Table 1.
Sociodemographic and health history characteristics of participants (n = 1272).
| Variable | Distribution n (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender 1 | |
| Male | 402 (31.6) |
| Female | 870 (68.4) |
| Age (mean ± SD) 1 | 21.7 ± 5.6 |
| ≤20 | 652 (51.3) |
| >20 | 620 (48.7) |
| College | |
| Medicine | 692 (54.4) |
| Dentistry | 120 (9.4) |
| Pharmacy | 73 (5.7) |
| Nursing and Allied Health Sciences | 178 (14.0) |
| Public Health | 123 (9.7) |
| Biomedical Engineering | 86 (6.8) |
| Chronic disease | |
| No | 1104 (86.8) |
| Yes | 168 (13.2) |
| History of COVID-19 | |
| No | 1154 (90.7) |
| Yes | 118 (9.3) |
| Family member, friend or classmate infected with COVID-19 | |
| No | 249 (19.6) |
| Yes | 1023 (80.4) |
| Loss of a loved one, or a friend due to COVID-19 | |
| No | 951 (74.8) |
| Yes | 321 (25.2) |
1 Distribution is representative of the study population characteristics.