Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the current status of disease-related knowledge and to analyze the relationship among the general condition, illness perception, and psychological status of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Methods: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 118 patients using convenience sampling. The general questionnaire, disease-related knowledge questionnaire of COVID-19, Illness Perception Questionnaire (IPQ), and Profile of Mood States (POMS) were used to measure the current status of participants. Results: The overall average score of the disease-related knowledge of patients with COVID-19 was (79.19 ± 14.25), the self-care situation was positively correlated with knowledge of prevention and control ( r = 0.265; P = 0.004) and total score of disease-related knowledge ( r = 0.206; P = 0.025); the degree of anxiety was negatively correlated with the knowledge of diagnosis and treatment ( r = −0.182; P = 0.049). The score of disease-related knowledge was negatively correlated with negative cognition (volatility, consequences, emotional statements) and negative emotions (tension, fatigue, depression) ( P < 0.05); positively correlated with positive cognition (disease coherence) and positive emotion (self-esteem) ( P < 0.05). Conclusions: It was recommended that we should pay more attention to the elderly and low-income groups, and increase the knowledge about diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 and self-care in the future health education for patients.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, knowledge, Psychological state, Illness perception, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, coronavirus disease, Anxiety, Depression, fatigue, cross-sectional, Diagnosis, Consequences, Health, Patient, Psychological, disease, questionnaire, patients, Perception, convenience sampling, negative emotion, emotional, mood, self-care, Participants, profile, general condition, average, total score, positive, tension, state, conducted, were used, correlated, groups, illness, patients with COVID-19, positively correlated, 【제목키워드】 China, Perception, status, Effect, illness,