Rabab S. Hamada, Jawaher S. Al-Marria, and Amal Wagih
الملخص الانجليزي
The infectious Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) represents an important threat to public health. We
assessed the awareness and knowledge rate of the general population toward the COVID-19 in eastern province,
Saudi Arabia. A self-reported closed-ended questionnaire consisted of 26 questions divided largely into three
categories including demographic characteristics, knowledge rate and awareness source of COVID-19. SPSS was used
for data analysis and reliability was tested using Cronbach’s alpha, Chi-squared (χ2) test was used for the
determination of the distribution of the variables. The study included total of 1078 participants; the study variables
showed a very good level of reliability. The overall knowledge score indicated that the maj ority of the participants
had high knowledge, especially between participants who aged from 31-45 years old, received university education
or higher and who were employed. Half of the participants prefer television as a source of their information about
COVID-19. High overall awareness and knowledge of COVID-19 was reported. High percentages of participants had
sufficient knowledge regarding the disease nature, incubation time, risk groups, transmission, symptoms and
prevention of the disease. However, expressed poor knowledge regarding the treatment and usefulness of
antibiotics.
تاريخ النشر
04/11/2020
الناشر
Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences
رباب سالم حمد | Rabab Salem Hamad | 10217