Table 3a.
Knowledge about COVID-19 (multiple choice questions).
|
Yes |
No |
p |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | ||
| Q19- Indicate the most common ways in which COVID-19 is transmitted | |||||
| Drops produced when coughing or talking | |||||
| Patients | 343 | 88.2 | 46 | 11.9 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 316 | 100 | 0 | 0 | |
| Touching contaminated surfaces | |||||
| Patients | 303 | 77.9 | 86 | 22.1 | 0.196 |
| Professionals | 232 | 73.4 | 84 | 26.6 | |
| Physical contact with someone infected | |||||
| Patients | 326 | 83.8 | 63 | 16.2 | 0.383 |
| Professionals | 256 | 81.0 | 60 | 19.0 | |
| Through the air | |||||
| Patients | 278 | 71.5 | 111 | 28.5 | 0.019 |
| Professionals | 251 | 79.4 | 65 | 20.6 | |
| By blood transfusion | |||||
| Patients | 124 | 31.9 | 265 | 68.1 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 13 | 4.1 | 303 | 95.9 | |
| Through the pets | |||||
| Patients | 71 | 18.3 | 318 | 81.7 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 7 | 2.2 | 309 | 97.8 | |
| Through an insect bite | |||||
| Patients | 102 | 26.2 | 287 | 73.8 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 1 | 0.32 | 315 | 99.7 | |
| Q20- How do you think you could become infected? | |||||
| When you go shopping | |||||
| Patients | 262 | 67.4 | 127 | 32.6 | 0.663 |
| Professionals | 207 | 65.5 | 109 | 34.5 | |
| When using public transport | |||||
| Patients | 296 | 76.1 | 93 | 23.9 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 275 | 87.0 | 41 | 13.0 | |
| At work | |||||
| Patients | 181 | 46.5 | 208 | 53.5 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 299 | 94.6 | 17 | 5.4 | |
| Q22 – What are the most common symptoms of COVID-19? | |||||
| Fever | |||||
| Patients | 366 | 94.1 | 23 | 5.9 | 0.001 |
| Professionals | 313 | 99.0 | 3 | 1.0 | |
| Cough | |||||
| Patients | 326 | 83.8 | 63 | 16.2 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 294 | 93.0 | 22 | 7.0 | |
| Lack of air | |||||
| Patients | 331 | 85.1 | 58 | 14.9 | 0.365 |
| Professionals | 260 | 82.3 | 56 | 17.7 | |
| Fatigue | |||||
| Patients | 309 | 79.4 | 80 | 20.6 | 0.522 |
| Professionals | 258 | 81.6 | 58 | 18.4 | |
| Pain | |||||
| Patients | 291 | 74.8 | 98 | 25.2 | 0.147 |
| Professionals | 220 | 69.6 | 96 | 30.4 | |
| Diarrhoea | |||||
| Patients | 224 | 57.6 | 165 | 42.4 | 0.397 |
| Professionals | 171 | 54.1 | 145 | 45.9 | |
| Q23- How did you mainly find out about COVID-19? | |||||
| Ministry of Health or health care professionals | |||||
| Patients | 117 | 30.1 | 272 | 69.9 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 267 | 84.5 | 49 | 15.5 | |
| The media | |||||
| Patients | 352 | 90.5 | 37 | 9.5 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 211 | 66.8 | 105 | 33.2 | |
| Social media | |||||
| Patients | 62 | 15.9 | 327 | 84.1 | 0.001 |
| Professionals | 82 | 25.9 | 234 | 74.1 | |
| Other media | |||||
| Patients | 65 | 16.7 | 324 | 83.3 | <0.001 |
| Professionals | 95 | 30.1 | 221 | 69.9 | |
| I am not looking for information | |||||
| Patients | 4 | 1.0 | 385 | 99.0 | 0.047 |
| Professionals | 11 | 3.5 | 305 | 96.5 | |