Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of healthcare workers Towards Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Ghimire, Prashant; Dhungel, Samriddh; Pokhrel, Anil

doi:10.33314/jnhrc.v18i2.2658

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“…Regarding the isolation period of COVID-19, majority of the participants, 70.7% (282) were well known about it and 82.2% (328) had correct knowledge about prevention from COVID-19. This finding was consistent with a recent study done in Nepal [21]. Remarkably, all 100% of the respondents were well known about the fact that antibiotic was not the first line treatment of COVID-19.…”

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Knowledge and attitude on prevention of COVID-19 among community health workers in Nepal-a cross-sectional study

Shrestha¹,

Thapa

Giri

et al. 2021

BMC Public Health

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Background Emerging and reemerging pathogens are global challenges for public health and the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019is a reemerging case of an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corornavirus-2. Health care worker worldwide are at higher risk worldwide and the situation is the same in Nepal. The knowledge and attitude of health workers will certainly mark the outcome towards this pandemic. So, this study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of community health workers towards the prevention of COVID-19 virus. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among the community health workers of various provinces of Nepal. A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was prepared in Google form and circulated to the sampled health workers through various social media platforms like face book, messenger, Instagram and g-mails. A total of 650 invitations were send and among them 420 responded and among them only 399 provided complete response. Responses containing anonymized data was collected analyzed in using SPSS-version-20. The results were interpreted and was checked with various demographic and enabling factors using chi-square test and logistic regression model. Also, ethical approval was taken from NHRC (Nepal Health Research Council (protocol registration number: 360/2020P) prior to the conduction of study. Results Out the total sample size of 450, we took 399 responses taking into consideration all the inclusion criteria. So, from 399 valid response, 230 (47.6%) were males and 169 (42.4%) were females. 380 (95.2%) employed participants thought that wearing PPE will reduce the chances of getting COVID-19, majority of the participants 80.5% (321) responded that COVID-19 will successfully be controlled and staffs receiving excellent support from palika had high knowledge level. Knowledge level was significantly associated with the enabling factor “support from palika” (P = 0.045).45.9% of the respondents had no availability of COVID-19 response medical items for prevention of COVID-19 at their respective health facilities. Also the logistic regression analysis revealed that the odds of knowledge level was 2 times higher (AOR=1.913 at 95% CI: 1.266-2.891) compared to the female participants (Ref- female). Conclusions Proper and adequate knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 is a paramount in the prevention and control of SARS-COV-2. Health care workers are knowledgeable about COVID-19 and are proactively practicing the preventive measures to minimize the spread of infection but some lack optimistic attitude. Hence, the constantly updated educational programs related to COVID-19 will surely contribute to improving the healthcare workers knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19.

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confidence: 92%

“…The logistic regression (forward stepwise) also revealed several factors being associated with the knowledge and attitude of the HCW's. Among then some were found matching with various studies conducted at national/ international level [17,[28][29][30] whereas some were found to contradict with the various study findings [21][22][23][24].…”

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Knowledge and attitude on prevention of COVID-19 among community health workers in Nepal-a cross-sectional study

Shrestha¹,

Thapa

Giri

et al. 2021

BMC Public Health

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“…Regarding the isolation period of COVID-19, majority of the participants, 70.7% (282) were well known about it and 82.2% (328) had correct knowledge about prevention from COVID-19. This nding was consistent with a recent study done in Nepal [25]. Remarkably, all 100% of the respondents were well known about the fact that antibiotic was not the rst line treatment of COVID-19.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…The logistic regression (forward stepwise) also revealed several factors being associated with the knowledge and attitude of the HCW's. among then some were found matching with various studies conducted at national/ international level [19,20,21], whereas some were found to contradict with the various study ndings [25][26][27][28] .…”

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confidence: 66%

Knowledge and Attitude on Prevention of Novel COVID-19 Among Community Health Workers in Nepal.

Shrestha¹,

Thapa²,

Giri³

et al. 2021

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1. Background: Emerging and reemerging pathogens are global challenges for public health and the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 is a reemerging case of an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Corornavirus-2 . Health care worker worldwide are at higher risk worldwide and the situation is the same in Nepal. The knowledge and attitude of health workers will certainly mark the outcome towards this pandemic. So, this study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude of community health workers towards the prevention of COVID-19 virus.2. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among the community health workers of various provinces of Nepal. A semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire was prepared in google form and circulated to the sampled health workers through various social media platforms like Facebook, messenger, Instagram, g-mails and messengers. Responses containing anonymized data was collected analyzed in using SPSS-version-20. The results were interpreted and was checked with various demographic and enabling factors using chi-square test and logistic regression model. Also, ethical approval was taken from NHRC (ERB protocol registration number: 360/2020P) prior to the conduction of study.3. Results: Out the total sample size of 450, we took 399 responses taking into consideration all the inclusion criteria. So, from 399 valid response, 230 (47.6%) were males and 169 (42.4%) were females. 380 (95.2%) employed participants thought that wearing PPE will reduce the chances of getting COVID-19, majority of the participants 80.5%(321) responded that COVID-19 will successfully be controlled and staffs receiving excellent support from palika had high knowledge level. Knowledge level was significantly associated with the enabling factor “support from palika” (P=0.045).4. Conclusions: Proper and adequate knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 is a paramount in the prevention and control of SARS-COV2 for everyone and especially the HCW’s who are the frontline workers. There is a need to orient more HCW’s regarding COVID-19, preventive measures. 45.9% of the respondents had no availability of COVID-19 response medical items for prevention of COVID-19 at their respective health facilities which is a serious issue which need to address very quickly to fight against the pandemic.

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“…This moderate level of acceptance may be attributable to several reasons, e.g. inadequate knowledge among HCWs regarding COVID-19 [37,38], negative attitude towards the disease [37,39], and feelings of fear and anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic [40–43]. Also, concerns raised for COVID-19 vaccination are related with inadequate knowledge about such new vaccines regarding the long term side effects, effectiveness, efficacy etc.…”

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Intention of health care workers to accept COVID-19 vaccination and related factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Galanis

Vraka

Fragkou

et al. 2020

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BackgroundConsidering medical and economic burden of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a high COVID-19 vaccination coverage among health care workers (HCWs) is an urgent need.ObjectiveTo estimate the intention of HCWs to accept COVID-19 vaccination and to find out related factors.DesignWe followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines for this study.Data sourcesWe searched PubMed, Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, ProQuest, CINAHL and medRxiv from January 1, 2020 to December 02, 2020.MethodsThe heterogeneity between results was very high and thus we applied a random effect model to estimate pooled effects. We performed subgroup and meta-regression analysis to identify possible resources of heterogeneity.ResultsEleven studies, including 8847 HCWs met the inclusion criteria. The overall proportion of HCWs that intent to accept COVID-19 vaccination was 55.9% (95% CI: 43.6-67.9%) with a wide range among studies from 27.7% to 81.5%. Intention of HCWs to accept COVID-19 vaccination was higher in studies with moderate quality and in studies that were conducted in Europe. The following factors were associated with increased HCWs’ willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19: male gender, older age, physician profession, fewer work experience, comorbidity among HCWs, seasonal influenza vaccination, stronger vaccine confidence, positive attitude towards a COVID-19 vaccine, fear about COVID-19, individual perceived risk about COVID-19, and contact with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 patients.ConclusionsHCWs represent a high-risk group for SARS-CoV-2 infection. The reluctance or refusal of HCWs to vaccinate against COVID-19 could diminish the trust of individuals and trigger a ripple effect in the general public. Since vaccination is a complex behavior, understanding the way that HCWs take the decision to accept or not COVID-19 vaccination will give us the opportunity to develop the appropriate interventions to increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake. Knowledge of the factors that affect intention of HWCs to accept COVID-19 vaccination is limited and there is an urgent need for further and more valid studies.

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of healthcare workers Towards Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

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Knowledge and attitude on prevention of COVID-19 among community health workers in Nepal-a cross-sectional study

Knowledge and attitude on prevention of COVID-19 among community health workers in Nepal-a cross-sectional study

Knowledge and Attitude on Prevention of Novel COVID-19 Among Community Health Workers in Nepal.

Intention of health care workers to accept COVID-19 vaccination and related factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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