在埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴资源有限的选定卫生机构中评估卫生专业人员对 COVID-19 相关知识和准备情况。
Evaluation of COVID-19 related knowledge and preparedness in health professionals at selected health facilities in a resource-limited setting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
机构信息
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
College of Health Sciences, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
出版信息
PLoS One. 2021 Feb 10;16(2):e0244050. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244050. eCollection 2021.
BACKGROUND
The World Health Organization has declared that infection with SARS-CoV-2 is a pandemic. Experiences with SARS in 2003 and SARS-CoV-2 have shown that health professionals are at higher risk of contracting COVID-19. Hence, it has been recommended that aperiodic wide-scale assessment of the knowledge and preparedness of health professionals regarding the current COVID-19 pandemic is critical.
OBJECTIVES
This study aimed to assess the knowledge and preparedness of health professionals regarding COVID-19 among selected hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
METHODS
A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from the last week of March to early April, 2020. Government (n = 6) and private hospitals (n = 4) were included. The front-line participants with high exposure were proportionally recruited from their departments. The collected data from a self-administered questionnaire were entered using EpiData and analyzed in SPSS software. Both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (chi-square tests) are presented.
RESULTS
A total of 1334 health professionals participated in the study. The majority (675, 50.7%) of the participants were female. Of the total, 532 (39.9%) subjects were nurses/midwives, followed by doctors (397, 29.8%) and pharmacists (193, 14.5%). Of these, one-third had received formal training on COVID-19. The mean knowledge score of participants was 16.45 (±4.4). Regarding knowledge about COVID-19, 783 (58.7%), 354 (26.5%), and 196 (14.7%) participants had moderate, good, and poor knowledge, respectively. Lower scores were seen in younger age groups, females, and non-physicians. Two-thirds (63.2%) of the subjects responded that they had been updated by their hospital on COVID-19. Of the total, 1020 (76.5%) participants responded that television, radio, and newspapers were their primary sources of information. Established hospital preparedness measures were confirmed by 43-57% of participants.
CONCLUSION
The current study revealed that health professionals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, already know important facts but had moderate overall knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic. There were unmet needs in younger age groups, non-physicians, and females. Half of the respondents mentioning inadequate preparedness of their hospitals point to the need for more global solidarity, especially concerning the shortage of consumables and lack of equipment.
背景
世界卫生组织已宣布感染 SARS-CoV-2 为大流行。2003 年的 SARS 经验和 SARS-CoV-2 表明，卫生专业人员感染 COVID-19 的风险更高。因此，建议定期对卫生专业人员针对当前 COVID-19 大流行的知识和准备情况进行广泛评估。
目的
本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴选定医院卫生专业人员对 COVID-19 的知识和准备情况。
方法
这是一项 2020 年 3 月最后一周至 4 月初进行的基于机构的横断面研究。纳入了政府医院（n=6）和私人医院（n=4）。从高暴露的一线参与者中按比例从他们的部门中招募。使用 EpiData 输入自填式问卷收集的数据，并在 SPSS 软件中进行分析。呈现描述性统计和推断性统计（卡方检验）。
结果
共有 1334 名卫生专业人员参加了研究。参与者中大多数（675，50.7%）为女性。其中，532 名（39.9%）参与者为护士/助产士，其次是医生（397，29.8%）和药剂师（193，14.5%）。其中，三分之一接受过 COVID-19 的正规培训。参与者的平均知识得分为 16.45（±4.4）。关于 COVID-19 的知识，783 名（58.7%）、354 名（26.5%）和 196 名（14.7%）参与者的知识水平分别为中等、良好和较差。年轻年龄组、女性和非医师的分数较低。三分之二（63.2%）的受试者表示他们的医院已就 COVID-19 对他们进行了更新。在所有参与者中，有 1020 名（76.5%）参与者表示电视、广播和报纸是他们的主要信息来源。43-57%的参与者证实了医院已制定的既定准备措施。
结论
本研究显示，埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴的卫生专业人员已经了解重要事实，但对 COVID-19 大流行的整体知识水平中等。在年轻年龄组、非医师和女性中存在未满足的需求。一半提到医院准备不足的受访者指出需要更多的全球团结，特别是关于消耗品短缺和设备不足的问题。
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