Knowledge and Attitude about COVID 19 among Health Care Workers Working in Seti Provincial Hospital

Parajuli, Janaki; Mishra, Pradip; Sharma, Seema; Bohora, Krishna Bahadur; Rathour, Pratiksha Singh; Joshi, Jagadish; Kamar, Sher Bahadur; Pandey, Hemaraj; Chaudhary, Ashok

doi:10.33314/jnhrc.v18i3.2816

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“…However, this study found that many international students had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 and that, despite the majority of them being religious, they also believed and perceived that COVID-19 was not a punishment from God, a clear contrast to other studies on pandemics like HIV/AIDs that found that many people regarded pandemics as signs of punishments from God due to the sins that people had committed, 9,30 and recent KAPs studies on COVID-19 in countries like Nepal and Hong Kong where they found low positive attitudes. 39,40 However, the results were in agreement with recent studies done Nigeria, China, and India where they also found that many people had a positive attitude towards COVID-19 and Cholera believed that they would fight and win anytime. 6,21,36 With regard to their views on safety, international students confidently indicated that they felt safe being in China despite the outbreak of COVID-19, which was also attributed to the measures that the authorities implemented to make sure foreigners living in China, including students, were guaranteed of their safety.…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preventative Practices (KAPs) Towards COVID-19 Among International Students in China

Wu¹,

Munthali²

2021

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The study aimed to find out about the knowledge, attitudes, and preventative practices of COVID-19 among international students in China during the pandemic. Material and Methods: A cross-section survey was conducted among 300 international students from 13 different universities in Hubei province of China between March and April 2020 which relied upon convenience sampling method. Results: Out of 300 respondents, 153 (51%) of the respondents were female students, of which the majority were single, undergraduate students who were doing medicine (163, 54.3%) and engineering programs (68, 22.7%). The majority of international students had an impressive knowledge on the causes, risks, and spread of COVID-19, and that they were no misconception of the pandemic 229 (76%) to 281 (98%) respectively. These students also demonstrated a markedly positive attitude towards the virus and a feeling that they were almost completely safe being in China (264, 84%). Variations were found on Knowledge scores in age group (P<0.01) and majors (P=0.025), attitude scores on major of study (P=0.015), and experience (P<0.01). Furthermore, the results revealed that all the students (300, 100%) adhered to and practiced set preventive measures against COVID-19 and that there was a positive correlation between attitudes and preventative practices (r=0.219, P<0.01). Conclusion: This study found that social media platform was contributing enormously towards information dissemination and Chinese universities were commended for their continuous notifications on COVID-19 which helped students to have full knowledge. This, in turn, was instrumental in helping students to form good attitudes and practices towards COVID-19.

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preventative Practices (KAPs) Towards COVID-19 Among International Students in China

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2021

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“…However, this study has few limitations. First, the sample size was moderate with the response rate of 40.8% which is comparable to the study done in an Italian teaching hospital where response rate was 25% [31] and a study done on emergency medical service worker where response rate was 68.8% [32] but less than 85% [33] and 92%, [34] which might be due to time constraints. Secondly, participants found the questionnaire very lengthy.…”

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Knowledge and awareness regarding facemasks among medical professionals in a COVID dedicated hospital – Time for introspection and system strengthening.

Aggarwal¹,

Bains²,

Mishra³

et al. 2021

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Background- There is a limited literature especially in India on the awareness regarding facemasks among medical professionals. Therefore the aim of the study is to assess the awareness, practices followed and problems faced in using different types of facemasks among medical professionals in a COVID dedicated hospital.Methodology- An e-survey via was conducted among medical professionals working in a tertiary care (COVID dedicated) hospital of North-India. The survey asked for the general demographic details, knowledge and awareness on facemask use, quality and various problems faced on regular or prolonged use, sanitization / disposal and recommendations to infected and non- infected people in community. Results- Survey was sent to around 368 medical professionals out of which a total of 150 participants completed the survey giving an overall response rate of 40.8%. The mean score was 9.8 +/- 2.375 out of 21 giving an overall correct rate of 46.67%. 38% and 31.33% participants knew the correct recommendations of facemasks to infected and non-infected people in the community respectively, Only 4.67% knew the correct sanitization procedures, 84% and 69.33% participants reported problems of discomfort on face and sweat issues respectively while 48.7% of the population felt some amount of breathlessness within 1-3 hours with N-95/FFP2 masks. Discussion- Awareness in this part of the world was low as compared to the western compared to countries (46.67%) which increases significantly with years of experience(p<0.001), however no such correlation of knowledge score with discipline of medical professionals was found. Since, it is the young medical force which is at the forefront to tackle the menace, therefore, institute should provide regular training and knowledge up gradation about the facemasks and adequate and accurate information needs to be disseminated to younger medical professionals via social media to prevent them from the risk of infection.

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“…HCWs are at greater risk of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic [9] and are one of the first groups to receive vaccinations and to be involved in vaccination operation, so it is important to consider their attitudes about COVID-19 vaccination to better address barriers to widespread vaccination acceptance [10,11].…”

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What Prompts Doctors to Recommend COVID-19 Vaccines: Is It a Question of Positive Emotion?

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Vaccines are among the most successful and cost-effective public health tools and have greatly contributed to eliminating or controlling several serious vaccine-treatable diseases over the past century. To curb the spread of COVID-19, efficacious vaccination is emerging as essential in mitigating the disease and preventing deaths. Health care workers (HCW) are one of the first groups to receive vaccinations, so it is important to consider their attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination to better address barriers to widespread vaccination acceptance. This study aimed to evaluate variables that are linked with the recommendation of vaccines and intention to take-up vaccination against COVID-19 among the HCWs, in the context of the current pandemic. The study was conducted during the first week of the vaccination campaign dedicated to Italian HCWs, beginning in December 2020, and it involved all doctors in a public hospital in Sicily. The following questionnaires were administered: (1) The perceived vaccine trust questionnaire, measuring the degree of trust in vaccines by healthcare professionals both in general and for the protection of healthcare professionals themselves and patients; (2) the positive and negative affect scale-state (PANAS), for assessing positive and negative emotions in relation to their work as “frontline care providers”; (3) The locus of control of behaviour (LCB) to measure the extent to which subjects perceive responsibility for their personal behaviour (internal vs. external); (4) recommendation vaccines item, referring to the intention to recommend vaccination. The findings suggest that socio-demographic control variables (age, gender, and seniority) showed little or no predictive power in vaccine recommendation, while vaccine confidence, positive emotions, and internal locus of control were excellent predictors of vaccine recommendations by doctors. Younger doctors, both in age and experience, are more confident in vaccines and recommend them more frequently. It is essential to improve institutional communication addressed to doctors to enhance their role as vaccination facilitators.

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Knowledge and Attitude about COVID 19 among Health Care Workers Working in Seti Provincial Hospital

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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preventative Practices (KAPs) Towards COVID-19 Among International Students in China

Knowledge, Attitudes, and Preventative Practices (KAPs) Towards COVID-19 Among International Students in China

Knowledge and awareness regarding facemasks among medical professionals in a COVID dedicated hospital – Time for introspection and system strengthening.

What Prompts Doctors to Recommend COVID-19 Vaccines: Is It a Question of Positive Emotion?

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