Factors Affecting Infection Control Behaviors to Prevent COVID-19: An Online Survey of Nursing Students in Anhui, China in March and April 2020

11 October 2020: Clinical Research

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 3 Level of knowledge, attitude, and prevention behavior according to demographic characteristics (N=613).

Variables	Characteristics	N (%)	Knowledge			Practice			Attitude			eHEALS
Variables	Characteristics	N (%)	Mean rank	Zmwu	P	Mean rank	Zmwu	P	Mean rank	Zmwu	P	Mean rank	Zmwu	P
Sex	Male	195 (31.8)	290.15	−1.62	0.105	259.93	−4.50	0.000^**	261.94	−4.31	0.000^**	274.90	−3.11	0.002^**
Sex	Female	418 (68.2)	314.86	−1.62	0.105	328.96	−4.50	0.000^**	328.02	−4.31	0.000^**	321.97	−3.11	0.002^**
Living areas	City	220 (35.9)	307.11	−0.01	0.991	347.73	−4.27	0.000^**	312.43	−0.57	0.570	312.45	−0.58	0.563
Living areas	Country-side	393 (64.1)	306.94	−0.01	0.991	284.20	−4.27	0.000^**	303.96	−0.57	0.570	303.95	−0.58	0.563
Clinical practice experienced	Yes	284 (46.3)	358.25	−6.71	0.000^**	321.55	−1.89	0.058	335.43	−3.70	0.000^**	325.41	−2.43	0.015^*
Clinical practice experienced	No	329 (53.7)	262.76	−6.71	0.000^**	294.44	−1.89	0.058	282.46	−3.70	0.000^**	291.11	−2.43	0.015^*
eHEALS	Low	281 (45.9)	272.44	−4.48	0.000^**	241.23	−8.48	0.000^**	245.77	−7.89	0.000^**	141.00	−21.66	0.000^**
eHEALS	High	332 (54.1)	336.25	−4.48	0.000^**	362.67	−8.48	0.000^**	358.83	−7.89	0.000^**	447.50	−21.66	0.000^**

				χ			χ			χ			χ
Grade	First year	161 (26.3)	241.31	53.40	0.000^**	310.24	5.104	0.164	288.82	12.68	0.005^**	314.61	9.88	0.02^*
	Second year	175 (28.5)	281.20			283.64			280.69			273.70
	Third year	124 (20.2)	353.45			328.39			342.98			313.85
	Fourth year	153 (25.0)	367.99			312.97			327.06			331.53
Current	Good	502 (81.9)	309.81	2.32	0.314	318.77	12.303	0.002^**	320.66	17.01	0.000^**	325.28	30.47	0.000^**
Health status	Neither good nor bad	90 (14.7)	304.51			254.23			250.63			226.81
Health status	Bad	21 (3.4)	250.50			251.79			221.95			213.79
Mann-Whitney test and Kruskal-Wallis test. ^* ^**