Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia.
<h4>Background</h4>COVID-19 has a devastating effect on social, economic, and political crises that will leave deep pockmarks on victims of the virus. Having poor knowledge and attitude of the disease among health care providers could bring in impeded effect in the supportive treatment a...
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| author | Belayneh Ayanaw Kassie Aynishet Adane Yared Tadesse Tilahun Eskeziaw Abebe Kassahun Amare Simegn Ayele Aysheshim Kassahun Belew |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>COVID-19 has a devastating effect on social, economic, and political crises that will leave deep pockmarks on victims of the virus. Having poor knowledge and attitude of the disease among health care providers could bring in impeded effect in the supportive treatment and, it increases the spread of the pandemic.<h4>Objective</h4>The study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19, and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia in 2020.<h4>Methods</h4>Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from the mid of March to the end of April 2020 among 408 participants who were selected by a simple random sampling technique. Pretested and structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were entered using EPI-info v. 7, and were exported to SPSS version 20 for further analysis. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with Knowledge and Attitude towards COVID-19. Variables having p-value < 0.05 were taken as variables which were significantly associated with the dependent variable.<h4>Result</h4>A total of 408(97.1%) participants have participated in the study. Most of the participants (67.3%) were males. One-third (35.5%) of the participants were nurses. About 62% of the health care providers were Bachelor degree holders. The prevalence of Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 found to be 73.8% (95%CI: 69.9, 77.9) and 65.7% (95%CI: 61.5, 70.1) respectively. Master degree level of education (AOR = 2.85; 95% CI: 1.25, 6.00) was associated with knowledge of the participants. Similarly, having good knowledge (AOR = 3.17; 95%CI: 1.97, 5.06) was positively associated with the attitude of health care providers towards COVID-19.<h4>Conclusion and recommendation</h4>Health care providers found to have good knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19. Being Master's Degree holder and having good knowledge are associated with the knowledge and attitude of the respondents towards COVID-19 respectively. Thus, improving awareness through health education is a significant approach to address the global agenda of COVID-19 Pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-737cd5fa0d0549e6927d4d29d44eb87a2022-12-21T22:35:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01158e023841510.1371/journal.pone.0238415Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia.Belayneh Ayanaw KassieAynishet AdaneYared Tadesse TilahunEskeziaw Abebe KassahunAmare Simegn AyeleAysheshim Kassahun Belew<h4>Background</h4>COVID-19 has a devastating effect on social, economic, and political crises that will leave deep pockmarks on victims of the virus. Having poor knowledge and attitude of the disease among health care providers could bring in impeded effect in the supportive treatment and, it increases the spread of the pandemic.<h4>Objective</h4>The study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19, and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia in 2020.<h4>Methods</h4>Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from the mid of March to the end of April 2020 among 408 participants who were selected by a simple random sampling technique. Pretested and structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were entered using EPI-info v. 7, and were exported to SPSS version 20 for further analysis. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with Knowledge and Attitude towards COVID-19. Variables having p-value < 0.05 were taken as variables which were significantly associated with the dependent variable.<h4>Result</h4>A total of 408(97.1%) participants have participated in the study. Most of the participants (67.3%) were males. One-third (35.5%) of the participants were nurses. About 62% of the health care providers were Bachelor degree holders. The prevalence of Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 found to be 73.8% (95%CI: 69.9, 77.9) and 65.7% (95%CI: 61.5, 70.1) respectively. Master degree level of education (AOR = 2.85; 95% CI: 1.25, 6.00) was associated with knowledge of the participants. Similarly, having good knowledge (AOR = 3.17; 95%CI: 1.97, 5.06) was positively associated with the attitude of health care providers towards COVID-19.<h4>Conclusion and recommendation</h4>Health care providers found to have good knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19. Being Master's Degree holder and having good knowledge are associated with the knowledge and attitude of the respondents towards COVID-19 respectively. Thus, improving awareness through health education is a significant approach to address the global agenda of COVID-19 Pandemic.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238415 |
| spellingShingle | Belayneh Ayanaw Kassie Aynishet Adane Yared Tadesse Tilahun Eskeziaw Abebe Kassahun Amare Simegn Ayele Aysheshim Kassahun Belew Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia. PLoS ONE |
| title | Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia. |
| title_full | Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia. |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia. |
| title_short | Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia. |
| title_sort | knowledge and attitude towards covid 19 and associated factors among health care providers in northwest ethiopia |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238415 |
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