From: A snapshot of public knowledge of novel coronavirus disease 2019: a web-based national survey
Items | Answers | Total | Hubei | Other regions | P |
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Recognition of symptoms | |||||
Fever | √ | 9801 (99.6%) | 1193 (99.7%) | 8608 (99.5%) | 0.533 |
Cough | √ | 9559 (97.1%) | 1160 (96.9%) | 8399 (97.1%) | 0.683 |
Debilitation | √ | 9016 (91.6%) | 1122 (93.7%) | 7894 (91.3%) | 0.004 |
Nasal congestion | √ | 4056 (41.2%) | 413 (34.5%) | 3643 (42.1%) | < 0.001 |
Rhinorrhea | √ | 4106 (41.7%) | 406 (33.9%) | 3700 (42.8%) | < 0.001 |
Sore throat | √ | 5673 (57.6%) | 648 (54.1%) | 5025 (58.1%) | 0.009 |
Pantalgia | √ | 5325 (54.1%) | 661 (55.2%) | 4664 (53.9%) | 0.401 |
Recognition of therapies | |||||
There is no specific treatment and only symptomatic and supportive treatments help | √ | 8385 (85.2%) | 1026 (85.7%) | 7359 (85.1%) | 0.572 |
There is specific drug to treat the disease | × | 162 (1.6%) | 20 (1.7%) | 142 (1.6%) | 0.904 |
Traditional Chinese medicine has a good therapeutic effect | ○ | 1683 (17.1%) | 229 (19.1%) | 1454 (16.8%) | 0.046 |
Integrative Chinese and western medicine is very effective | ○ | 4581 (46.5%) | 573 (47.9%) | 4008 (46.3%) | 0.322 |
Plasma antibodies in convalescent patients are effective | ○ | 6184 (62.8%) | 814 (68.0%) | 5370 (62.1%) | < 0.001 |
The vaccine against COVID-19 is in use | × | 566 (5.7%) | 51 (4.3%) | 515 (6.0%) | 0.018 |
Traditional Chinese medicine (such as Shuanghuanglian) can prevent COVID-19 | × | 410 (4.2%) | 52 (4.3%) | 358 (4.1%) | 0.740 |
No measures can prevent COVID-19 | × | 1103 (11.2%) | 149 (12.4%) | 954 (11.0%) | 0.145 |
Personal prevention measures | |||||
Wearing masks | 9800 (99.5%) | 1197 (100.0%) | 8603 (99.5%) | 0.005 | |
Wearing goggles | 2588 (26.3%) | 396 (33.1%) | 2192 (25.3%) | < 0.001 | |
Frequent hand-washing | 9522 (96.7%) | 1163 (97.2%) | 8359 (96.7%) | 0.361 | |
Daily home disinfection | 4785 (48.6%) | 644 (53.8%) | 4141 (47.9%) | < 0.001 | |
Covering mouth and nose when sneezing | 6444 (65.5%) | 771 (64.4%) | 5673 (65.6%) | 0.418 | |
Measuring body temperature regularly | 5645 (57.3%) | 823 (68.8%) | 4822 (55.8%) | < 0.001 | |
No protection | 6 (0.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 6 (0.1%) | 1.000 |