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. 2021 Jun 14;18(12):6439. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126439

Table 2.

Distribution of COVID-19-related responses across surveys.

All General Public Survey Healthcare Workers
Survey
p-Value
All respondents 1658 (100.0) 1337 (100.0) 321 (100.0)
I am knowledgeable of the risk of Coronavirus/ COVID-19
Agree 1584 (95.5) 1270 (95.0) 314 (97.8)
Disagree 36 (2.2) 33 (0.2) 3 (0.9) 0.09
How did you hear about Coronavirus/COVID-19?
Friends or Family 535 (32.3) 436 (32.6) 99 (30.8) 0.53
Doctor’s Office 274 (16.5) 210 (15.7) 64 (19.9) 0.07
Radio or TV 951 (57.4) 748 (55.9) 203 (63.2) 0.02
Internet 1142 (68.9) 923 (69.0) 219 (68.2) 0.74
Social Media (Facebook, Twitter etc.) 1127 (68.0) 954 (71.4) 173 (53.9) <0.0001
Knowledge about Coronavirus/COVID-19
Low (score −5 to 12) 505 (30.5) 477 (35.7) 28 (8.7)
Average (score 13 to 17) 547 (33.0) 456 (34.1) 91 (28.3)
Good (score 18 to 23) 603 (36.4) 401 (30.0) 202 (62.9) <0.0001
Are you anxious about contracting Coronavirus/COVID-19?
Not or slightly anxious 255 (15.4) 196 (14.7) 59 (18.4)
Slightly anxious 516 (31.1) 384 (28.7) 132 (41.1)
Anxious 456 (27.5) 366 (27.4) 90 (28.0)
Very anxious 211 (12.7) 181 (13.5) 30 (9.3)
Really frightened 194 (11.7) 187 (14.0) 7 (2.2) <0.0001
What worries you most about Coronavirus/COVID-19?
Just the thought of getting the disease 418 (25.2) 360 (26.9) 58 (18.1) 0.004
Being quarantined 158 (9.5) 138 (10.3) 20 (6.2) 0.04
Transmitting to family/others 154 (9.3) 48 (3.6) 106 (33.0) <0.0001
Death/fatality 651 (39.3) 561 (42.0) 90 (28.0) <0.0001
If you become ill with Coronavirus/COVID-19, the chances of dying are:
Less than 1 in 20 (less than 5%) 990 (59.7) 751 (56.2) 239 (74.5)
Between 1 in 20 and 1 in 4 (5–25%) 342 (20.6) 287 (21.5) 55 (17.1)
Between 1 in 4 and 1 in 2 (25–50%) 129 (7.8) 114 (8.5) 15 (4.7)
More than 1 in 2 (More than 50%) 141 (8.5) 137 (10.2) 4 (1.2) <0.0001