Department of Medicine, Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
Department of O and G, University of Jos and Jos University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria.
Niger J Clin Pract. 2021 Dec;24(12):1846-1851. doi: 10.4103/njcp.njcp_365_20.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide.
Being a novel viral disease, we sought to evaluate the knowledge and practice of doctors and nurses in a tertiary hospital regarding the disease.
Using a self-administered questionnaire, respondents were asked questions on the cause, clinical features, and prevention of COVID-19.
: We studied 409 respondents (238 doctors and 171 nurses) with a mean age of 34 ± 7 years and a median length of experience of five (IQR 2-9) years. The mean knowledge score was 9.6 ± 1.2 out of a maximum of 12 points with 337 (82.4%) respondents having good knowledge. The majority of respondents (62.8%) had not been trained on infection prevention and control since the outbreak of the pandemic. Only 95 (23.2%) had seen COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) displayed in the hospital. The use of the personal protective equipment (PPE) kit comprising the N-95 mask, face shield, gown, and shoes was seen by 194 (47.4%) respondents in recent times. A total of 397 (97.0%) respondents felt they were at an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 relative to the general populace. Measures taken to prevent COVID-19 included: wearing of face mask (68.7%), hand gloves (78.2%), frequent use of hand sanitizers (84.1%), frequent hand washing (84.8%), the daily wash of uniforms and ward coats (44.5%), daily cleaning of footwear (31.7%), and avoidance of taking home clothing and footwear worn in the hospital (54.2%).
Despite having good knowledge of transmission and clinical features of SARS-CoV 2, the utilization of protective measures by HCW in this study is unsatisfactory.
COVID-19 大流行已在全球导致数十万人死亡。
作为一种新型病毒性疾病，我们旨在评估一家三级医院的医生和护士对该病的知识和实践。
使用自我管理问卷，要求受访者回答有关 COVID-19 的病因、临床特征和预防的问题。
我们研究了 409 名受访者（238 名医生和 171 名护士），平均年龄为 34 ± 7 岁，中位数工作经验为 5 年（IQR 2-9）。知识评分平均为 9.6 ± 1.2 分（满分 12 分），其中 337 名（82.4%）受访者知识良好。自大流行爆发以来，大多数受访者（62.8%）未接受过感染预防和控制培训。只有 95 名（23.2%）受访者在医院看到过 COVID-19 标准操作程序（SOP）。最近，194 名（47.4%）受访者看到过个人防护设备（PPE）套件的使用，包括 N-95 口罩、面罩、长袍和鞋子。共有 397 名（97.0%）受访者认为与一般人群相比，他们感染 COVID-19 的风险增加。为预防 COVID-19 而采取的措施包括：戴口罩（68.7%）、戴手套（78.2%）、经常使用洗手液（84.1%）、经常洗手（84.8%）、每天清洗制服和病房外套（44.5%）、每天清洗鞋子（31.7%）、避免将穿在医院的衣服和鞋子带回家（54.2%）。
尽管医护人员对 SARS-CoV 2 的传播和临床特征有很好的了解，但本研究中他们对防护措施的利用并不令人满意。
