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Miskeen, Elhadi, Al-Shahrani, Abdullah M., Alghamdi, Mohammed Abdullah, ShalanAlgarni, Saad, Alaklobi, Mesfer Naser, Malhan, Mohammed Saeed, Alqhtani, Mohammed Shaya, Alshahrani, Mobarak Falah, Alqarni, Nasser Ali, Almlfi, Saed Ghanem, Alghamdi, Khalid Abdullah M., Alhalafi, Abdullah, Al-Faifi, Jaber Ahmed, Eljack, Ibrahim Awad |
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Onkologia i Radioterapia; 2021, Vol. 15 Issue 11, p27-31, 5p |
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Introduction: Preventive behaviour is vital to the success of any intervention in the control of the COVID-19 pandemic addressing community health. Objectives: To answer the extent to which the Saudi Population is aware and complies with the preventive measures of COVID-19, and to identify the associated factors. Methodology: This is a descriptive, community-based survey of the Saudi Population. The data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire that included respondent characteristics, and questions about the preventive behaviour towards COVID-19. The IRB of the University of Bisha, College of Medicine gave the ethical clearance. Result: A total of 1200 people participated in the online survey. Females were 607 (50.6%) and 593 (49.4%) were males. The majority of the Saudi Population had adequate knowledge of COVID-19 preventive measures (71.4%), adherence to preventive measures of COVID-19 was (47.5%). Factors associated with adequate adherence to the preventive measures of COVID-19 were age, occupation, education level, previous suspicion of COVID-19, and contact with infected persons, and a risk factor (p-value <0.05). Adherence to preventive measures as a daily routine practice was significantly associated with age, residence, occupation, suspected COVID-19, and previous infection (p-value <0.05). Conclusion: Although most of the Saudi Population has adequate knowledge of COVID-19 preventive measures, adherence to preventive measures was low. Therefore, we recommend increasing the awareness and compliance of the people to the preventive measures of COVID-19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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