Assessing the Saudi Population Knowledge, Acceptance, and Perception on the Effectiveness of Following the Safety Precautions During COVID-19 Pandemic.

COVID-19 acceptance knowledge public perceptions

Journal

Risk management and healthcare policy
ISSN: 1179-1594
Titre abrégé: Risk Manag Healthc Policy
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101566264

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2023
Historique:
received: 18 12 2022
accepted: 29 04 2023
medline: 12 5 2023
pubmed: 12 5 2023
entrez: 11 5 2023
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become an alarming issue worldwide. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was fast in adopting the safety precaution measures and is considered one of the major countries that place preventive precautions measures to control the spread of the disease. The current study aims to assess the knowledge, effectiveness, and acceptance of the public regarding COVID-19 safety precautions measures: face masks, physical distance, wash hands/use hand sanitizer, and the use of Tawakkalna application as a preventive measure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study design was quantitative cross-sectional using a self-administered questionnaire. Of the 400 received responses, the data analysis showed that there was a significant association between knowledge about the safety precaution measures score with nationality and gender with P value less than 0.05. The awareness of Saudi citizens of the importance of implementing preventive precautions and their compliance greatly contributed in limiting the virus spread.

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become an alarming issue worldwide. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was fast in adopting the safety precaution measures and is considered one of the major countries that place preventive precautions measures to control the spread of the disease. The current study aims to assess the knowledge, effectiveness, and acceptance of the public regarding COVID-19 safety precautions measures: face masks, physical distance, wash hands/use hand sanitizer, and the use of Tawakkalna application as a preventive measure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Methods UNASSIGNED
The study design was quantitative cross-sectional using a self-administered questionnaire.
Results UNASSIGNED
Of the 400 received responses, the data analysis showed that there was a significant association between knowledge about the safety precaution measures score with nationality and gender with P value less than 0.05.
Conclusion UNASSIGNED
The awareness of Saudi citizens of the importance of implementing preventive precautions and their compliance greatly contributed in limiting the virus spread.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37168682
doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S400220
pii: 400220
pmc: PMC10166103
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

805-816

Informations de copyright

© 2023 Aljaffary et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no conflicts of interest in this work.

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Auteurs

Afnan Aljaffary (A)

Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Alaa Al-Habib (A)

Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Fatimah Al-Awami (F)

Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Entesar Al-Askari (E)

Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

Rawan Aljaffary (R)

Revenue Development department, Saud Al Babtain Cardiac Centre, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

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