Open AccessKnowledge and Attitude towards Covid-19 among Healthcare Workers of A Tertiary Care Hospital in India
Author(s) -
Aparna Banerjee Dixit,
Amit Singh,
Chandra Veer Singh,
Ramakant Yadav,
Sandeep Kumar Singh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v68i02.029
Subject(s) - health care , tertiary care , positive attitude , covid-19 , family medicine , nursing , cross sectional study , medicine , health professionals , psychology , social psychology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
ICOVID-19 has involved serious occupational health risk to the health care professionals who are frequently exposed to infectedindividuals. Knowledge and attitude among health care professionals can prevent the spread of COVID-19. The present study was aimed to identify the current status of knowledge and attitude regarding COVID-19 among healthcare professionals in a tertiary care hospital. A questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was conducted among medical staff (doctors, nurses and lab technicians) in a tertiary care hospital to assess the knowledge and attitude toward COVID-19 among healthcare workers. The questionnaire comprised of three sections (demographic, knowledge and attitude) for data collections. Non parametric tests and Pearson correlation was used to analyze data using R (The comprehensive R archive network) version 3.6.2. Of the 117 respondents, 46.15% were doctors, 25.64% nurses and 28.20% technical staff. On data analysis, 94% were in good knowledge category, 6% had poor knowledge and 100% had positive attitude. In the knowledge section, median value for doctors was higher than nurses and technical staff (P = 0.02). Doctors showed higher median values for attitude than nurses and technical staffs (P = 0.02). A weak positive correlation, r(115)= .20, p=.0299 was evidenced between knowledge and attitude for COVID-19. Present study shows that the health care workers of a tertiary care institute had good knowledge and positive attitude towards COVID -19, though in some areas the knowledge and attitude was observed low. The study also observes that there is need for continuous teaching and training programs.