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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of healthcare workers during the early COVID-19 pandemic in a main, academic tertiary care centre in Saudi Arabia.
Temsah, M H; Alhuzaimi, A N; Alamro, N; Alrabiaah, A; Al-Sohime, F; Alhasan, K; Kari, J A; Almaghlouth, I; Aljamaan, F; Al-Eyadhy, A; Jamal, A; Al Amri, M; Barry, M; Al-Subaie, S; Somily, A M; Al-Zamil, F.
  • Temsah MH; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Alhuzaimi AN; Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Alamro N; Prince Abdullah Bin Khaled Coeliac Disease Chair, Faculty of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
  • Alrabiaah A; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Al-Sohime F; Cardiac Science Department, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Alhasan K; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Kari JA; Department of Family and Community Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Almaghlouth I; Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz Research Chair for Epidemiology and Public Health, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Aljamaan F; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Al-Eyadhy A; Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Jamal A; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Al Amri M; Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Barry M; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Al-Subaie S; Department of Pediatrics, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
  • Somily AM; Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
  • Al-Zamil F; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Epidemiol Infect ; 148: e203, 2020 08 28.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-733552
ABSTRACT
As the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continues to occur in small outbreaks in Saudi Arabia, we aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes and intended practices of healthcare workers (HCWs) during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic and compare worry levels with previous findings during the MERS-CoV outbreak in 2015. We sent an adapted version of our previously published MERS-CoV questionnaire to the same cohort of HCWs at a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia. About 40% of our sample had previous experience with confirmed or suspected MERS-CoV patients, and those had a significantly higher knowledge score (13.16 ± 2.02 vs. 12.58 ± 2.27, P = 0.002) and higher adherence to protective hygienic practices (2.95 ± 0.80 vs. 2.74 ± 0.92, P = 0.003). The knowledge scores on COVID-19 were higher in the current cohort than the previous MERS-CoV outbreak cohort (68% vs. 79.7%, P < 0.001). HCWs from the current cohort who felt greater anxiety from COVID-19 compared to MERS-CoV were less likely to have been exposed to MERS-CoV infected/suspected cases (odds ratio (OR) = 0.646, P = 0.042) and were less likely to have attended the hospital awareness campaign on COVID-19 (OR = 0.654, P = 0.035). We concluded that previous experience with MERS-CoV was associated with increased knowledge and adherence to protective hygienic practices, and reduction of anxiety towards COVID-19.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Coronavirus Infections / Tertiary Care Centers / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Epidemiol Infect Journal subject: Communicable Diseases / Epidemiology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S0950268820001958

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Coronavirus Infections / Tertiary Care Centers / Betacoronavirus Type of study: Cohort study / Observational study / Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Epidemiol Infect Journal subject: Communicable Diseases / Epidemiology Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: S0950268820001958