Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia
Amal Khaleel Abu Alhommos, Bayan Ahmed AlSaad, Hebah Saleh AlRamadan, Inass Ahmed AlAlwan, Layla Saleh Butayban, Ruqaeya Abdullah AlHamad, Zainab Abdulathim AlSalman, EL Walid El Hassan Pharmacy Practice Department, Clinical Pharmacy College, King Faisal University, Alhasa, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondenc...
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| description | Amal Khaleel Abu Alhommos, Bayan Ahmed AlSaad, Hebah Saleh AlRamadan, Inass Ahmed AlAlwan, Layla Saleh Butayban, Ruqaeya Abdullah AlHamad, Zainab Abdulathim AlSalman, EL Walid El Hassan Pharmacy Practice Department, Clinical Pharmacy College, King Faisal University, Alhasa, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Amal Khaleel Abu Alhommos, Pharmacy Practice Department, Clinical Pharmacy College, King Faisal University, Alhasa, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966596150032, Email aabualhomos@kfu.edu.saObjective: To find out how well healthcare workers (HCWs) in Saudi Arabia’s eastern region knew about the novel coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) in terms of its symptoms, transmission, and treatment.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in the Saudi Arabian region of Al-Ahsa. Between December 2020 and March 2021, a questionnaire was distributed in the main hospitals in the eastern region: King Fahad Hospital, Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Hospital, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, and Maternity and Children’s Hospital. Participants’ knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms, transmission, and treatment was assessed using our developed questionnaire tool. The Student’s t-test/ANOVA test was used to compare the mean knowledge scores of different demographic groups.Results: A total of 300 HCWs participated in this study. Our study sample’s mean knowledge score was 6.9 (SD = 2.1) out of 13 (53.1%), indicating a marginal degree of understanding. The duration of practice had a significant effect on the participants’ knowledge of COVID-19. Senior and non-Saudi HCWs had a higher knowledge score than the rest of the groups (p ≤ 0.05). The majority of the participants were able to identify that COVID-19 is transmitted from human to human through respiratory droplets, populations at higher risk of developing severe complications, populations needing screening for COVID-19, main clinical symptoms of COVID-19, and were following the WHO guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19.Conclusion: According to our findings, HCWs only had marginal knowledge about the symptoms, transmission, and treatment of COVID-19. As our findings represent early investigation at the start of the pandemic, more research is needed to evaluate the degree of information gathered two years after the outbreak began. Furthermore, future research should identify knowledge gaps in the targeted population of HCWs and provide strategies to address them.Keywords: COVID-19, disease management, infectious disease transmission, Saudi Arabia, knowledge |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ca379f6d39c6434a831aaabba5a021632022-12-22T03:53:41ZengDove Medical PressJournal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare1178-23902022-10-01Volume 152481249279299Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi ArabiaAbu Alhommos AKAlSaad BAAlRamadan HSAlAlwan IAButayban LSAlHamad RAAlSalman ZAEl Hassan EWAmal Khaleel Abu Alhommos, Bayan Ahmed AlSaad, Hebah Saleh AlRamadan, Inass Ahmed AlAlwan, Layla Saleh Butayban, Ruqaeya Abdullah AlHamad, Zainab Abdulathim AlSalman, EL Walid El Hassan Pharmacy Practice Department, Clinical Pharmacy College, King Faisal University, Alhasa, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Amal Khaleel Abu Alhommos, Pharmacy Practice Department, Clinical Pharmacy College, King Faisal University, Alhasa, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966596150032, Email aabualhomos@kfu.edu.saObjective: To find out how well healthcare workers (HCWs) in Saudi Arabia’s eastern region knew about the novel coronavirus illness 2019 (COVID-19) in terms of its symptoms, transmission, and treatment.Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted in the Saudi Arabian region of Al-Ahsa. Between December 2020 and March 2021, a questionnaire was distributed in the main hospitals in the eastern region: King Fahad Hospital, Prince Saud Bin Jalawi Hospital, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, and Maternity and Children’s Hospital. Participants’ knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms, transmission, and treatment was assessed using our developed questionnaire tool. The Student’s t-test/ANOVA test was used to compare the mean knowledge scores of different demographic groups.Results: A total of 300 HCWs participated in this study. Our study sample’s mean knowledge score was 6.9 (SD = 2.1) out of 13 (53.1%), indicating a marginal degree of understanding. The duration of practice had a significant effect on the participants’ knowledge of COVID-19. Senior and non-Saudi HCWs had a higher knowledge score than the rest of the groups (p ≤ 0.05). The majority of the participants were able to identify that COVID-19 is transmitted from human to human through respiratory droplets, populations at higher risk of developing severe complications, populations needing screening for COVID-19, main clinical symptoms of COVID-19, and were following the WHO guidelines for the treatment of COVID-19.Conclusion: According to our findings, HCWs only had marginal knowledge about the symptoms, transmission, and treatment of COVID-19. As our findings represent early investigation at the start of the pandemic, more research is needed to evaluate the degree of information gathered two years after the outbreak began. Furthermore, future research should identify knowledge gaps in the targeted population of HCWs and provide strategies to address them.Keywords: COVID-19, disease management, infectious disease transmission, Saudi Arabia, knowledgehttps://www.dovepress.com/knowledge-of-covid-19-and-its-treatment-among-healthcare-worker-in-al--peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JMDHcovid-19disease managementinfectious disease transmissionsaudi arabiaknowledge |
| spellingShingle | Abu Alhommos AK AlSaad BA AlRamadan HS AlAlwan IA Butayban LS AlHamad RA AlSalman ZA El Hassan EW Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare covid-19 disease management infectious disease transmission saudi arabia knowledge |
| title | Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full | Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_short | Knowledge of COVID-19 and Its Treatment Among Healthcare Worker in Al-Ahsa Region of Saudi Arabia |
| title_sort | knowledge of covid 19 and its treatment among healthcare worker in al ahsa region of saudi arabia |
| topic | covid-19 disease management infectious disease transmission saudi arabia knowledge |
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