Knowledge about COVID-19 in the General Population of Mexico

Abstract

An analytical observational study was conducted to investigate the association between knowledge of COVID-19 in the general population of Mexico and sociodemographic variables of interest. A total of 758 adults between 18 and 74 years old (M = 37.3 SD = 12.6), of which 88.9% had higher education and 33.2% were health care workers, participated in an online questionnaire assessing disease knowledge and the COVID-5 item Fear Scale, which was adapted by the research team. The proportion of individuals with high knowledge about COVID-19 was found to be 41.0%. Participants with higher education and healthcare professionals demonstrated higher knowledge scores in comparison to those with primary and secondary education, as well as non-healthcare professionals (PR=1.25, 95%CI 1.05-1.48). In conclusion, that people with higher education and healthcare workers exhibited better knowledge scores regarding the disease, while high knowledge about COVID-19 was only associated with being a health professional.

Keywords:

Conocimiento

COVID-19

Opinión Pública

Concienciación

Infecciones por Coronavirus

Knowledge

COVID-19

Public Opinion

Awareness

Coronavirus Infections

Conhecimento

COVID-19

Opinião Pública

Conscientização

Infeções por Coronavírus

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