key: cord-0685270-d8pjscfj
authors: Li, Ying; Wang, Shasha; Liu, Zhanshu; Li, Xin
title: A survey of Chinese Residents’ knowledge about and attitudes and behaviors toward COVID-19: A National cross-sectional study
date: 2022-03-28
journal: Asian J Surg
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2022.03.069
sha: 1bfddc19e163ce06c3d35c68a419a85367b1b3b7
doc_id: 685270
cord_uid: d8pjscfj

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To the Editor, The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was named novel coronavirus pneumonia at the time of this survey, is an infectious respiratory disease [1] . COVID-19 has the characteristics of fast transmission, strong contagion, and general population susceptibility, and the main transmission routes are respiratory, direct, and contact transmission [2] [3] [4] . Strict isolation and hand hygiene are important measures to control the spread of the disease [5]. This study investigates Chinese residents' knowledge about and attitudes and behaviors toward COVID-19, analyzes the influencing factors of these, and provides a basis for better COVID-19 prevention and control.

We developed the National Questionnaire on Chinese Residents' Knowledge About and The chi-squared test showed that age, level of education, and living environment were significantly correlated with COVID-19 behavior (P < 0.05) ( Table 1 ).

In response to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia, Chinese residents were able to face the negative impact caused by the epidemic and take the correct protective measures, but their level of knowledge was not optimal. Therefore, it is necessary to increase health education for people in rural areas and those with low levels of education to increase the level of their knowledge. 

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We would like to acknowledge the hard and dedicated work of Xiaoli Xiong, Cuiping Du, Yao Wang, Ling Yi, Yongli Jiang, Yueyun Hu, Li Fang, Shengli Chen that implemented the intervention