A cross-sectional survey to assess the knowledge regarding coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among health care professionals.

Autor: Mehrotra S; DS Coord, Officers Training College, AMC (Centre and College), Lucknow, 226001, India., Jambunathan P; Graded Specialist (Medicine), INHS Kalyani, Visakhapatnam, 530014, India., Jindal M; Graded Specialist (Psychiatry), Command Hospital (EC), Kolkata, 700027, India., Gupta A; Senior Advisor (Medicine and Neurology), INHS Kalyani, Visakhapatnam, 530014, India., Kapoor K; Commandant and CI, Officers Training College, AMC (Centre and College), Lucknow, 226001, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Medical journal, Armed Forces India [Med J Armed Forces India] 2021 Jul; Vol. 77, pp. S437-S442. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2020.07.001
Abstrakt: Background: In late 2019, the world saw a viral outbreak of unprecedented scale that sent a significant fraction of humankind into either quarantine or lockdown. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.
Methods: We created and administered a 17-item questionnaire for health care professionals (HCPs) to assess their level of knowledge towards this ongoing and evolving pandemic. It was disseminated through Web- and mobile-based social networks. The questions were sourced and created from various standard national and international guidelines available at the time of writing.
Results: A total of 827 medical personnel participated in the study. Among them, 65.5% scored between 60% and 79%, indicating a moderate level of knowledge. There was no statistically significant difference in the scores of doctors, nursing officers and dental surgeons ( p  = 0.200). Participants had good knowledge regarding clinical symptoms, mode of transmission and preventive measures. But the study identified some gaps in knowledge in the implementation of management protocols, handling of dead bodies and biomedical waste management of COVID-19 cases.
Conclusion: With this understanding, regular training, drills and knowledge dissemination along with skill development through learning correct practices focusing on HCP at all levels are the current needs.
Competing Interests: The authors have none to declare.
(© 2020 Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services. Published by Elsevier, a division of RELX India Pvt. Ltd.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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