Table 5 Psychological state regarding the pandemic and attitudes towards the systemic control measures for COVID-19 of 9845 participants
From: A snapshot of public knowledge of novel coronavirus disease 2019: a web-based national survey
Items | Total | Hubei | Other regions | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Psychological state regarding the pandemic | ||||
Worried about self being infected | < 0.001 | |||
Extremely | 2777 (28.2%) | 402 (33.6%) | 2375 (27.5%) | |
Slightly | 5783 (58.7%) | 679 (56.7%) | 5104 (59.0%) | |
Never | 1285 (13.1%) | 116 (9.7%) | 1169 (13.5%) | |
Worried about relatives and friends being infected | < 0.001 | |||
Extremely | 4075 (41.4%) | 595 (49.7%) | 3480 (40.2%) | |
Slightly | 5145 (52.3%) | 560 (46.8%) | 4585 (53.0%) | |
Never | 625 (6.3%) | 42 (3.5%) | 583 (6.7%) | |
Being anxious about the pandemic | < 0.001 | |||
Extremely | 1949 (19.8%) | 288 (24.1%) | 1661 (19.2%) | |
Slightly | 6345 (64.4%) | 769 (64.2%) | 5576 (64.5%) | |
Never | 1551 (15.8%) | 140 (11.7%) | 1411 (16.3%) | |
Daily mood affected by the pandemic | < 0.001 | |||
Extremely | 1897 (19.3%) | 309 (25.8%) | 1588 (18.4%) | |
Slightly | 6648 (67.5%) | 768 (64.2%) | 5880 (68.0%) | |
Never | 1300 (13.2%) | 120 (10.0%) | 1180 (13.6%) | |
Paying close attention to news related to the pandemic | 0.171 | |||
Extremely | 8034 (81.6%) | 988 (82.5%) | 7046 (81.5%) | |
Slightly | 1771 (18.0%) | 201 (16.8%) | 1570 (18.1%) | |
Never | 40 (0.4%) | 8 (0.7%) | 32 (0.4%) | |
Attitudes towards the control and prevention measures | ||||
Staying at home during the Spring Festival is necessary | 0.562 | |||
Highly agreement | 9229 (93.7%) | 1117 (93.3%) | 8112 (93.8%) | |
Agreement | 582 (5.9%) | 74 (6.2%) | 508 (5.9%) | |
Disagreement | 34 (0.3%) | 6 (0.5%) | 28 (0.3%) | |
Staying at home during the Spring Festival is effective | < 0.001 | |||
Highly agreement | 8682 (88.2%) | 965 (80.6%) | 7717 (89.2%) | |
Agreement | 1071 (10.9%) | 204 (17.0%) | 867 (10.0%) | |
Disagreement | 92 (0.9%) | 28 (2.3%) | 64 (0.7%) | |
Closing down shopping malls and cancelling mass events are necessary | 0.002 | |||
Highly agreement | 9067 (92.1%) | 1127 (94.2%) | 7940 (91.8%) | |
Agreement | 708 (7.2%) | 58 (4.8%) | 650 (7.5%) | |
Disagreement | 70 (0.7%) | 12 (1.0%) | 58 (0.7%) | |
Closing down shopping malls and cancelling mass events are effective | 0.084 | |||
Highly agreement | 8724 (88.6%) | 1077 (90.0%) | 7647 (88.4%) | |
Agreement | 1063 (10.8%) | 110 (9.2%) | 953 (11.0%) | |
Disagreement | 58 (0.6%) | 10 (0.8%) | 48 (0.6%) | |
The overall control measures are effective | < 0.001 | |||
Highly agreement | 7295 (74.1%) | 708 (59.1%) | 6587 (76.2%) | |
Agreement | 2418 (24.6%) | 444 (37.1%) | 1974 (22.8%) | |
Disagreement | 132 (1.3%) | 45 (3.8%) | 87 (1.0%) | |