Table 3.

Responses of some questions about COVID-19 respecting the gender of study participants

Variable	Gender
	Male (n=292)	Female (n=1740)	P value
Do you think that publishing more news related to COVID-19 on social media has spread fear and panic among the people?			0.000*
Yes	160 (54.8%)	832 (47.8%)
No	96 (32.9%)	444 (25.5%)
Neutral	36 (12.3%)	464 (26.7%)
Do you think the level of Egyptian pages, groups, and accounts on social media covering COVID-19 is good?			0.000*
Yes	80 (27.4%)	300 (17.2%)
No	148 (50.7%)	1040 (59.8%)
Neutral	64 (21.9%)	400 (23%)
Have you published any information and news related to COVID-19 on social media?			0.9
Yes	119 (40.9%)	696 (40%)
No Neutral	152 (52.2%)	928 (53.3%)
	20 (6.9%)	116 (6.9%)
Do filters need to be set up for social media and a specific policy followed during humanitarian crises such as the spread of COVID-19?			0.03*
Yes	236 (80.8%)	1480 (85.1%)
No	32 (11%)	116 (6.7%)
Neutral	24 (8.2%)	144 (8.3%)
Type of information related to COVID-19 that create panic on social media			0.000*
Dissemination of the number of COVID-19 infections	24 (8.2%)	68 (3.9%)
Dissemination of the death toll	32 (11%)	308 (17.7%)
Dissemination of the number of cases and deaths	104 (35.6%)	588 (33.8%)
Dissemination of panic including information of COVID-19	44 (15.1%)	364 (20.9%)
Posting of videos, photos, and news of the countries with a high number of cases	52 (17.8%)	176 (10.1%)
Fake news about the COVID-19 outbreak	28 (9.6%)	120 (6.9%)
Others	8 (2.7%)	116 (6.7%)
The impact of panic resulting from social media about COVID-19			0.000*
Psychological	88 (30.1%)	800 (46%)
Physical	4 (1.4%)	4 (0.2%)
Psychophysical	32 (11%)	232 (13.3%)
All of the above	52 (17.8%)	340 (19.5%)
No fear	116 (39.7%)	364 (20.9%)