COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Perceptions of the Public and Healthcare Professionals

Parikh, Priyanka; Shah, Bhavan; Phatak, Ajay; Vadnerkar, Amruta; Uttekar, Shraddha; Thacker, Naveen; Nimbalkar, Somashekhar

doi:10.7759/cureus.8144

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“…Additionally, since they directly deal with the possible or confirmed cases, hence are most vulnerable to getting infected themselves and consequently, may become a source of transmission to thousands of the uninfected population. Therefore, the burden would be immense if a healthcare provider contracts the disease, making it highly necessary for them to be sufficiently prepared ( 7 ).…”

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Preparedness of the Healthcare Personnel Against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: An Audit Cycle

Zafar

Jamal

Khan

2020

Front. Public Health

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With the increasing spread and mortality of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, it is essential for the healthcare community to be prepared per the international standards. This study is focused on assessing the preparedness of healthcare personnel and the effectiveness of an educational intervention to improve this preparedness in those dealing with the COVID-19 infection. A prospective, multicenter audit cycle was conducted on 400 healthcare professionals (271 junior doctors, 90 nurses, 39 non-clinical hospital workers) sampled through stratified random sampling. A questionnaire that was based on “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC's) checklist for healthcare personnel's preparedness for transport and arrival of patients with confirmed or possible COVID-19” was sent to the participants after which an informative document, framed on the information provided by World Health Organization (WHO), CDC, and local guidelines from the Government of Pakistan's website, was distributed through social media platforms. The questionnaire was repeated after 2 weeks to close the audit loop. Chi-Square test and paired sample t -test were used to test significance. In the pre-intervention portion of the study, it was found out that the doctors and nurses had higher knowledge scores compared to the non-clinical hospital staff ( p ≤ 0.05). A statistically significant improvement was seen after the educational intervention was deployed ( p ≤ 0.05). The study concludes that the non-clinical staff, being a vital part of the healthcare framework, need to be educated and effective approaches for official inclusion of relevant information need to be incorporated into clinical practice to limit the transmission of COVID-19.

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Preparedness of the Healthcare Personnel Against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: An Audit Cycle

Zafar

Jamal

Khan

2020

Front. Public Health

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“…23,[31][32][33][34] The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased the health-care providers' need of information and information-seeking behavior drastically. 15,[35][36][37] Even though there are limited studies conducted on the informationseeking behavior in other domains, 10,11,38 the study conducted on health professionals' information seeking on the COVID-19 pandemic in the case of low-resource setting teaching hospitals is limited. Therefore, the aim of this study was to answer this evidence gap by assessing the information-seeking practice of the care providers.…”

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<p>Information Seeking on Covid-19 Pandemic: Care Providers’ Experience at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, Northwest of Ethiopia</p>

Kalayou¹,

Tilahun²,

Endehabtu³

et al. 2020

JMDH

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Background During the pandemic, information is inevitable and important, and having knowledge on pertinent information is very crucial for health-care professionals in order to deliver sustainable and quality health services to their clients, and to combat the virus. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the health-care providers' information seeking behavior on COVID-19 pandemic. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional study had conducted among 291 respondents. The participant’s characteristics were presented using frequency and percentage. The association between the independent and dependent variables was explained using chi-squared test. Results Out of the 291 respondents, 207 (71.1%) of them had sought information on COVID-19 pandemic. The association between the gender and educational status with the outcome variable was found insignificant. Age (χ 2 =10.6, P =0.011), respondent’s working unit (χ 2 =33.7, P <0.001), profession (χ 2 =12.7, P =0.013), taking computer training (χ 2 =17.44, P =0.000), computer access at work place (χ 2 =7.28, P =0.007), internet access at work place (χ 2 =22.2, P <0.001), and frequency of internet use (χ 2 =17.63, P <0.001) were found significant with COVID-19 information seeking. Conclusion Information seeking behavior was positively associated with computer access, computer training, internet access and frequency of use. Therefore, comprehensive package is required to build the capacity of care providers on computer-related skills. Besides, institutions need to have internet and computer access.

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“…Henceforth the mean difference was found to be signi icant (p=0.000). A similar study concluded that training program, workshops on COVID-19 was found signi icant among intense students (P=0.00) (Modi et al, 2020;Parikh and Bvsgpa, 2020).…”

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An effectiveness of training program on COVID-19 among healthcare students: A cross section study

Halemani¹,

Cheema²,

Khatun³

et al. 2020

ijrps

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The pandemic COVID-19 is a highly infected disease caused by a novel coronavirus or SARS-Cov-2. The virus was reported for the first time December 2019 in, China's Wuhan province. Later the virus has broken down into the world and claimed millions of lives. In India, the disease was reported for the first time in Kerala on 30th January 2020. a cross-section one group pre-test & post-test research design was used among the 40 final year BSc nursing students, College of Nursing SGPGIMS, Lucknow India. Samples were selected based on purposive sampling technique and sample criteria. An instrument, the first tool included demographic characteristics Similarly, second instrument used for knowledge assessment. After pre-test assessment, a teaching session was held at the seminar room, college of nursing SGPGIMS Lucknow, India. Subsequently post assessment was held after intervention. A total of 40 participants responded to the study. Demographic variables like 30(75%) participants had less than 22 years of age, 22(55%) were girls, 14(35%) families income found INR 10000-15000, and the majority of participants obtained COVID-19 related knowledge from news paper16(40%). A gender was found significant with pretest knowledge, and other variables weren't found significant (P=0.05). Knowledge mean & standard deviation in pre & post-intervention, 11.90±2.16 vs15.82±1.39. The mean difference was found in a pre-test & post-test-1 &post-test-2, 3.9, 5.02, & 1.1, respectively. The effectiveness of the training program was checked by paired t-test -10.20 & -13.93, P=0.00. The study revealed that the teaching session was efficient in the COVID-19 program among BSc nursing students.

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COVID-19 Pandemic: Knowledge and Perceptions of the Public and Healthcare Professionals

Cited by 108 publications

References 9 publications

Preparedness of the Healthcare Personnel Against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: An Audit Cycle

Preparedness of the Healthcare Personnel Against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak: An Audit Cycle

<p>Information Seeking on Covid-19 Pandemic: Care Providers’ Experience at the University of Gondar Teaching Hospital, Northwest of Ethiopia</p>

An effectiveness of training program on COVID-19 among healthcare students: A cross section study

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