Investigation and analysis of 14 034 college students on COVID-19 and its countermeasures and suggestions

• Main Authors: Jia-Jia Zhang, Dong-Xian Zhang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Editorial Board of Journal of Hainan Medical University 2020-08-01
• Series: Journal of Hainan Medical University
• Subjects: college students; covid-19; knowledge; attitude; behavioral
• Online Access: http://www.hnykdxxb.com/PDF/202015/03.pdf

Objective: To understand the current situation of college students' knowledge, cognitive attitude and behavior (KAP)towards the prevention and control of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Corona Virus Disease 2019, COVID-19) during the epidemic, so as to provide theoretical basis for college students' resumption of study and campus prevention and control. Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted among 16,410 college students by using the convenient sampling method of, One-Way ANOVA and Logistic regression analysis of the survey data. Results: The total awareness rate of college students on COVID-19 was 85%, the average knowledge score was (70.4±10.0), and the proportion of high cognition was 74.5%. The average attitude score of college students was (3.78±0.55), and only 3.9% of them held a positive attitude. The average score of college students' protective behaviors was (19.35±1.69), and 48.8% of them took good protective behaviors. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that the proportion of students with high cognition who adopt good protective behaviors is higher than that of students with low cognition (95%CI: 0.621-0.752). The proportion of students with a positive attitude to adopt good behaviors was higher than that with a negative attitude (95%CI: 1.398-2.009), Spearman rank correlation analysis results showed that there was a weak positive correlation between cognition and attitude (r=0.056,P < 0.05), and a weak positive correlation between cognition and behavior (r=0.118,P < 0.05), and a weak positive correlation between attitude and behavior (r=0.038,P < 0.05). Conclusion: College students have a good overall cognition of COVID-19, but their attitudes and protective behaviors need to be further improved. Therefore, knowledge education, behavioral intervention and psychological counseling on COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control among college students should be strengthened to improve their prevention and control ability and physical quality.