Awareness and experience of health‑care workers during coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic
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4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Trauma and Emergency), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India,
5 Department of General Surgery (Trauma and Emergency), All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: During the 2nd week of July 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19)infection spreading in the community. Now more than 15 lakhs peoples have been infected in India,out of the 26816 patients were deceased. COVID 19 outbreaks become an additional hazard to thehealth‑care workers (HCWs), leading to fatigue, anxiety, depression and fear of death. The objectiveof this questionnaire‑based study is to know about the knowledge of HCWs about COVID 19, theirexperiences while dealing with the disease, and the protective measures taken to prevent the infection.MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross‑sectional, questionnaire‑based study was conducted for1 month starting from the 2nd week of June 2020 after getting institutional ethical clearance. Thisstudy included 240 HCWs posted in the medical and surgical Departments of All India Institute ofMedical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. This questionnaire was prepared in online Google forms andrequired 2 min to complete. Mean, median, range, and standard deviation were used to describe thecontinuous variables, and percentages were used to describe the categorical data.RESULTS: Among 240 HCWs, 79.16% (n = 190) participants have good knowledge and adaptedgood precautions (score 15–23) for COVID 19 infection. Rest 20% (n = 48) and 0.8% (n = 2)participants has average (score 8–14) or poor knowledge (score <8) with adaptation of average orpoor precautionary measures against COVID 19, respectively.CONCLUSION: This study concluded that we have the requirement of more educational trainingprograms for awareness of HCWs and precautionary measures against COVID 19. Thereby, HCWscan improve their knowledge and participate in this fight against COVID 19 with more efficiency andconfidence.
