From: Before-and-after online community survey on knowledge and perception of COVID-19 pandemic
Question | Answer | Rate of answers [%] | p-value | ||||||
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Cohort | |||||||||
Physician | Nurse | Student of medicine-oriented faculty | Non-medical professional | Student of non-medicine-oriented faculty | Secondary school student | All respondents (Mean) | |||
Which human organ system is usually infected by Coronavirus? | respiratory system | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.9 | 99.9 | 0.1033 |
nervous system | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
digestive system | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
muscular system | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.1 | ||
genitourinary system | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
What are the symptoms of Coronavirus disease 2019? | fever | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 | 99.3 | 98.4 | 95.6 | 98.8 | 0.0000 |
cough | 100.0 | 97.2 | 95.4 | 97.8 | 93.8 | 89.4 | 95.5 | ||
breathlessness or breathing problems | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.7 | 99.6 | 99.2 | 98.3 | 99.5 | ||
muscle pain | 82.1 | 72.2 | 57.5 | 71.1 | 57.8 | 57.2 | 63.0 | ||
fatigue | 87.0 | 79.6 | 68.9 | 77.6 | 65.6 | 55.6 | 70.8 | ||
How does the virus spread to another person? | by droplet transmission: coughing/sneezing | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.3 | 98.4 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 0.0058 |
by indirect contact: through items touched by the infected person | 72.4 | 64.8 | 57.1 | 66.1 | 67.2 | 61.1 | 61.8 | ||
by fecal-oral transmission: eating food contaminated with the virus | 31.7 | 17.6 | 19.8 | 25.3 | 32.0 | 25.6 | 23.3 | ||
by direct contact: touching infected person | 48.0 | 41.7 | 38.7 | 45.5 | 42.2 | 45.0 | 41.9 | ||
How to protect yourself from the virus? | wear a standard (“surgical”) mask | 63.4 | 52.8 | 47.4 | 56.0 | 57.0 | 47.2 | 51.4 | 0.0000 |
wear a mask with a HEPA filter | 83.7 | 76.9 | 73.4 | 70.0 | 68.0 | 68.9 | 72.9 | ||
wash your hands often | 99.2 | 99.1 | 99.7 | 98.9 | 100.0 | 99.4 | 99.5 | ||
cover your mouth when coughing or sneezing | 87.0 | 94.4 | 90.0 | 90.3 | 86.7 | 84.4 | 89.2 | ||
keep at least 1 m distance from others. | 90.2 | 89.8 | 93.3 | 91.0 | 86.7 | 91.1 | 91.6 | ||
do not leave the house / flat | 80.5 | 79.6 | 90.6 | 82.3 | 88.3 | 93.9 | 87.7 | ||
contact the sanitary and epidemiological station after you came back from another country where Coronavirus disease 2019 has been reported | 76.4 | 92.6 | 92.1 | 83.4 | 88.3 | 86.1 | 88.3 | ||
drink alcohol | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 1.2 | ||
avoid products made in China | 0.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 6.7 | 2.9 | ||
What should I do if signs of infection appear? | notify the sanitary and epidemiological station | 97.6 | 98.1 | 99.4 | 96.8 | 100.0 | 98.9 | 98.7 | 0.0730 |
report to the emergency department in the nearest hospital | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 5.6 | 1.6 | ||
go to family doctor | 1.6 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | ||
report to an infectious disease ward or observation and infectious disease ward | 63.4 | 75.9 | 46.1 | 50.2 | 43.8 | 48.9 | 50.5 | ||
What would be for you the biggest obstacle in everyday life due to Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic? | inability to go to your workplace or place of study | 31.7 | 15.7 | 76.2 | 43.3 | 67.2 | 68.9 | 60.8 | 0.0000 |
cancelled mass events, such as performances, conferences, concerts | 15.4 | 9.3 | 30.2 | 16.2 | 35.2 | 50.6 | 27.8 | ||
cancelled trips, flights | 39.0 | 19.4 | 32.4 | 38.6 | 36.7 | 37.8 | 34.1 | ||
quarantine or isolation from loved ones due to quarantine | 77.2 | 71.3 | 73.9 | 73.3 | 70.3 | 82.8 | 74.6 | ||
no products and food in shops or higher prices in stores | 12.2 | 28.7 | 27.9 | 21.3 | 28.1 | 19.4 | 24.5 | ||
no personal protection equipment in stock | 56.9 | 61.1 | 39.4 | 42.6 | 33.6 | 22.2 | 40.4 | ||
Does any of the following aspects worries you due to the spreading infection? | nothing worries me | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 8.9 | 4.6 | 0.0000 |
my own health and life | 28.5 | 46.3 | 21.9 | 35.7 | 25.0 | 22.8 | 27.0 | ||
health and life of my family | 92.7 | 93.5 | 87.7 | 87.0 | 83.6 | 77.2 | 86.8 | ||
being quarantined | 20.3 | 29.6 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 9.0 | ||
economic crisis | 74.8 | 57.4 | 71.9 | 73.3 | 75.8 | 66.7 | 71.1 | ||
my education | 22.8 | 11.1 | 53.6 | 23.1 | 46.9 | 43.9 | 40.9 | ||
Which of the following are your sources of knowledge about Coronavirus disease 2019? | TV news | 32.5 | 61.1 | 50.8 | 59.6 | 50.8 | 57.8 | 52.5 | 0.0000 |
radio | 10.6 | 24.1 | 15.0 | 23.1 | 15.6 | 24.4 | 17.9 | ||
newspapers | 11.4 | 13.9 | 4.5 | 12.6 | 2.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | ||
websites such as: onet, interia, wp, gazeta.pl, trójmiasto.pl | 39.8 | 43.5 | 39.8 | 59.9 | 47.7 | 57.2 | 46.4 | ||
website of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Poland | 58.5 | 77.8 | 69.8 | 61.4 | 59.4 | 51.7 | 64.9 | ||
websites such as: onet.pl, interia.pl, wp.pl, gazeta.pl, trójmiasto.pl | 91.1 | 75.0 | 75.6 | 58.8 | 64.8 | 49.4 | 69.8 | ||
family members and friends | 16.3 | 13.0 | 32.4 | 24.2 | 41.4 | 55.0 | 31.7 | ||
social media: Facebook, Tweeter, Instagram | 33.3 | 43.5 | 46.4 | 35.0 | 56.3 | 56.1 | 45.1 |