Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Preventive Actions Among a Mexican Population Sample
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Preventive Actions Among a Mexican Population Sample Lecciones de la pandemia de COVID-19: conocimiento y acciones preventivas de una muestra de población mexicana
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Konstat Korzenny, E. ., Morgenstern Kaplan, D. ., Fonseca Portilla, R. ., & Cohen Welch, A. . (2021). Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Preventive Actions Among a Mexican Population Sample: Lecciones de la pandemia de COVID-19: conocimiento y acciones preventivas de una muestra de población mexicana. Archivos De Medicina , 21(1), 247-256. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.21.1.3965.2021
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Konstat Korzenny, E. ., Morgenstern Kaplan, D. ., Fonseca Portilla, R. ., & Cohen Welch, A. . (2021). Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Preventive Actions Among a Mexican Population Sample: Lecciones de la pandemia de COVID-19: conocimiento y acciones preventivas de una muestra de población mexicana. Archivos De Medicina , 21(1), 247-256. https://doi.org/10.30554/archmed.21.1.3965.2021
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Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge of the general population about the COVID-19 pandemic, including the disease and the preventive measures to reduce spreading of the virus undertaken by participants.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on a Mexican population sample during the period of March 20th to March 27th in Mexico, via a computer-based survey. We evaluated general knowledge about COVID-19 and the adherence to recommendations.
Results: A total of 2,577 participants completed the survey. Our results revealed an overall proper knowledge about the disease, with 76.2% having the proper knowledge about the disease, which was significantly correlated with age (r=0.15, p<0.001), socioeconomic status (r=0.06, p<0.003) and maximum academic level achieved by the study subjects (r=0.12, p<0.001).
Conclusions: Overall, people have good knowledge of COVID-19 and know about the specific public health recommendations, but a large proportion of people do not strictly follow these recommendations.
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