An evaluation of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of employees of a university hospital in an H1N1 influenza pandemic

Abstract

Introduction: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors concerning the transmission routes of an H1N1 pandemic and the protective measures of health professionals at a university hospital in Turkey. Methodology: A stratified systematic sampling method was used to select the sample size of the study group. A total of 22 professors, 29 researchers, and 26 nurses were included in the study. Results: The mean scores of the individuals were 8.4±2.5 (over 20) for knowledge about H1N1 transmission, 27.6±4.0 (over 60) for knowledge about protection against H1N1, 25.8±4.2 (over 45) for correct or appropriate attitudes, and 33.6±8.9 (over 60) for correct behaviors. A negative correlation between total knowledge and behavior was found (p < 0.001, r = -0.543). Conclusions: In epidemics, standard protection measures should be known and applied. Regarding this topic, the web page of the Ministry of Health comes to the forefront as a reliable source of information in addition to scientific explanations.

Knowledge, attitude, and practice toward MERS-CoV among primary health-care workers in Makkah Al-Mukarramah: an intervention study

“…To remedy this lack of knowledge, more education and practical applications are needed. [18] These results correlates with this study that there is a gap of knowledge among HCWs. There is an opportunity for more education and awareness without causing panic among public.…”

Factors affecting healthcare workers’ compliance with social and behavioural infection control measures during emerging infectious disease outbreaks: Rapid evidence review

“…Overall, there appeared to be no significant association between age [12,13,14,15,16,17,18] or gender [12,13,14,17,19,20,21] and protective behaviour. Only one study [20] found that older age was significantly associated with protective behaviours, while two found that female staff were significantly more likely to comply with protective behaviours [16,22].…”

“…Having contact with confirmed cases was associated with higher compliance in four studies [14,18,35,43] whereas one study found no association [19]. Wong et al [45] found that .…”

“…There was no evidence of association between compliance and religion [20] or marital status [18,19]. One paper found that staff in 'high or middle' socioeconomic status were more likely to comply than those of lower socioeconomic status [22], and one found a significant association between compliance and qualification [12] (see Table III for details); these were offset by four studies finding that level of education was not associated with compliance [13,18,20,21].…”

“…Many studies which examined role as a predictor of compliance found a significant relationship [12,19,23,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36]; however, due to the variety of different roles compared across studies, it was not possible to identify a consistent pattern (see Supplementary Table III for details). Five studies found no significant association between role and compliance [13,16,17,37,38].…”