COVID-19 Salgına Yönelik Toplumun Bilgi Düzeyi ile Korku Düzeyi Arasındaki İlişki: Kesitsel Web Tabanlı Bir Araştırma

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to analyze the knowledge levels and fear levels of society regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in Turkey and to test the structural relationship between knowledge level and fear level with structural equation modelling. The universe of the study consisted of people included in the population of Turkey, who aged 18 to 65 years. The data were collected by online questionnaire technique. The total number of questionnaires evaluated and used in data analysis is 790. SPSS 26 and AMOS 24 package programs were used in the analysis of the data. Descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, ANOVA test and structural equation modelling were applied. The community's level of knowledge regarding COVID‐19 outbreak was high. In addition, women's levels of fear related to the COVID-19 outbreak were found to be higher. Structural equation analysis revealed the direct effect positively of the COVID-19 knowledge level on COVID-19 fear level have an acceptable index of fit. However, no significant relationship was found between participants' age, education level, jobs, presence of chronic disease, and hospital visits after the COVID-19 outbreak. It has been observed that the COVID-19 knowledge level has a direct effect on the COVID-19 fear level and there is a positive relationship between them.