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Suleman, Ghazala, Suleman, Kiran, Sarfraz, Zahid, Iqtidar, Zehra, Murtaza, Bilal, Gul, Nazish |
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Pakistan Journal of Surgery; Oct-Dec2020, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p315-320, 6p |
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There is currently an ongoing worldwide pandemic COVID-19. It is associated with a respiratory illness that may cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Pakistan has more than 255,769 confirmed cases including health care providers who acquired COVID-19 infection. Therefore, the aim of study is to assess knowledge, and practice of infection control measures among HCPs in Pakistan regarding COVID-19. Material and Methods: An online survey-based study was conducted during the month of JUNE among healthcare professionals including doctors, dentists and paramedical staff. A self-administered questionnaire comprised of three sections (Demographics, Knowledge and practice) were used for data collection. Descriptive analysis was applied to calculate frequencies and proportions. The chi-square test was used to investigate the level of association among variables using SPSS version 24. Results: Out of 508 respondents 65.7% doctors, 22.4% dentists and 11.8% paramedical staff contributed in this study. Most of them have good knowledge of COID-19 regarding its origin, symptoms, complications, treatment and how to reduce its spread. Many of them were practising infection control measures to limit the spread of this highly communicable disease. Conclusion: Health care provideers in Pakistan have good knowledge about COVID 19 and practice all infection control measures to prevent this disease to be transmitt ed to other HCPs, their families and to other people. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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