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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 and T-AI among students abroad were 59.48 ± 8.63 and 54.10 ± 7.20, respectively, which were significantly higher than those of domestic students (39.46 ± 8.16 and 39.25 ± 7.72).

Conclusions

Our study showed a better understanding of knowledge, more positive attitudes and less anxiety toward COVID-19 among domestic students, compared with students studying abroad. In light of this information, more attention and appropriate psychological and social intervention should be paid to college students with anxiety, especially those studying abroad.

SUBMITTER: Yang H

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Yang Haojun H Chen Zhuohui Z Fan Yishu Y Hu Xinhang X Wu Tong T Kang Shuntong S Xiao Bo B Zhang Mengqi M

Journal of public health (Oxford, England) 20210901 3

<h4>Background</h4>To investigate the knowledge, attitudes and anxiety toward COVID-19 among Chinese college students studying in China and abroad.<h4>Method</h4>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.<h4>Results</h4>Domestic students were better than students abroad in knowledge of epidemiology an ...[more]

PMID: 33480432

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