Evaluation of Turkish Cypriots’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviors About The COVID-19: A Descriptive Study

Authors : Ufuk KAYA, Elif GÜNEŞ, Elif EREN, Mohammed ISSA, Emrah GÜLER, Aslı AYKAÇ, Nedim CAKİR, Kaya SÜER

Pages : 106-116

Doi:10.19127/mbsjohs.1038016

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Publication Date : 2022-02-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objective: COVID-19 was first discovered in Wuhan in December 2019 and spread all over the world. This study was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviours of people living in Northern Cyprus regarding COVID-19. Methods: This descriptive study designed to evaluate the level of knowledge, attitude and behaviour of participants who are Turkish Cypriots between 7-17 April 2020 after the first COVID-19 case diagnosed in our country. A twenty-nine-item questionnaire was prepared, distributed randomly to participants on social media and took 7-10 min to complete. Data were analyzed with a 95% confidence and p<0.05 significance level. Results: Of the 1192 respondents, 70.8% are between 20-29 years old, 69.8% are women, and 69.1% are university students. The average score in knowledge of all participants about COVID-19 was found to be 47.39, and the general precaution level average score of all participants was found to be 45.97. A statistically significance difference was determined in between the GPL average score and age insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.012);, gender insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.000);, marital status insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.000);, being a university student insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.002);, working status insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.000);, and having a healthcare professional in the family Conclusion: Both the knowledge and precaution levels of the participants were determined to be at ‘good’ levels. It was shown that the participants had a high level of knowledge of COVID-19 and a high level of compliance with preventive measures.
Keywords : COVID 19, knowledge, attitude, awareness, precaution