Knowledge, Attitude, Practice Regarding COVID-19 and Perceived Barriers to Infection Control among Family Health Center and Hospital Nurses in Alexandria | ||||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 40 - Serial Number 1, November 2023, Page 1-14 PDF (1.23 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2022.140671.1386 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Safaa Hassan Zaki Abass1; Samia Farouk Mahmoud  2; Nahla Ali Maher Nashaat3
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| 1D. N. Sc. in Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Assistant Professors of Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Zagazig University, Egypt. | ||||
| 3Lecturer of Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| In the fight against the unique and potentially lethal Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, nurses are at the forefront of the medical community. Inadequate information and inappropriate attitudes among nurses can directly impact behaviors, resulting in poor infection control and disease spread. Aim of the research: This research aimed to compare the knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 and the observed difficulties toward infection control between nurses in Family Health Center sand hospitals. Setting: The research was managed at Family Health Center, El-Me University Hospital, and El-Shatby University Hospital for Maternity and Child in Alexandria. Multistage sample: was used to choose the Family Health Center, 400 nurses agreed to contribute to the research from the above-selected settings. Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional comparative research design technique was used in this research. Nurses „knowledge, attitude, and practice about COVID-19 disease were evaluated using a self-administered validated questionnaire. Results: The studied subjects in both groups (44%, 56% respectively) explained that social media was the main source of information regarding COVID-19. Majority of the studied subjects in Family Health Center had poor knowledge, practice, and attitude (66%, 58%, 52% respectively) while most of the studied subjects in hospitals had good knowledge, practice and attitude regarding COVID-19 (100%, 86%, 90% respectively), with highly statistically significant differences between the two groups (P <0.001). The studied subjects in both groups perceived a number of barriers (68%, 16% respectively) to infection control practice toward COVID-19. Conclusion: Hospital nurses have better knowledge, practice, and attitude regarding COVID-19 related to those of Family Health Centers. Recommendation: Institute a comprehensive training program targeting Family Health Center nurses to enhance precautionary and preventive measures concerning COVID-19. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Knowledge; Attitude; Practice; Perceived Barriers; Family Health Center; Hospital Nurses; COVID-19 & Nurses | ||||
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