Crisis within a crisis, COVID-19 knowledge and awareness among the Syrian population: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To gauge specific knowledge around clinical features, transmission pathways and prevention methods, and to identify factors associated with poor knowledge to help facilitate outbreak management in Syria during this rapid global rise of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Web-based cross-sectional survey.

Setting

This study was conducted in March 2020, nearly 10 years into the Syrian war crisis. The Arabic-language survey was posted on various social media platforms including WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram and Facebook targeting various social groups.

Participants

A total of 4495 participants completed the survey. Participants with a history of COVID-19 infection, residing outside Syria or who did not fully complete the survey were excluded from the study. T

SUBMITTER: Mohsen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8061566 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature