Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the study population.
Fig 1.
The overall knowledge of COVID-19 among the study participants shown as the percentage of correct responses to each of the thirteen items assessing COVID-19 knowledge.
All items were shown as correct statements. COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019, SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
Fig 2.
Demographic features correlated with differences in COVID-19 knowledge score (K-score) among the study participants.
Higher K-score was seen among residents of Amman (A), participants with higher monthly income (B), non-smokers (C), and among participants with higher educational level (D). M-W: Mann-Whitney U test, K-W: Kruskal-Wallis test, CI: confidence interval of the mean K-score, JOD: Jordanian dinar.
Fig 3.
Correlation between COVID-19 knowledge score (K-score) and items assessing misinformation regarding origin of COVID-19 pandemic.
Lower K-score was seen among participants who stated that COVID-19 is part of a global conspiracy plot (A), participants who stated that COVID-19 is related to biologic warfare (B), participants who believed in the role of 5G networks in COVID-19 spread (C), and participants who thought that COVID-19 is a divine test (D). P-values were calculated using Mann-Whitney U test, CI: confidence interval of the mean K-score.
Table 2.
Perception of COVID-19 danger among study participants.
Fig 4.
The overall belief of the study participants with regard to origin and spread of COVID-19.
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019, 5G: the 5th generation mobile network.
Fig 5.
Demographic features correlated with differences in anxiety score among the study participants.
Lower anxiety score was seen among residents of Amman (A), participants with a higher monthly income (B), non-smokers (C), among participants with a higher educational level (D), and among males (E). M-W: Mann-Whitney U test, K-W: Kruskal-Wallis test, CI: confidence interval of the mean anxiety score, JOD: Jordanian dinar.
Fig 6.
Correlation between anxiety score and items assessing misinformation regarding origin of COVID-19 pandemic.
Higher anxiety score was seen among participants who stated that COVID-19 is part of a global conspiracy plot (A), participants who stated that COVID-19 is related to biologic warfare (B), participants who believed in the role of 5G networks in COVID-19 spread (C), and participants who thought that COVID-19 is a divine test (D). P-values were calculated using Mann-Whitney U test, CI: confidence interval of the mean anxiety.
Fig 7.
Correlation between the main sources of information regarding COVID-19 and both the anxiety and K-scores.
CI: confidence interval of the mean score, K-score: COVID-19 knowledge score. MoH: Jordanian Ministry of Health.