Analysis on Current Status of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice of COVID-19 in College Students and Their Influencing Factors

In order to understand the current status of the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about prevention and control of COVID-19 in college students, and to provide theoretical basis for prevention and control work in college campus. This study investigated the KAP of COVID-19 of 1 847 college students in Shaanxi province by questionnaire using the convenience sampling method. Chisquare test and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to analyze the influencing factors for the KAP of COVID-19. The results demonstrated that 48.3% of the students had a higher knowledge level of COVID-19, 11.7% had a fear attitude and 39.6% had good protective practices. Logistic regression results showed that female and urban household college students had higher cognitive level of COVID-19. The college students with anxiety state were more likely to have fear attitude. Students of female, urban household, anxiety, higher cognition and fear attitude showed better protective practices. The above results indicated that the knowledge level of COVID-19 in college students are not enough, and the attitude and protective practices need to be further improved. Therefore, relevant departments should follow the rules of KAP, carry out targeted propaganda and education on COVID-19 for college students, to improve their ability to cope with public health emergencies.