Objective: This study aims to establish whether there is a relationship between the level of knowledge about COVID-19, anxiety scores, and pseudo increases in the symptoms of the patients or not.
Methods: The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Republic of Turkey Ministry of Health General Directorate’s COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2 infection) General Information, Epidemiology, and Diagnosis Guide were reviewed to generate the questionnaire’s content. The data were obtained through a face-to-face interview method. To test their level of knowledge about COVID-19, they were asked multiple-choice questions that have one or more possible right answers. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for statistical analysis. The results were presented as mean and standard deviations for numerical variables and as frequency and percentage for categorical data.
Results: A total of 402 patients were included in this questionnaire-based study. The average age of the patients was 44.67 ± 4.95 years, and 204 (50.7%) of them were female. The average anxiety score according to the BAI was 7.98 ± 1.29 which classifies as mild anxiety. The overall responses for the knowledge level on COVID-19 section are presented in Table 2. The average score was 9.2 ± 2.7 points out of a possible 14.
Conclusion: The study population showed a moderate level of knowledge, and on average, the patients were not very anxious about the outbreak. The psychosomatic effects of the anxiety caused by the pandemic should be kept in mind by the clinicians since the patients might require a psychiatric consultation in the treatment process.

Keywords: COVID-19, anxiety, knowledge level, symptoms

中文翻译：

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COVID-19：知识水平、焦虑和症状表现

目的：本研究旨在确定 COVID-19 的知识水平、焦虑评分和患者症状的假性增加之间是否存在关系。
方法：对贝克焦虑量表 (BAI) 和土耳其共和国卫生部总局的 COVID-19（SARS-CoV-2 感染）一般信息、流行病学和诊断指南进行了审查，以生成问卷的内容。数据是通过面对面访谈的方式获得的。为了测试他们对 COVID-19 的知识水平，他们被问到有一个或多个可能正确答案的多项选择题。社会科学统计软件包用于统计分析。结果以数值变量的平均值和标准偏差以及分类数据的频率和百分比形式呈现。
结果：这项基于问卷的研究共纳入了 402 名患者。患者平均年龄为 44.67 ± 4.95 岁，其中女性 204 人（50.7%）。根据 BAI 的平均焦虑评分为 7.98 ± 1.29，属于轻度焦虑。表 2 列出了对 COVID-19 部分知识水平的总体反应。平均得分为 9.2 ± 2.7 分，满分为 14 分。
结论：研究人群的知识水平中等，平均而言，患者对疫情不是很着急。临床医生应牢记由大流行引起的焦虑的身心影响，因为患者在治疗过程中可能需要精神科会诊。

关键词：COVID-19、焦虑、知识水平、症状