Knowledge of Health Care Professionals and Medical Students Regarding Covid-19 in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Neupane, Harish Chandra; Shrestha, Niki; Adhikari, Shital; Angadi, Siddeshwar; Shrestha, Bishow Kumar; Gauli, Basanta

doi:10.31729/jnma.4995

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“…The finding is different from a study conducted by Neupane et al on health care professionals and medical students shows that 58% of the study population had good knowledge and 22.7% had fair knowledge and remaining had poor knowledge. 7 The difference existed because of the structure of questionnaire used, with our study including very basic questions tailored to general population compared to the questions used in aforementioned study. Besides, that study used Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) to determine knowledge, which we did not use.…”

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Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Hospital Experience Regarding COVID-19 among Post-partum Mothers at a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-sectional Study

Adhikari¹,

Pariyar

Sapkota

et al. 2020

Kathmandu Univ. Med. J.

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Background: Pregnant and breastfeeding women are more susceptible to viral infection and in the year 2020 they have to face the COVID-19 pandemic. Since, no successful treatment and vaccine has been developed so far, efforts to enhance the knowledge, attitudes, and practice of the public, especially the high-risk groups like pregnancy and postpartum period are crucial to manage COVID-19 pandemic. Objective To analyze the knowledge, attitude, practice and hospital experience regarding COVID-19 among post-partum mothers at a tertiary care center of Nepal Method The data collection was based on direct interview after receiving written consent from the research participants, using a semi-structured questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of 4 major domains- knowledge (8 questions), attitude (6 questions), practice (5 questions) and experience (5 questions). Standard descriptive statistics were used for the data, mean and standard deviation for continuous variables whereas frequencies and percentages for categorical variables. Result A total of 203 post-partum women participated in the study. Almost all the participants had heard about COVID-19 (96.6%). A majority of them were aware about how COVID-19 gets transmitted and its preventive measures. Most of the participants (88.2%) knew that COVID-19 has effects on pregnancy. Almost all of participants (97%) wore mask during hospital stay. All of the women washed their hands with soap water or alcohol based sanitizer. A majority of the mothers (79.3%) wore mask while breastfeeding their baby. Conclusion The post-partum mothers have good knowledge, attitude, practice and experiences regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Hospital Experience Regarding COVID-19 among Post-partum Mothers at a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-sectional Study

Adhikari¹,

Pariyar

Sapkota

et al. 2020

Kathmandu Univ. Med. J.

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“…34 As such, periodic educational interventions and training programmes regarding infection control practices for COVID-19 must be implemented among all HCWs, especially those who encounter new emerging infectious diseases. 35 In the practice domain, education level had the highest influence on the ability of HCWs to implement the prevention and control of HAIs. Other positive factors included gender, occupational exposure within the previous 6 months, authority to perform invasive operations, antibacterial drug training and attendance of clinical consultations.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice concerning healthcare-associated infections among healthcare workers in Wuhan, China: cross-sectional study

Wang

Yua

et al. 2021

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesTo assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) concerning healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) among healthcare givers and to identify the factors influencing KAP.DesignThis was a hospital-based, cross-sectional study.SettingTwo public hospitals in Wuhan, central China.ParticipantsParticipants were recruited among healthcare workers (HCWs) of one general hospital and one children’s hospital in Wuhan city between 1 June and 30 September 2019.Primary and secondary outcome measuresThe outcomes were KAPs concerning HAIs.ResultsData from 455 HCWs were included in the final data analysis. The mean scores of KAP and total KAP were 15.67±3.32, 25.00±2.75, 43.44±5.15 and 84.76±6.72, respectively. The following factors were significantly associated with the total KAP score concerning HAIs, explaining 61% of the variance (p<0.001): gender (β=2.36, 95% CI 1.11 to 4.40), age (β=6.65, 95% CI 5.07 to 7.74), position (β=7.02, 95% CI 3.88 to 8.45), type of employment (β=−1.08, 95% CI −2.08 to −0.07), with HAI education within last year (β=−2.98, 95% CI −4.23 to −1.72), with invasive operation authority (β=−4.22, 95% CI −5.46 to −2.99), antibacterial drug training (β=−4.38, 95% CI −5.45 to −3.31) and with antibacterial drug training and clinical consultation (β=−4.35, 95% CI −5.38 to −3.32).ConclusionThe controllable factors identified in this study can be used by hospital managers to implement measures that improve KAP among HCWs. Moreover, these measures should be customised, based on uncontrollable factors to suit the specific characteristics of medical staff and to improve KAP. Training programmes should be designed for medical workers to increase their awareness of HAIs and to foster positive attitudes and practices.

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“…The average score of the individuals in the study group (11.9) (27). The frequency of positive attitudes among HCP in Nigeria had been reported as 64% (26). In this study, those with university and higher education level demonstrated more positive attitude than those with high school and associate education level.…”

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“…Another study conducted in Uganda; it was reported that 69% of the HCP had sufficient knowledge level (25). In a study executed with HCP in Nepal, it was reported that good knowledge level was found with a frequency of 82.2% (26,27). The study conducted by Ayinde et al among HCP in Nigeria the frequency of good knowledge was reported as 78.6% (28).…”

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Evaluation of Turkish Validity and Reliability of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Perceived Barriers in Infection Control Questionnaire among Emergency Healthcare Professionals regarding COVID-19

Pala

Metintaş

Önsüz

et al. 2021

Konuralp Tıp Dergisi

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Objective: Determination of deficiencies in knowledge, attitude, practice (KAP) and perceived barriers in infection control among healthcare professionals (HCP) is important for fighting against epidemics. This study aims to conduct Turkish validity and reliability of the "KAP and Perceived Barriers in Infection Control" among HCP and to evaluate the study group. Methods: This is a methodological, cross-sectional study conducted among emergency HCP during the 12-24th week of the pandemic. The questionnaire was applied online and consisted of sociodemographic characteristics, COVID-19 KAP and perceived barriers in infection control questionnaire. In first stage of the study, to evaluate the Turkish reliability-validity of the questionnaire, this study was conducted among 177 HCP. In the second stage, it was aimed to reach the whole group which was consisted of 307 (73.1%) HCP. Results: The Cronbach's alpha values of the sub-dimensions were calculated as 0.68-0.90 and factor loads as 0.38-0.88. Knowledge level of those with associate and higher degree was found to be superior. Those who had university or higher education degree, paramedics indicated more positive attitude. It was observed that female compared to male, emergency medical technicians compared to other occupational groups had better practice level. Moreover, those who had an associate or higher degree; those who had 6-10 years working experience; those who did not experience COVID-19 symptoms had better practice level (p<0.05). Conclusions:The questionnaire is a valid-reliable measurement tool. In Turkey, it was observed that HCP had better knowledge and practice than average however deficiencies were found in all sub-dimensions.

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Knowledge of Health Care Professionals and Medical Students Regarding Covid-19 in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal

Cited by 13 publications

References 10 publications

Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Hospital Experience Regarding COVID-19 among Post-partum Mothers at a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-sectional Study

Evaluation of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Hospital Experience Regarding COVID-19 among Post-partum Mothers at a Tertiary Care Center: A Cross-sectional Study

Knowledge, attitude and practice concerning healthcare-associated infections among healthcare workers in Wuhan, China: cross-sectional study

Evaluation of Turkish Validity and Reliability of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Perceived Barriers in Infection Control Questionnaire among Emergency Healthcare Professionals regarding COVID-19

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