School of Medicine, 12311Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Department of Medicine, 12311Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
Am J Health Promot. 2021 Jun;35(5):633-636. doi: 10.1177/0890117120982416. Epub 2020 Dec 23.
To compare COVID-19 related knowledge, perceptions, and preferred information sources between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers.
Cross-sectional survey.
Web-based.
Convenience sample of Pennsylvanian adults.
Primary outcomes were binary responses to 15 COVID-19 knowledge questions weighted by a Likert scale assessing response confidence.
Generalized linear mixed-effects models to assess comparisons between clinical decision makers (CDM), non-clinical decision makers working in healthcare (non-CDM) and non-healthcare workers (non-HCW).
CDMs (n = 91) had higher overall knowledge than non-CDMs (n = 854; OR 1.81 [1.51, 2.17], < .05). Overall knowledge scores were not significantly different between non-CDMs (n = 854) and non-HCW (n = 4,966; OR 1.03 [0.97, 1.09], > .05).
The findings suggest a need for improved education about COVID-19 for healthcare workers who are not clinical decision makers, as they play key roles in patient perceptions and compliance with preventive medicine during primary care visits.
比较医护人员和非医护人员与 COVID-19 相关的知识、认知和首选信息来源。
横断面调查。
基于网络。
宾夕法尼亚州成年人的便利样本。
主要结果是对 15 个 COVID-19 知识问题的二项反应，这些问题通过评估反应信心的李克特量表加权。
广义线性混合效应模型，用于评估临床决策者 (CDM)、在医疗保健领域工作的非临床决策者 (非-CDM) 和非医疗保健工作者 (非-HCW) 之间的比较。
CDM（n = 91）的总体知识水平高于非-CDM（n = 854；OR 1.81 [1.51, 2.17]，<.05）。非-CDM（n = 854）和非-HCW（n = 4966；OR 1.03 [0.97, 1.09]，>.05）之间的总体知识评分无显著差异。
这些发现表明，需要为非临床决策者的医护人员提供有关 COVID-19 的更多教育，因为他们在初级保健就诊期间在患者认知和预防医学依从性方面发挥着关键作用。
