Overview
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Egyptian government issued movement restrictions and placed areas into quarantine to reduce the spread of the disease. In addition, individuals were encouraged to adopt personal protective measures, such as social isolation , increasing personal hygiene and wearing protective face masks. Information regarding the COVID 19 virus and protective measures is found on social media and ministry of health website and a number of the Egyptian population are keeping track of them .Public Awareness play a major rule in reducing the spread of COVID 19 so in this study a survey is done to measure the awareness of the Egyptian population toward COVID 19 , their knowledge and attitude and their adherence to preventive measures.It also measures the change of their behavior during the beginning of the outbreak and after a few months of the outbreak in Egypt.
Description
Detailed Description:
The survey will enroll as many individuals of the Egyptian population as possible in the survey portion of the study - The number of participates have no limitations, at least 700 participants.
The survey will be enrolled in online google form, face to face interview(this will be reduced to encourage social isolation) & semi-structured telephone interviews if possible.
The research procedures:
An online survey link will include questions regarding the awareness of the Egyptian population , their knowledge , attitudes and behaviour during covid-19 outbreak.and also a comparison of their behaviour among different time periods of the outbreak Face to face and semi-structured interviews if possible: For those Egyptian citizens who state that they would like to participate in an interview, a random sample will be contacted.
Inclusion Criteria:
Egyptian population of any age group
Exclusion Criteria:
none
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
Egyptian population of different age groups
Exclusion Criteria:
none