8 ± 1.0 | ||
| Not reported | 28 (7.3) | |||||||
* Independent-samples-t-test. ** Analysis of variance.