Perception and practice of social distancing among Egyptians in COVID-19 pandemic.
| Autor: | Bakry HM; Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. honeybakry@gmail.com., Waly EH; Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. emanwaly78@gmail.com. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of infection in developing countries [J Infect Dev Ctries] 2020 Aug 31; Vol. 14 (8), pp. 817-822. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 31. |
| DOI: | 10.3855/jidc.13160 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Social distancing is principally intended to reduce infectious disease transmission by decreasing interactions among people in a broader community. Keeping social distancing is an essential public health measure to resist the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: a cross sectional study was conducted among 1,036 Egyptians using an online questionnaire between 5 and 10 May 2020. Results: There was significant association between the practice of social distancing and some sociodemographic factors as sex, age, education, working status, and place of residence at p value < 0.001 and with community of residence at p value 0.021. Conclusions: Egyptians had good perception for social distancing to prevent transmission of COVID 19, but they were not strictly practicing it. Competing Interests: No Conflict of Interest is declared (Copyright (c) 2020 Huny Mohamed Bakry, Eman Hassan Waly.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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