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Saudi Journal of Nursing and Health Care (SJNHC)
Volume-4 | Issue-08 | 236-240
Original Research Article
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Paramedic Health Care Workers towards COVID-19 Pandemic
Cecyli C, Ezhilarasan G
Published : Aug. 16, 2021
DOI : 10.36348/sjnhc.2021.v04i08.005
Abstract
The novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) caused by a new strain of corona virus was declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) and now is an unprecedented global issue. Mankind is experiencing another remarkable involvement in the quickly spreading COVID-19 pandemic. Besides, the sickness fundamentally influences regular daily existence, bringing about a financial emergency. Moreover the highest risk of getting COVID-19 is for the front line Healthcare workers (HWs). Therefore, utmost importance to evaluate their knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) regarding COVID -19 is needed. Anonline Cross-sectional research design was utilized for the study. An aggregate of 100 paramedic health workers (Nurses, Pharmacist, Lab technician and Allied health technicians) were chosen using a convenient sampling technique. Data were gathered among eligible healthcare workers through online survey by electronically distribution of self-administered questionnaire developed by the investigator. The results depict that 80% had adequate knowledge, 84.6% had positive attitude towards COVID-19 and 88% of participants had appropriate practice related to COVID-19. There was a positive relationship noted among knowledge and attitude(r= 0.381), attitude-practice(r=0.624) and knowledge-practice(r= 0.702) at p<.05 and p<.01 level respectively. The outcome found that there is no huge affiliation found between selected demographic variables such as Age, residence, marital status and source of information but gender and years of experience was significantly associated with knowledge and practice (χ2=5.18) at p<0.01 and profession was significantly associated with attitude (χ2=10.92) at p<0.001.
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