Healthcare workers' knowledge towards Zika virus infection in Indonesia: A survey in Aceh

Abstract

The knowledge of the doctors in Aceh regarding Zika infection is relatively low. Doctors who have a good knowledge on Zika infection are more confident to established Zika disease as differential diagnosis in their clinical setting. Therefore, such program to increase healthcare providers' knowledge regarding Zika infection is needed to screen potential carriers of Zika infection.

Assessment of Knowledge of Zika Virus Infection Among Health Care Professionals in a Southeastern State of Nigeria

“…This finding is similar with the reports of previous studies even though they assessed only the Physicians or Dental practitioners [24,25]. Unhealthy information seeking behaviour or neglect among health workers may explain their poor knowledge of ZIKV infection as found this study.…”

“…Additionally, we found that HCPs who are in academia or those that practice in government-owned health facilities had better knowledge compared to those that are self-employed or work in private hospitals and clinics. Surprisingly, a contrary finding was reported in a study conducted in Indonesia, where the authors observed that Physicians in private hospitals had a higher odd of having good knowledge of ZIKV infection compared to those that work in government hospitals [24]. Since most people in Nigeria prefer accessing medical care in government hospitals because it's less expensive and most often have qualified and competent HCPs compared to the private hospital.…”

Confidence in managing human monkeypox cases in Asia: A cross-sectional survey among general practitioners in Indonesia

“…answered three and two questions correctly, respectively). We have used a similar cut-off point to dichotomize variables in previous studies (Harapan et al, 2017a;Harapan et al, 2018a;Harapan et al, 2017b;Harapan et al, 2016;Harapan et al, 2019). A two-step logistic regression analysis was used to explore the potential explanatory variables associated with confidence.…”

“…Following the design and setting of previous studies (Harapan et al, 2017a;Harapan et al, 2018a;Harapan et al, 2019), an online cross-sectional study was conducted in Indonesia between 25 May 2019 and 25 July 2019. The population was all registered GPs.…”

“…The score of each question were summed into a single scale ranging from 0 to 3, in which higher scores indicate better confidence. This scoring system has been used previously (Harapan et al, 2017a;Harapan et al, 2018a;Harapan et al, 2018b;Harapan et al, 2019).…”