. 2021 Apr 23;30(3):1154–1162. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13382

TABLE 1.

Association between demographic variables, knowledge and fear of COVID‐19

Variables	N (%)	Knowledge score		Fear score
Variables	N (%)	Mean (SD)	p‐Value	Mean (SD)	p‐Value
Gender
Male	252 (55.1)	8.52 (1.26)	0.018^*	26.84 (5.38)	0.0001^***
Female	205 (44.9)	8.82 (1.39)	0.018^*	24.63 (5.96)	0.0001^***
Marital status
Single	115 (25.2)	8.46 (1.59)	0.063	25.23 (6.10)	0.181
Married	342 (74.8)	8.72 (1.22)	0.063	26.06 (5.61)	0.181
Level of education
Diploma below	37 (8.1)	7.81 (1.37)	0.0001^***	26.07 (5.77)	0.006^**
High diploma	420 (91.9)	8.73 (1.30)	0.0001^***	23.37 (4.90)	0.006^**
Did your family or friends infect with COVID−19?
Yes	108 (23.6)	8.83 (1.26)	0.124	27.11 (5.57)	0.016^*
No	349 (76.4)	8.60 (1.35)	0.124	349 (25.57)	0.016^*
Is social stigma associated with COVID−19?
Yes	30 (6.6)	8.60 (1.49)	0.797	25.0 (5.95)	0.357
No	427 (93.4)	8.66 (1.32)	0.797	26.0 (5.77)	0.357
Which one is your information source about prevention of COVID−19?
Internet	62 (13.6)	8.30 (1.57)	#0.0001	26.41 (5.79)	#0.071
Social medial	193 (42.2)	9.18 (1.14)		27.12 (6.02)
Television	116 (25.4)	8.53 (1.23)		25.03 (5.76)
Healthcare centres	86 (18.8)	8.61 (1.33)		25.80 (5.61)
Total score	457(100.0)	8.66(1.33)		25.94(5.78)

p‐value based on t‐test, # based on one‐way ANOVA.

p < .05,

^**

p < .01,

^***

p < .001.