COVID-19 pandemic: perception, attitude, and practices of university students from health sector faculties

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 4 Attitudes and practices mean scores in relation to participants’ concern and perceived health status (n=1990)

Variables	Attitudes toward the pandemic	F ^a	p-value	Attitudes toward protective measures	F ^a	p-value	Practices toward COVID-19	F ^a	p-value
Variables	Mean ±SD	F ^a	p-value	Mean ±SD	F ^a	p-value	Mean ±SD	F ^a	p-value
Concerns toward the pandemic
Not concerned	13.6 ± 2.7	51.03	0.001*	20.2 ± 4.3	9.462	0.001*	11.5 ± 1.6	4.590	0.003*
Well concerned	13.9 ± 2.6			21.5 ± 3.9			11.7 ± 1.6
Quite concerned	14.7 ± 2.5			21.5 ± 3.7			11.7 ± 1.7
Extremely concerned	15.9 ± 2.7			21.9 ± 3.8			11.3 ± 1.7
Perceived health status
Bad/fair	14.8 ± 2.6	33.32	0.001*	20.9 ± 4.0	23.307	0.001*	12.3 ± 1.5	0.223	0.001*
Average/good	14.0 ± 2.6			22.1 ± 3.5			11.0 ± 1.6
Very good/excellent	15.3 ± 2.7			21.2 ± 3.7			10.2 ± 1.3