11 October 2020: Clinical Research
Factors Affecting Infection Control Behaviors to Prevent COVID-19: An Online Survey of Nursing Students in Anhui, China in March and April 2020
Ting Yuan 1BCDEFG , Huan Liu 2ACE* , Xiang Dong Li 3BCEF , Hai Rong Liu 4ACDE*DOI: 10.12659/MSM.925877
Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e925877
Table 1 Sample characteristics (N=613).
| Variables | Characteristics | N | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 195 | 31.8 |
| Female | 418 | 68.2 | |
| Living areas | City | 220 | 35.9 |
| Countryside | 393 | 64.1 | |
| Grade | First year | 161 | 26.3 |
| Second year | 175 | 28.5 | |
| Third year | 124 | 20.2 | |
| Fourth year | 153 | 25.0 | |
| Clinical practice experienced | Yes | 284 | 46.3 |
| No | 329 | 53.7 | |
| eHealth literacy | Low | 281 | 45.9 |
| High | 332 | 54.1 | |
| Current health status | Good | 502 | 81.9 |
| Neither good nor bad | 90 | 14.7 | |
| Bad | 21 | 3.4 | |
| Sources of information | Newspapers/magazines | 409 | 66.7 |
| School network platform | 463 | 75.5 | |
| Television | 517 | 84.3 | |
| 488 | 79.6 | ||
| Blog | 479 | 78.1 | |
| Community | 284 | 46.3 | |
| Classmates/friends/family | 447 | 72.9 | |
| Information wish to know | Epidemic trends | 559 | 91.2 |
| Medical progress | 551 | 89.9 | |
| Government prevention and control measures | 527 | 86.0 | |
| Progress in vaccine research | 545 | 88.9 | |
| Protective measures | 526 | 85.8 |