PercepCovid19OriginSocialdist.SurveyMonkey.Data.xlsx

Dataset from the study: "Misinformation on COVID-19 origin and its relationship with perception and knowledge about social distancing: A cross-sectional study".<br><br><br>Background: The media, in an attempt to strengthen the awareness of COVID-19 among the public, have instead created more controversies, especially regarding the origin of the virus. To date, very little, if any information exists regarding the perceptions about the origin of COVID-19 and the knowledge and perception about social distancing among the populace of the Dominican Republic.Objective: The study aimed at ascertaining the knowledge and perception about social distancing and its relationship with individuals’ perception about the origin of COVID-19.Methods: A web-based cross-sectional study was conducted among five provinces of the Dominican Republic population within the period of June to July of 2020. The data collection instrument exploited in the study was a self-designed questionnaire using SurveyMonkeyTM, distributed throughout different social media platforms. The collected data was exported into an excel spreadsheet (Microsoft Excel 365®, 2016) for data cleaning and analyzed using SPSS software (IBM SPSS® version 21).Results: A total of 1195 respondents successfully completed the online questionnaire survey. Exactly 597 (50.0%) were males whilst the remaining 598 (50%) were females. The level of education was significantly associated (P = .0.017) with individuals’ perception about the origin of COVID-19, whilst only age (P = .032) and education level (P &lt; .001) statistically significantly predicted ‘knowledge about social distancing’. Perception of COVID-19 origin was statistically significant associated (P =