Knowledge, attitudes and anxiety toward COVID-19 among domestic and overseas Chinese college students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To investigate the knowledge, attitudes and anxiety toward COVID-19 among Chinese college students studying in China and abroad.

Method

A structured questionnaire, comprised of demographic characteristics, knowledge and attitudes toward COVID-19 and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), was used to collect data for 566 domestic students and 126 students studying abroad.

Results

Domestic students were better than students abroad in knowledge of epidemiology and manifestations. Domestic students showed a significant higher enthusiasm for voluntary services than students abroad, including medical science popularization, community services, traffic dispersion, logistics transportation and being volunteers for vaccine trials. The scores (Mean ± SD) of S-AI a

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7928746 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature