TY - JOUR AU - Bakry, Huny Mohamed AU - Waly, Eman Hassan PY - 2020/08/31 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Perception and practice of social distancing among Egyptians in COVID-19 pandemic JF - The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries JA - J Infect Dev Ctries VL - 14 IS - 08 SE - Coronavirus Pandemic DO - 10.3855/jidc.13160 UR - https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/32903223 SP - 817-822 AB - <p>Introduction: Social distancing is principally intended to reduce infectious disease transmission by decreasing interactions among people in a broader community. Keeping social distancing is an essential public health measure to resist the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Methodology: a cross sectional study was conducted among 1,036 Egyptians using an online questionnaire between 5 and 10 May 2020.</p><p>Results: There was significant association between the practice of social distancing and some sociodemographic factors as sex, age, education, working status, and place of residence at <em>p</em> value &lt; 0.001 and with community of residence at <em>p</em> value 0.021.</p><p>Conclusions: Egyptians had good perception for social distancing to prevent transmission of COVID 19, but they were not strictly practicing it.</p> ER -