Awareness among a Saudi Arabian university community of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus following an outbreak

Al-Mohaissen, Maha A.

doi:10.26719/2017.23.5.351

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“…Moreover, almost 70% of our participants were worried about MERS infection for their family. Similar findings have been reported in many previous studies (20,26,27).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…For example, about 97% of the participants knew about the preventive measures, 92.9% about the causative agent of the disease, 91% about the mode of transmission, and 83.9% about the clinical symptoms. These results are consistent with findings from previous studies (11,13,25,26). On the other hand, fewer participants were knowledgeable about diarrhoea as a symptom of disease, vaccine availability and the incubation period.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Knowledge and attitudes towards Middle East respiratory sydrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among health care workers in south-western Saudi Arabia

Asaad¹,

El-Sokkary²,

Alzamanan³

et al. 2020

East Mediterr Health J

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Background: Saudi Arabia is considered the epicentre of MERS-CoV. Since 2012, a total of 1844 cases of MERS-CoV have been reported. A recent cluster, with 8 cases, has been reported in Najran region in the south-western region of the country. This analysis of data from that region on health care workers (HCWs) awareness and attitudes towards the prevention and control of MERS-CoV may be useful when planning health education programmes about this emerging infectious disease. Aims: We aimed to investigate the knowledge and attitude of HCWs toward MERS-CoV in south-western Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on HCWs in primary health care centres and hospitals at Najran. A questionnaire containing 14 knowledge and 8 attitude items was completed by all 870 participants. Results: Overall, > 80% of HCWs were aware about MERS-CoV etiology, mode of transmission, risk factors, and signs and symptoms. Knowledge scores revealed 51% of participants had sufficient knowledge. Physicians and nurses had significantly better knowledge compared with other HCWs (P = 0.001). Participants who worked at institutions with established infection control programme scored significantly better on knowledge questions (P = 0.001). Concerning attitude, > 70% of HCWs exhibited a positive attitude toward MERS-CoV. Conclusion: the HCWs in Najran region showed a high level of knowledge and positive attitude toward MERS-CoV. There was a noticeable difference in knowledge level between different professions. Periodic educational interventions and professional campaigns are still needed. Any interventions should be directed towards the non-physician and non-nursing professions. Citation: Asaad A; El-Sokkary R; Alzamanan M; El-Shafei M. Knowledge and attitudes towards Middle East respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among health care workers in south-western Saudi Arabia. East Mediterr Health J. 2020;26(4):435-442. https://doi.

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“…Moreover, almost 70% of our participants were worried about MERS infection for their family. Similar findings have been reported in many previous studies (20,26,27).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Knowledge and attitudes towards Middle East respiratory sydrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among health care workers in south-western Saudi Arabia

Asaad¹,

El-Sokkary²,

Alzamanan³

et al. 2020

East Mediterr Health J

120

100

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“…According to the study, patient delay significantly correlates with MERS-CoV diagnostic delay (r = 0.894, P = 0.001). The frequent long patient delay in seeking medical care after experiencing MERS-CoV symptoms may reflect limited patients' awareness of, and knowledge of MERS-CoV symptoms [9][10][11] and the need for health education programs for the public [9,10], and healthcare practitioners [10,11] The median health-system delay was 2 days (IQR range: 1-2 days) with 86% of patients being diagnosed with MERS-CoV within two days after first hospitalization. This study shows that healthsystem delay significantly correlates with the MERS-CoV diagnostic delay (r = 0.163, P = 0.025).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Diagnostic delays in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus patients and health systems

Ahmed¹

2019

Journal of Infection and Public Health

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a b s t r a c tBackground: Although Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) diagnostic delays remain a major challenge in health systems, the source of delays has not been recognized in the literature. The aim of this study is to quantify patient and health-system delays and to identify their associated factors. Methods: The study of 266 patients was based on public source data from the World Health Organization (WHO) (January 2, 2017-May 16, 2018). The diagnostic delays, patient delays, and health-system delays were calculated and modelled using a Poisson regression analysis. Results: In 266 MERS-CoV patients reported during the study period, the median diagnostic delays, patient delays, and health-system delays were 5 days (interquartile [IQR] range: 3-8 days), 4 days (IQR range: 2-7 days), and 2 days (IQR range: 1-2 days), respectively. Both patient delay (r = 0.894, P = 0.001) and health-system delay (r = 0.163, P = 0.025) were positively correlated with diagnostic delay. Older age was associated with longer health-system delay (adjusted relative ratios (aRR), 1.011; 95% confidence intervals (CI), 1.004-1.017). Diagnostic delay (aRR, 1.137; 95% CI, 1.006-1.285) and health-system delays (aRR, 1.217; 95% CI, 1.003-1.476) were significantly longer in patients who died. Conclusion: Delays in MERS-CoV diagnosis exist and may be attributable to patient delay and healthsystem delay as both were significantly correlated with longer diagnosis delay. Early MERS-CoV diagnosis may require more sensitive risk assessment tools to reduce avoidable delays, specifically those related to patients and health system.

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“…Overall knowledge score was 43%. Awareness of disease epidemiology, severity, fatality rate and treatment was very low [88].…”

Section: Prevention Of Community Transmissionmentioning

confidence: 99%

MERS-CoV as an emerging respiratory illness: A review of prevention methods

Baharoon

Memish

2019

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

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Awareness among a Saudi Arabian university community of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus following an outbreak

Cited by 56 publications

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Knowledge and attitudes towards Middle East respiratory sydrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among health care workers in south-western Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and attitudes towards Middle East respiratory sydrome-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) among health care workers in south-western Saudi Arabia

Diagnostic delays in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus patients and health systems

MERS-CoV as an emerging respiratory illness: A review of prevention methods

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