Table 5. Unclear or conflicting information about COVID-19 and level of understanding.
| Northern | Northeastern | Central | Southern | Eastern/
Western |
Total | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=191 (%) | N=277 (%) | N=286 (%) | N=194 (%) | N=72 (%) | N=1,020 | ||
| Have you seen any unclear or conflicting information about COVID-19 in the last month? | |||||||
| Government support
schemes (e.g. financial) |
94 (49) | 139 (50) | 191 (67) | 114 (59) | 59 (82) | 597 (59) | <0.001 |
| Penalties if disobey
restrictions |
59 (31) | 122 (44) | 166 (58) | 66 (34) | 59 (82) | 472 (46) | <0.001 |
| Ways to avoid the
infection |
53 (28) | 104 (38) | 156 (55) | 116 (60) | 22 (31) | 451 (44) | <0.001 |
| Numbers of coronavirus
cases/deaths related to COVID-19 |
57 (30) | 107 (39) | 156 (55) | 89 (46) | 26 (36) | 435 (43) | <0.001 |
| Symptoms | 55 (29) | 100 (36) | 167 (58) | 97 (50) | 23 (32) | 442 (43) | <0.001 |
| Quarantine/isolation | 57 (30) | 97 (35) | 149 (52) | 82 (42) | 29 (40) | 414 (41) | <0.001 |
| Travel restrictions (e.g.
curfew, restricted hours of movement) |
53 (28) | 105 (38) | 153 (53) | 64 (33) | 29 (40) | 404 (40) | <0.001 |
| Risks in case of infection | 45 (24) | 109 (39) | 164 (57) | 63 (32) | 19 (26) | 400 (39) | <0.001 |
| Testing | 67 (35) | 98 (35) | 153 (53) | 60 (31) | 19 (26) | 397 (39) | <0.001 |
| What to do in case of
symptoms |
49 (26) | 95 (34) | 149 (52) | 74 (38) | 19 (26) | 386 (38) | <0.001 |
| Social distancing
guidance |
53 (28) | 96 (35) | 132 (46) | 76 (39) | 22 (31) | 379 (37) | <0.001 |
| How confident do you feel that you can recognize fake news about COVID-19? | <0.001 | ||||||
| Not at all | 8 (4) | 5 (2) | 26 (9) | 7 (4) | 0 (0) | 46 (5) | |
| A little | 2 (1) | 18 (6) | 43 (15) | 50 (26) | 6 (8) | 119 (12) | |
| Some | 90 (47) | 119 (43) | 110 (38) | 64 (33) | 29 (40) | 412 (40) | |
| A lot | 82 (43) | 113 (41) | 96 (34) | 66 (34) | 35 (49) | 392 (38) | |
| Very high/expert level | 9 (5) | 22 (8) | 11 (4) | 7 (4) | 2 (3) | 51 (5) | |
| How would you rate your level of understanding of COVID-19? | <0.001 | ||||||
| Not at all | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | |
| A little | 4 (2) | 4 (1) | 7 (2) | 8 (4) | 1 (1) | 24 (2) | |
| Some | 91 (48) | 106 (38) | 89 (31) | 49 (25) | 12 (17) | 347 (34) | |
| A lot | 88 (46) | 140 (51) | 175 (61) | 123 (63) | 54 (75) | 580 (57) | |
| Very high/expert level | 8 (4) | 27 (10) | 15 (5) | 12 (6) | 5 (7) | 67 (7) | |