Evaluation of the knowledge about COVID-19 among undergraduate students of the Instituto do Noroeste Fluminense de Educação Superior (INFES-UFF)

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Arylson Figueiredo da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Miranda, Jean Carlos, Semaan, Gustavo Silva, Ederli, Nicole Brand
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/30886
• topic: SARS-CoV-2; Pandemic; Knowledgment; Infodemic; COVID-19 Quiz.; SARS-CoV-2; Pandemia; Conocimiento; Infodemia; Quiz COVID-19.; SARS-CoV-2; Pandemia; Conhecimento; Infodemia; Quiz COVID-19.

In December 2019, a new coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, causing COVID-19, emerged from China and spread worldwide, triggering a pandemic with an apocalyptic air. Since then, society has adopted new prevention habits, such as using face masks, cleaning hands with alcohol 70% frequently, and maintaining social isolation. At the same time, scientists struggled to develop vaccines against the new virus. Faced with a scenario of fear and insecurity, correct and safe information about COVID-19 is extremely important for people to protect themselves and reduce the number of cases and deaths caused by the disease. In this sense, there was developed a COVID-19 Quiz, in order to assess the level of knowledge of undergraduate students at the Instituto do Noroeste Fluminense de Educação Superior (INFES), from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Seventy-one undergraduates from the Natural Sciences, Computing, Mathematics (Bachelor), Mathematics (Licentiate), and Pedagogy participated in the COVID-19 Quiz. The vast majority of undergraduates have adequate knowledge about the new coronavirus, with an average of 75% of correct answers. Concerning the percentage average of correct answers per course, we have that Pedagogy undergraduates reached the highest percentage average, 80%, followed by those who attend Natural Sciences, 76%; Mathematics (Licenciate), 75%; Mathematics (Bachelor), 74% and Computing, 71%. The study carried out with INFES-UFF undergraduates shows the importance of obtaining correct and secure information, which is essential to fight the pandemic and infodemic.