An online survey and review about the awareness, coping style, and exercise behavior during the "COVID-19 pandemic situation" by implementing the cloud-based medical treatment technology system in China among the public.

Caihua Ma, Lingxin Ma, Abdulkader Helwan, Mohammad Khaleel Sallam Ma'aitah, Sayed Abdulla Jami, Siam Al Mobarak, Niranta Kumar Das, Md Ariful Haque

Journal: Science progress 2021;104(2):368504211000889

PMID: 33827338

Abstract

To examine basic COVID-19 knowledge, coping style and exercise behavior among the public including government-provided medical cloud system treatment app based on the internet during the outbreak. Besides, to provide references for developing targeted strategies and measures on prevention and control of COVID-19. We conducted an online survey from 11th to 15th March 2020 via WeChat App using a designed questionnaire. As well as aim to diagnose COVID-19 earlier and to improve its treatment by applying medical technology, the "COVID-19 Intelligent Diagnosis and Treatment Assistant Program (nCapp)" based on the Internet of Things. Valid information was collected from 1893 responders (47.07% males and 52.93% females aged 18-80 years, with a mean age of 31.05 ± 9.86) in 20 provincial-level regions across China. From the responders, 92.90% and 34.81% were scaled pass and good and above scores for the knowledge about the novel coronavirus epidemic. 38.44% were scaled poor scores and only 5.40% were scaled good and above scores for appropriate behavior coping with the pandemic. Among the responders, 52.14% reported having active physical exercise in various places during the previous 1 week. For all the responders, appropriate behavior coping correlated positively with physical exercise ( < 0.05); the daily consumed time for getting the epidemic-related information correlated positively with the score for cognition on the epidemic's prevention measures ( = 0.111,  < 0.01) and on general knowledge about the epidemic ( = 0.087,  < 0.01). Targeted and multiple measures for guidance on the control of COVID-19 among the public should be promoted to improve the cognition on basic knowledge, behaviors and treatment.

Address: General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, Ningxia, People's Republic of China.; Electrical and Computer Engineering, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon.; Department of Management Information Systems, Nicosia, TRNC, Turkey.; 1st Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, People's Republic of China.; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yan'an Hospital Affiliate to Kunming Medical University, Kunming, Yunnan, People's Republic of China.
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