Table 5.
Frequency of participants' answers to questions about general knowledge about COVID-19.
| Statement | True (%) | False (%) | Don't know (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The major transmission route of COVID-19 cause is via respiratory droplets and contacts with infected | 1,304 (99.5) | 4 (0.3) | 2 (0.2) |
| All patients with COVID-19 and who have been in their close contacts need to be isolated for at least 14 days. | 1,291 (98.5) | 5 (0.4) | 14 (1.1) |
| Infected travelers could transmit COVID-19 cause to other healthy companions. | 1,290 (98.5) | 11 (0.8) | 9 (0.7) |
| The main cause of COVID-19 is virus. | 1,306 (99.7) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.2) |
| No medications have been approved for the prevention of COVID-19 yet. | 1,231 (94.0) | 23 (1.8) | 56 (4.2) |
| No medications have been approved for the treatment of COVID-19 yet. | 1,250 (95.4) | 17 (1.3) | 43 (3.3) |
| Solely washing hands with water is not enough for sanitization. | 1,076 (82.1) | 213 (16.3) | 21 (1.6) |
| Using the hand dryer would not remove the pathogen. | 1,078 (82.3) | 159 (12.1) | 73 (5.6) |
| Vaccination against pneumonia or influenza does not affect the protection against COVID-19. | 1,116 (85.2) | 36 (2.7) | 158 (12.1) |
| Eating garlic does not prevent people from the pathogen. | 1,049 (80.1) | 113 (8.6) | 148 (11.3) |
| Insects is not a proper transmission route of COVID-19 cause. | 844 (64.4) | 125 (9.5) | 341 (26.1) |
| The Coronaviridae family could harm both humans and animals and cause zoonotic diseases. | 797 (60.8) | 324 (24.7) | 189 (14.5) |
| Nasal wash with a saline solution would prevent people from COVID-19. | 512 (39.1) | 594 (45.3) | 204 (15.6) |
| Using mouthwash has a protective effect against COVID-19 | 398 (30.4) | 673 (51.4) | 239 (18.2) |
| This form of COVID-19 cause has been long existing in the environment and causing infections among humans. | 332 (25.3) | 852 (65.1) | 126 (9.6) |
| COVID-19 is always mild. | 115 (8.8) | 1,118 (85.3) | 77 (5.9) |
| Alcohol-based solutions are more potent than soap for hand sanitizing. | 155 (11.8) | 1,077 (82.2) | 78 (6.0) |
| COVID-19 in all affected patients has a severity comparable to that of the common cold. | 81 (6.2) | 1,207 (92.1) | 22 (1.7) |
| Once getting COVID-19 make patients immune. | 82 (6.3) | 1,002 (76.4) | 226 (17.3) |
| Patients with COVID-19 would not spread disease unless they progress fever. | 87 (6.6) | 1,188 (90.7) | 35 (2.7) |
| All patients with COVID-19 will admitted at hospitals. | 37 (2.8) | 1,259 (96.1) | 14 (1.1) |
| A hot shower could eliminate the existing COVID-19 causes inside the body. | 88 (6.7) | 1,132 (86.4) | 90 (6.9) |
| A person with no cough, fever, or dyspnea would not have the pathogen or carry it. | 34 (2.6) | 1,264 (96.5) | 12 (0.9) |
| COVID-19 would not affect the children. | 65 (5.0) | 1,208 (92.2) | 37 (2.8) |
| A steam room or sauna could eliminate the existing COVID-19 causes inside the body. | 55 (4.2) | 1,162 (88.7) | 93 (7.1) |
| Warming upper airways with a blow dryer could eliminate the existing COVID-19 causes inside the body. | 38 (2.9) | 1,212 (92.5) | 60 (4.6) |
| Drinking alcoholic beverages could eliminate the existing COVID-19 causes inside the body. | 12 (0.9) | 1,257 (96.0) | 41 (3.1) |
| It is not required for a person recovered from COVID-19 to follow the preventive guidelines. | 2 (0.2) | 1,278 (97.5) | 30 (2.3) |