Agarwal Poonam, Puttalingaiah Vinuth Dhundanalli, Srivastava Kumar Chandan, Alanazi Sarah Hatab, Sghaireen Mohammed Ghazi, Alam Mohammad Khursheed, Shrivastava Deepti
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, Buraydah College of Dentistry and Pharmacy, Buraydah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Dentistry, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2022 Jul;14(Suppl 1):S726-S733. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_3_22. Epub 2022 Jul 13.
Health-care workers (HCWs) are playing an instrumental role in combating coronavirus infection (COVID-19). While rendering their services, they also run the risk of cross-contamination. Hence, it is important to evaluate and correlate the knowledge and attitude of HCWs of Saudi Arabia about COVID-19.
A prospective, nationwide, questionnaire-based survey was conducted after getting the approval from the institutional ethical board. A validated and reliable questionnaire was constructed, developed on the Qualtrics software, and circulated through an electronic medium across the country. The questionnaire had a total of 29 questions regarding knowledge and attitude about COVID-19. Through convenience sampling, the data were collected from a total sample of 1553 HCWs. Based on the primary area of expertise, the sample was categorized into three study groups with 1040 medical health-care professionals (MHCPs) (Group I), 318 dental health-care professionals (DHCPs) (Group II), and 195 allied health-care professionals (AHCPs) (Group III). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was done using SPSS v. 21, where < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Female HCWs ( = 0.003) were shown to have a higher (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 1.46; confidence interval [CI]: 1.19-1.79) risk of inadequate knowledge in comparison to male HCWs. With respect to qualification, HCWs with doctorate qualification ( = 0.005) (aOR: 0.39; CI: 0.2-0.75) had shown to have adequate knowledge compared to their counterparts. AHCPs were shown inadequate knowledge ( < 0.001; aOR: 2.36; CI: 1.65-3.38), but adequate attitude ( < 0.001; aOR: 0.13; CI: 0.09-0.2) compared to MHCPs and DHCPs.
MHCPs were shown to have the most appropriate level of knowledge, whereas AHCPs outscore other counterparts of HCWs with respect to attitude toward COVID-19. Emphasis should be directed to the whole community of HCWs in enhancing their awareness and practice attitude toward the novel infection of COVID-19.
医护人员在抗击冠状病毒感染（COVID-19）中发挥着重要作用。在提供服务的同时，他们也面临交叉污染的风险。因此，评估和关联沙特阿拉伯医护人员对COVID-19的知识和态度非常重要。
在获得机构伦理委员会批准后，进行了一项前瞻性、全国性、基于问卷的调查。构建了一份经过验证且可靠的问卷，该问卷在Qualtrics软件上开发，并通过电子媒介在全国范围内传播。该问卷共有29个关于COVID-19知识和态度的问题。通过便利抽样，从总共1553名医护人员的样本中收集数据。根据主要专业领域，样本分为三个研究组，其中1040名医学医护专业人员（MHCPs）（第一组），318名牙科医护专业人员（DHCPs）（第二组），以及195名专职医护专业人员（AHCPs）（第三组）。使用SPSS v. 21进行单变量和多变量逻辑回归分析，其中P<0.05被认为具有统计学意义。
与男性医护人员相比，女性医护人员（P = 0.003）知识不足的风险更高（调整优势比[aOR]：1.46；置信区间[CI]：1.19 - 1.79）。在学历方面，与同行相比，拥有博士学历的医护人员（P = 0.005）（aOR：0.39；CI：0.2 - 0.75）表现出具有足够的知识。与MHCPs和DHCPs相比，AHCPs表现出知识不足（P<0.001；aOR：2.36；CI：1.65 - 3.38），但态度良好（P<0.001；aOR：0.13；CI：0.09 - 0.2）。
MHCPs表现出最适当的知识水平，而AHCPs在对COVID-19的态度方面优于其他医护人员同行。应着重提高全体医护人员对新型COVID-19感染的认识和实践态度。
