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Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study
BACKGROUND: During the first week of March, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak reached more than 100 countries with over 100,000 cases. Health care authorities have already initiated awareness and preparedness activities worldwide. A poor understanding of the disease among health care...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32320381 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19160 |
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author | Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Aldhaleei, Wafa Ali Rahmani, Jamal Mahabadi, Mohammadjavad Ashrafi Bandari, Deepak Kumar |
author_facet | Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Aldhaleei, Wafa Ali Rahmani, Jamal Mahabadi, Mohammadjavad Ashrafi Bandari, Deepak Kumar |
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description | BACKGROUND: During the first week of March, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak reached more than 100 countries with over 100,000 cases. Health care authorities have already initiated awareness and preparedness activities worldwide. A poor understanding of the disease among health care workers (HCWs) may result in delayed treatment and result in the rapid spread of the infection. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs about COVID-19. METHODS: A cross-sectional, web-based study was conducted among HCWs about COVID-19 during the first week of March 2020. A 23-item survey instrument was developed and distributed randomly to HCWs using social media; it required 5 minutes to complete. A chi-square test was used to investigate the level of association among variables, with significance set to P<.05. RESULTS: Of 529 participants, a total of 453 HCWs completed the survey (response rate: 85.6%); 51.6% (n=234) were male, 32.1% (n=147) were aged 25-34 years, and most were doctors (n=137, 30.2%) and medical students (n=134, 29.6%). Most participants (n=276, 61.0%) used social media to obtain information on COVID-19. A significant proportion of HCWs had poor knowledge of its transmission (n=276, 61.0%) and symptom onset (n=288, 63.6%) and showed positive perceptions of COVID-19. Factors such as age and profession were associated with inadequate knowledge and a poor perception of COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS: As the global threat of COVID-19 continues to emerge, it is critical to improve the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs. Educational interventions are urgently needed to reach HCWs worldwide, and further studies are warranted. |
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spelling | pubmed-71939872020-05-05 Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Aldhaleei, Wafa Ali Rahmani, Jamal Mahabadi, Mohammadjavad Ashrafi Bandari, Deepak Kumar JMIR Public Health Surveill Original Paper BACKGROUND: During the first week of March, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak reached more than 100 countries with over 100,000 cases. Health care authorities have already initiated awareness and preparedness activities worldwide. A poor understanding of the disease among health care workers (HCWs) may result in delayed treatment and result in the rapid spread of the infection. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs about COVID-19. METHODS: A cross-sectional, web-based study was conducted among HCWs about COVID-19 during the first week of March 2020. A 23-item survey instrument was developed and distributed randomly to HCWs using social media; it required 5 minutes to complete. A chi-square test was used to investigate the level of association among variables, with significance set to P<.05. RESULTS: Of 529 participants, a total of 453 HCWs completed the survey (response rate: 85.6%); 51.6% (n=234) were male, 32.1% (n=147) were aged 25-34 years, and most were doctors (n=137, 30.2%) and medical students (n=134, 29.6%). Most participants (n=276, 61.0%) used social media to obtain information on COVID-19. A significant proportion of HCWs had poor knowledge of its transmission (n=276, 61.0%) and symptom onset (n=288, 63.6%) and showed positive perceptions of COVID-19. Factors such as age and profession were associated with inadequate knowledge and a poor perception of COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS: As the global threat of COVID-19 continues to emerge, it is critical to improve the knowledge and perceptions of HCWs. Educational interventions are urgently needed to reach HCWs worldwide, and further studies are warranted. JMIR Publications 2020-04-30 /pmc/articles/PMC7193987/ /pubmed/32320381 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19160 Text en ©Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Wafa Ali Aldhaleei, Jamal Rahmani, Mohammadjavad Ashrafi Mahabadi, Deepak Kumar Bandari. Originally published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (http://publichealth.jmir.org), 30.04.2020. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://publichealth.jmir.org, as well as this copyright and license information must be included. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth Aldhaleei, Wafa Ali Rahmani, Jamal Mahabadi, Mohammadjavad Ashrafi Bandari, Deepak Kumar Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study |
title | Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full | Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study |
title_short | Knowledge and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Health Care Workers: Cross-Sectional Study |
title_sort | knowledge and perceptions of covid-19 among health care workers: cross-sectional study |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32320381 http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19160 |
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