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Factors associated with knowledge of health care workers toward COVID-19 in health facilities West Guji zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus pandemic puts healthcare workers (HCWs) at high risk and challenges the abilities of healthcare systems to respond to the crisis. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of HCWs and associated factors in West Guji zone public health facilities in southern Ethiopia....

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Autores principales: Wayessa, Zelalem Jabessa, Wako, Wako Golicha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8974875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35372620
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_586_21
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description BACKGROUND: Coronavirus pandemic puts healthcare workers (HCWs) at high risk and challenges the abilities of healthcare systems to respond to the crisis. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of HCWs and associated factors in West Guji zone public health facilities in southern Ethiopia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A health facility-based quantitative cross-sectional study was undertaken from June 10 to July 10, 2020. Two hundred and eighty-three HCWs were involved in the study using a systematic sampling method. The instrument was pretested on 5% of the sample in Yabello Hospital. Data were analyzed using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: The HCW who had good knowledge was 84.7%. HCWs who had degree holders, masters and above holders, work experience of 2–4 years, and >4 years of experiences, had training on Coronavirus, and medical diseases were significantly associated with good knowledge of Coronavirus. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated that HCWs’ knowledge about the Coronavirus was good. Improving the educational status of HCWs and giving updated training on the Coronavirus will improve HCW's knowledge of the Coronavirus.
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spelling pubmed-89748752022-04-02 Factors associated with knowledge of health care workers toward COVID-19 in health facilities West Guji zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020 Wayessa, Zelalem Jabessa Wako, Wako Golicha J Educ Health Promot Original Article BACKGROUND: Coronavirus pandemic puts healthcare workers (HCWs) at high risk and challenges the abilities of healthcare systems to respond to the crisis. This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of HCWs and associated factors in West Guji zone public health facilities in southern Ethiopia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A health facility-based quantitative cross-sectional study was undertaken from June 10 to July 10, 2020. Two hundred and eighty-three HCWs were involved in the study using a systematic sampling method. The instrument was pretested on 5% of the sample in Yabello Hospital. Data were analyzed using bivariate and multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: The HCW who had good knowledge was 84.7%. HCWs who had degree holders, masters and above holders, work experience of 2–4 years, and >4 years of experiences, had training on Coronavirus, and medical diseases were significantly associated with good knowledge of Coronavirus. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicated that HCWs’ knowledge about the Coronavirus was good. Improving the educational status of HCWs and giving updated training on the Coronavirus will improve HCW's knowledge of the Coronavirus. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-02-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8974875/ /pubmed/35372620 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_586_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Education and Health Promotion https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_fullStr Factors associated with knowledge of health care workers toward COVID-19 in health facilities West Guji zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020
title_full_unstemmed Factors associated with knowledge of health care workers toward COVID-19 in health facilities West Guji zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020
title_short Factors associated with knowledge of health care workers toward COVID-19 in health facilities West Guji zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020
title_sort factors associated with knowledge of health care workers toward covid-19 in health facilities west guji zone, southern ethiopia, 2020
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8974875/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35372620
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jehp.jehp_586_21
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