knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards COVID-19 among Health Care Workers in Primary Health Care Units Dar El Salam, Suhag, Egypt. | ||||
| Sohag Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2021, Page 50-58 PDF (963.85 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/smj.2020.47286.1209 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
abdelnaser shaibat Elhamd mohammed 
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| community medicine department alazhar univirsty assuit | ||||
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| Abstract Background: COVID-19 pandemic considered a worldwide and social emergency that requires the application of strict measures to prevent the fast spread of the disease. Health Care Workers (HCWs) compliance to control measures is affected and determined by their Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) towards the virus Aim of work: To evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice among HCWs towards COVID 19 Methods: A cross-sectional study was done To evaluate KAP among HCWs towards COVID 19 the study involve a sample of online Health care staff in which they shared by sending an invitation link across the available social media seeking to react and answer the questionnaire (Survey Monkey tool) was sent Results: The majority of respondents were female 82 (77.4%). Most of them 66 (64.4%) were nurses, 28 (26.4%) were pharmacists and 10 (9.4%) were physicians. Mean age and standard deviation (SD) 30.10 ± 5.25 year. About (79.2%), (84.8%) and (91.7%) of the participants (nurses, pharmacists and physicians) were within the accepted knowledge range respectively. The majority of the HCWs had accepted attitude (78.6% -100%) towards the successful control of COVID-19, majority of the HCWs had healthy practice and preventive measures given by local health care authorities (85.3% - 100% -100%) of the nurses, pharmacists and physicians respectively Conclusion and recommendations: Our results ensured the need to assess the KAP towards COVID-19 among the HCWs (nurses, pharmacists and physicians). This will induce an promising attitude and encourage healthy practice. | ||||
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| Keywords: COVID-19; Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; HCWs | ||||
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