A snapshot of public knowledge of novel coronavirus disease 2019: a web-based national survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the number of existing cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China has been decreasing since late February 2020, the number of confirmed cases abroad is surging. Improving public knowledge of COVID-19 is critical to controlling the pandemic. This study aimed to determine China's public knowledge of COVID-19 and the attitudes towards control measures.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted over 48 h from 22:30 29 February 2020 to 22:30 2 March 2020 based on a self-administered web-based questionnaire. The survey was conducted on the WeChat network. Exponential non-discriminative snowball sampling was applied. The questionnaire was voluntarily completed by WeChat users. The questionnaire covered basic demographic information, public knowled

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7940868 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature