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1、FamCommunityHealthVol.38,No.4,pp.332–340CopyrightC2015WoltersKluwerHealth,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Awareness,Attitudes,andPracticesRelatedtoCoronavirusPandemicAmongPublicinSaudiArabiaKhalidM.Almutairi,PhD;EyadM.AlHelih,PhD;MahamanMoussa,PhD;AhmadE.Boshaiqah,PhD;AbdulrahmanSalehAlajilan,PhD;Jas

2、onM.Vinluan,BSc;AbdulazizAlmutairi,MScNewcasesofMiddleEastRespiratorySyndromeCoronavirus(MERS-CoV)werereportedinGulfcountriesin2014,andtodate,ithasreportedlyinfected837peopleandkilled291globally.Awarenessofanindividual’sknowledgeandbeingabletopredicthisorherbehavioriscrucialwhenevaluatingcli

3、nicalpreparednessforpandemicswithahighlypathogenicvirus.Theaimofthisstudywastoidentifyawareness,attitudes,andpracticesrelatedtoMERS-CoVamongthepublicinSaudiArabia.Across-sectionalstudyof1147adultsubjectsrecruitedfromvariousshoppingmallsinRiyadhwasconducted.Allthesubjectswereinterviewedusinga

4、questionnairethattestedtheirknowledge,attitudes,anduseofprecautionarymeasuresinrelationtotheMERS-CoVpandemic.Themajorityoftheparticipantsshowedhighlevelsofconcernandhadutilizedprecautionarymeasures.Afteradjustingforothervariables,genderwastheonlysignificantpredictorofthelevelofconcern(P<.001)

5、,whileknowledgewasthesignificantpredictorofboththelevelofconcernandprecaution(P<.001).Highconcerntranslatedintoahighercompliancewithprecautionaryrecommendations.Frequentcommunicationbetweenhealthcareprovidersandthepublicisrecommendedtohelpdispelmythsaboutthediseaseandtoempowerthepublicwiththe

6、informationneededtohelptheSaudigovernmentincontainingthediseaseoutbreak.Keywords:awareness,MERS-CoV,MiddleEastRespiratorySyndromeCoronavirus,pandemic,SaudiArabiaEWCASESofMiddleEastRespira-NtorySyndromeCoronavirus(MERS-CoV)werereportedbyhealthagenciesinGulfAuthorAffiliations:CollegeofAppliedMe

7、dicalSciences(DrAlmutairiandMrVinluan)andCollegecountriesinAugustandSeptember2014.ThisofNursing(DrsHelih,Moussa,Boshaiqah,andthreatofapotentialpandemichassentanewAlajilanandMrAlmutairi),KingSaudUniversity,waveoffearintheArabianPeninsula.AsofRiyadh,