Results
684 participants were voluntary completed the current survey. Table (1) shows the demographic characteristics of the participants. In terms of gender, female students were 405 that represents 59.2% of the participants. The mean age of the studied subjects was 20.21 ±4.1, the minimum was 19 years and the maximum was 26 years old. With respect to the respondents’ college affiliation, the majority of them are currently enrolled in non-medical colleges 398958.2%). In regard to level of education, the vast majority of the surveyed sample 516 (75.44%) are currently studying in bachelor programs.
Medical colleges include medicine, nursing, dentistry, pharmacy and radiology. While non-medical colleges include college of art, computer sciences, community preparatory college, college of Sharia and college of education.
As displayed in figure (1), the most cited source for getting information and news about COVID-19 was social media (51%), followed by news from TVs’ channels (38%), while the least cited source was the families (29%).