Open AccessGeneral Public Knowledge of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at Early Stages of the Pandemic: A Random Online Survey in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Ali Alqahtani,
Afaf Aldahish,
Krishnaraju Venkatesan,
Mona Alqarni,
Mohammed AlSheikh Hassan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s300641
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , public health , covid-19 , quarantine , family medicine , knowledge level , disease , environmental health , demography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , psychology , pathology , mathematics education , sociology
A novel coronavirus was identified at the end of 2019 in Wuhan City, China. Later, it was named as coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and declared a pandemic in March 2020. Saudi and global health agencies have provided various COVID-19 knowledge tools and facts to the general public. Therefore, this study aims to assess COVID-19 knowledge among the general public in Saudi Arabia at the early stages of the pandemic.