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Table 2 Distribution of topics about which students prefer to obtain information

From: The process of obtaining information about COVID-19 among students of physiotherapy and rehabilitation department

 

Preferred

Not Preferred

 

Topic

n

%

n

%

pbiologicalsex

pclasslevel

What is it?

64

12.90

431

87.10

0.447

0.0001*

Who is in the at-risk group?

73

14.70

422

85.30

0.973

0.0001*

What are the routes of transmission?

150

30.30

345

69.70

0.170

0.467

How long is the incubation period?

44

8.90

451

91.10

0.819

0.022*

Which isolation method should be applied to whom and how?

77

15.60

418

84.40

0.368

0.976

What is the number of cases and the spread of the disease?

112

22.60

383

77.40

0.989

0.232

What is the diagnostic method and how is it used?

81

16.40

414

83.60

0.683

0.725

What are the main symptoms?

130

26.30

365

73.70

0.231

0.068

How is its progression?

48

9.70

447

90.30

0.610

0.0001*

What are the complications?

79

16.00

416

84.00

0.802

0.004*

Is there any treatment? What are the methods of treatment? (Drugs, vaccines, physiotherapy, etc.)

107

21.60

388

78.40

0.185

0.004*

What protective measures should be taken?

70

14.10

425

85.90

0.237

0.706

Which protective equipment should be used? In which cases? How should it be used?

18

3.60

477

96.40

0.200

0.014*

What are the conditions for quarantine and social isolation?

44

8.90

451

91.10

0.359

0.618

  1. n = number, %= percentage; pbiologicalsex and pclasslevel: chi-square analysis and fisher’s exact test; pbiologicalsex differences for biological sex; pclasslevel= differences for class level; *= p < 0.05 = Statistical significance level