The frequency of COVID-19 among Mosul University students
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Frequency, COVID-19, UniversityAbstract
Background and objectives: Since December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia associated with a new coronavirus (i.e., SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19) has been reported in several parts of the world, and its rapid and exponential diffusion forced The World Health Organization to declare it a pandemic. Objectives of this study to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19 among undergraduate student in university of Mosul. Identify some characteristics of the disease such as symptoms duration, signs and symptoms and complications of COVID-19.
Material and methods: Descriptive study, a retrospective study design was adopted from 2019 to 2021 to achieve the objectives of the current study. The sample of the study consists of (1554), (461) male and (1092) female from different colleges in university of Mosul. the data collected via the Internet, quarantine is a condition caused by a virus Corona pandemic, and the participation was voluntary after the participants were informed that all the data, they share will be confidential and for scientific research purposes only. A questionnaire was developed based on the previous study related to the research problem. The collected data was arranged analyzed and presented in tables by using frequency and percentage by using SPSS version 26.
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