Development and validation of a questionnaire for assessing preventive practices and barriers among health care workers in COVID-19 pandemic
Author(s) -
Ayush Agarwal,
Piyush Ranjan,
Yellamraju Saikaustubh,
Priyanka Rohilla,
Archana Kumari,
Indrashekhar Prasad,
Upendra Baitha,
Sada Nand Dwivedi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1998-3646
pISSN - 0255-0857
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2021.03.006
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , varimax rotation , health care , construct validity , exploratory factor analysis , likert scale , psychological intervention , medicine , focus group , family medicine , infection control , nursing , psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , patient satisfaction , developmental psychology , business , marketing , economics , economic growth , pathology
COVID-19 has affected thousands of health care workers worldwide. Suboptimal infection control practices have been identified as important risk factors. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to holistically assess the preventive practices of health care workers related to COVID-19 and identify the reasons for shortcomings therein.
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