Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study
<div><p>While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe, we have witnessed substantial mis- and disinformation regarding various aspects of the disease. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire for the general publ...
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| author | Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy (4091776) |
| author2 | Sohaila Cheema (4162534) Patrick Maisonneuve (479793) Amit Abraham (5534822) Ingmar Weber (149886) Jisun An (10230800) Albert B. Lowenfels (9934156) Ravinder Mamtani (4162537) |
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| author_facet | Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy (4091776) Sohaila Cheema (4162534) Patrick Maisonneuve (479793) Amit Abraham (5534822) Ingmar Weber (149886) Jisun An (10230800) Albert B. Lowenfels (9934156) Ravinder Mamtani (4162537) |
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| dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv | Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy (4091776) Sohaila Cheema (4162534) Patrick Maisonneuve (479793) Amit Abraham (5534822) Ingmar Weber (149886) Jisun An (10230800) Albert B. Lowenfels (9934156) Ravinder Mamtani (4162537) |
| dc.date.none.fl_str_mv | 2021-06-14T03:00:00Z |
| dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv | 10.3390/ijerph18126439 |
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| dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv | Health sciences Epidemiology Public health COVID-19 health information misinformation anxiety knowledge |
| dc.title.none.fl_str_mv | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study |
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| description | <div><p>While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe, we have witnessed substantial mis- and disinformation regarding various aspects of the disease. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire for the general public (recruited via social media) and healthcare workers (recruited via email) from the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa region to understand the knowledge of and anxiety levels around COVID-19 (April–June 2020) during the early stage of the pandemic. The final dataset used for the analysis comprised of 1658 questionnaires (53.0% of 3129 received questionnaires; 1337 [80.6%] from the general public survey and 321 [19.4%] from the healthcare survey). Knowledge about COVID-19 was significantly different across the two survey populations, with a much higher proportion of healthcare workers possessing better COVID-19 knowledge than the general public (62.9% vs. 30.0%, p < 0.0001). A reverse effect was observed for anxiety, with a higher proportion of very anxious (or really frightened) respondents among the general public compared to healthcare workers (27.5% vs. 11.5%, p < 0.0001). A higher proportion of the general public tended to overestimate their chance of dying if they become ill with COVID-19, with 251 (18.7%) reporting the chance of dying (once COVID-19 positive) to be ≥25% versus 19 (5.9%) of healthcare workers (p < 0.0001). Good knowledge about COVID-19 was associated with low levels of anxiety. Panic and unfounded anxiety, as well as casual and carefree attitudes, can propel risk taking and mistake-making, thereby increasing vulnerability. It is important that governments, public health agencies, healthcare workers, and civil society organizations keep themselves updated regarding scientific developments and that they relay messages to the community in an honest, transparent, unbiased, and timely manner.</p><p> </p></div><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126439" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126439</a></p> |
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| spelling | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional StudySathyanarayanan Doraiswamy (4091776)Sohaila Cheema (4162534)Patrick Maisonneuve (479793)Amit Abraham (5534822)Ingmar Weber (149886)Jisun An (10230800)Albert B. Lowenfels (9934156)Ravinder Mamtani (4162537)Health sciencesEpidemiologyPublic healthCOVID-19health informationmisinformationanxietyknowledge<div><p>While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic wreaked havoc across the globe, we have witnessed substantial mis- and disinformation regarding various aspects of the disease. We conducted a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire for the general public (recruited via social media) and healthcare workers (recruited via email) from the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa region to understand the knowledge of and anxiety levels around COVID-19 (April–June 2020) during the early stage of the pandemic. The final dataset used for the analysis comprised of 1658 questionnaires (53.0% of 3129 received questionnaires; 1337 [80.6%] from the general public survey and 321 [19.4%] from the healthcare survey). Knowledge about COVID-19 was significantly different across the two survey populations, with a much higher proportion of healthcare workers possessing better COVID-19 knowledge than the general public (62.9% vs. 30.0%, p < 0.0001). A reverse effect was observed for anxiety, with a higher proportion of very anxious (or really frightened) respondents among the general public compared to healthcare workers (27.5% vs. 11.5%, p < 0.0001). A higher proportion of the general public tended to overestimate their chance of dying if they become ill with COVID-19, with 251 (18.7%) reporting the chance of dying (once COVID-19 positive) to be ≥25% versus 19 (5.9%) of healthcare workers (p < 0.0001). Good knowledge about COVID-19 was associated with low levels of anxiety. Panic and unfounded anxiety, as well as casual and carefree attitudes, can propel risk taking and mistake-making, thereby increasing vulnerability. It is important that governments, public health agencies, healthcare workers, and civil society organizations keep themselves updated regarding scientific developments and that they relay messages to the community in an honest, transparent, unbiased, and timely manner.</p><p> </p></div><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health<br> License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126439" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126439</a></p>2021-06-14T03:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.3390/ijerph18126439https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Knowledge_and_Anxiety_about_COVID-19_in_the_State_of_Qatar_and_the_Middle_East_and_North_Africa_Region_A_Cross_Sectional_Study/25756254CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/257562542021-06-14T03:00:00Z |
| spellingShingle | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study Sathyanarayanan Doraiswamy (4091776) Health sciences Epidemiology Public health COVID-19 health information misinformation anxiety knowledge |
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| title | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study |
| title_full | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study |
| title_short | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study |
| title_sort | Knowledge and Anxiety about COVID-19 in the State of Qatar, and the Middle East and North Africa Region—A Cross Sectional Study |
| topic | Health sciences Epidemiology Public health COVID-19 health information misinformation anxiety knowledge |