Volume 11 - Volume 11
Knowledge about COVID-19 in Young Lmeños University Students
Abstract
Millions of cases of people infected with the Covid-19 virus in the world have been reported today, so
knowing about its implications is vitally important not only to prevent contagion, but also to combat
the fake news that is created about this virus. Therefore, this study aims to determine the level of
knowledge about coronavirus in young limeños university students in 2020. The study was descriptive
of non-experimental design. An online questionnaire evaluating the level of knowledge, previously
validated by factorial analysis, was applied as an instrument. The exhibition consisted of 700 young
university students from the first academic cycles between the ages of 16 and 25 (350 male and 350
female) from five universities in the city of Lima. The results show an average level of knowledge with
60%, followed by a low level with 20.4% and a high level with only 19.6%. This study is the first to
investigate informational aspects related to Covid-19 and some associated socio demographic
characteristics among the university population of an important city in Latin America.
Paper Details
PaperID: 2112
Author's Name: Dennis Arias-Chávez, Julio E Postigo-Zumarán, Yanina Gallardo-Lolandes and José Valqui – Oxolón
Volume: Volume 11
Issues: Volume 11
Keywords: Level of Knowledge, Young University Students, Covid-19, Lima.
Year: 2021
Month: June
Pages: 344-356