Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic: Analysis of the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice among Healthcare Facilities in Jos, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 which was first reported in Wuhan China is now a global pandemic. Healthcare workers play a significant role in fighting this pandemic. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of COVID-19 among healthcare professionals in Jos.
 Methodology: The study population are all the health workers in Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BHUTH), Plateau State Specialist Hospital (PSSH) and ECWA comprehensive health care center (ECHC) in Jos who consented to the study. Consecutive sampling was employed in selecting eligible workers who consented to the study. Data generated was subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics as appropriate.
 Results: There were 446 HCWs, in comparing the overall mean knowledge score regarding COVID-19 between the different cadre of clinical HCWs, the difference was significant (F= 5.23, p= 0.002). The overall mean knowledge score between the different cadre of non-clinical HCW was not statistically significant (F= 1.38, p= 0.26). There was no significant difference between the mean scores of KAP of the doctors in the different hospitals in Plateau State (F= 0.46, p= 0.63; F= 0.34, p= 0.71; F=0.41, p= 0.66) respectively. The result showed a significant association between job cadre with KAP.
 Conclusion: The KAP of the HCW was good, however, there was a significant difference between the knowledge scores of the different cadre of clinical HCW in Plateau State. There was also a significant association between the different job cadre with KAP of the HCW.

Knowledge and Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures: A Continental Review

“…The respondents consisted of correctional officers, healthcare workers, and chronic disease patients, residents of a conflict-affected area, urban slum dwellers, and sample populations from Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Libya, and Ethiopia. A study [14] In a study of 3712 Egyptians, most (70.2%) had high satisfactory knowledge of COVID-19 [18]. High educational level was associated with good knowledge.…”

“…An increased adherence to the health regulations laid down by the WHO would drastically reduce the COVID-19 burden. healthcare workers in Jos, Nigeria [14] showed that clinical healthcare workers had higher satisfactory practice scores (9.01 out of 12) compared to nonclinical healthcare workers (with an average score of 6.59). This gap could be attributed to their need for more precaution due to their relative closeness to patients and knowledge discrepancies when compared to nonclinical healthcare workers.…”