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%).