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Perception and practice of social distancing among Egyptians in COVID-19 pandemic
Huny Mohamed Bakry1, Eman Hassan Waly2
1Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt. honeybakry@gmail.com.
Introduction:
Social distancing is principally intended to reduce infectious disease transmission by decreasing interactions among people in a broader community. Keeping social distancing is an essential public health measure to resist the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methodology:
a cross sectional study was conducted among 1,036 Egyptians using an online questionnaire between 5 and 10 May 2020.
Results:
There was significant association between the practice of social distancing and some sociodemographic factors as sex, age, education, working status, and place of residence at p value < 0.001 and with community of residence at p value 0.021.
Conclusions:
Egyptians had good perception for social distancing to prevent transmission of COVID 19, but they were not strictly practicing it.
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