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  • Patients with severe mental illnesses (SMI) were at high risk of infection during Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study examined hospitalized SMI patients’ attitude and knowledge towards the COVID-19 infection. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in five psychiatric hospitals located in Gansu province, the most economically underdeveloped area in China. Patients’ attitude towards preventive measures and knowledge of COVID-19 were measured by a self-report questionnaire. A total of 925 hospitalized patients with SMI were recruited. Of them, 84.8% (95%CI: 82.4%–87.1%) had positive attitudes towards preventive measures of the COVID-19 outbreak. Being married (OR: 1.55, 95%CI: 1.05–2.30) and a higher educational level (OR: 1.63, 95%CI: 1.12–2.38) were independently associated with positive attitudes towards COVID-19 preventive measures, whereas higher educational level was associated with better knowledge of the COVID-19 outbreak (β: 0.231, P < 0.001). Patients mainly received COVID-19 relevant knowledge from public media (58.9%), followed by their clinicians (33.2%). Most hospitalized SMI patients in economically underdeveloped areas in China showed positive attitudes towards COVID-19 preventive measures. However, public health education on COVID-19 relevant knowledge by mental health professionals was inadequate to reduce the risk of transmission and infection. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s11126-020-09835-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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?:doi
?:doi
  • 10.1007/s11126-020-09835-1
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  • Psychiatr_Q
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/026dd3d4878eb63e899d9f83194adcebf1969e0a.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7474335.xml.json
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?:pmid
?:pmid
  • 32889688.0
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  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • The Attitude towards Preventive Measures and Knowledge of COVID-19 Inpatients with Severe Mental Illness in Economically Underdeveloped Areas of China
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?:year
  • 2020-09-05

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