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BACKGROUND During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rapid increase in the amount of information about the coronavirus on the Internet. If the language used in the video message is not clear or understandable to deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people with a high school degree or less, the unclear message can create confusion and information gaps among DHH people during a health emergency. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between DHH people\'s perceived effectiveness of physical distancing and contagious level for an asymptomatic person. METHODS A cross-sectional study on the perceptions of DHH people on COVID-19 (N=445). Items pertaining to COVID-19 knowledge were administered to US deaf adults from April 17, 2020, to May 1, 2020 via a bilingual ASL/English online survey platform. RESULTS The sample consisted of 475 DHH adults aged 18 to 88 years old, with 74% identifying as White and 60% as female. About 88% of the sample felt they knew most or a lot about PD. This figure dropped to 72% for the effectiveness of PD in reducing the spread of coronavirus and 70% for the contagiousness of an infected person without symptoms. Education and PD effectiveness significantly predicted knowledge of asymptomatic individual. Race, gender, and age did not emerge as significant predictors. CONCLUSIONS This study results point to the strong connection between education and coronavirus-related knowledge. Education-related disparity can be remedied by making information fully accessible and easily understood during emergencies and pandemics. CLINICALTRIAL
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Perception of COVID-19 physical distancing effectiveness and contagiousness of asymptomatic individuals: A cross sectional survey of deaf and hard of hearing adults in U.S.
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