Cross-sectional study of the knowledge, perception and attitude of first-year university students in Iraq towards SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and COVID-19 vaccines.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to first assess the knowledge and perception of first-year university students in Iraq about COVID-19 in general and SARS-CoV-2 latest variant of concern, and to evaluate the attitudes towards protection measures including vaccination.

Study design

A cross-sectional study was conducted among newly enrolled students at the American University of Iraq-Baghdad. Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to test an association between the outcomes measured on a 5-point Likert scale and the binary and the categorical independent variables, respectively. χ² test was used to test the association between nominal categorical variables, while Kendall's τ-b was used for ordinal variables.

Participants

Students (n=432) were i

SUBMITTER: Abed M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9679870 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature