Department of Community Health and Primary Health Care, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria.
PLoS One. 2022 Oct 7;17(10):e0274750. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274750. eCollection 2022.
Health care workers (HCWs) in the first line of care play critical roles in providing the correct information about the coronavirus disease to the community. The objective of the study was to determine the effect of virtual training on the knowledge, attitude, and preventive practices among PHC workers and their clients in the prevention and control of coronavirus disease.
A quasi-experimental intervention virtual training, using a before and after design amongst HCWs and clients was conducted at primary health care facilities in two Local Government Areas of Lagos State. The study instruments were pre-tested questionnaires for both HCWs and their clients. which investigated knowledge of symptoms, modes of disease transmission, methods of prevention, and preventive practices. Changes in knowledge, attitudes, and practices were compared pre-and post-intervention. The level of significance was set at p < 0.05.
Sixty-three HCWs (out of 100 recruited at baseline) and 133 clients (out of the initial 226) completed the study. The mean ages of the HCWs and clients were 39.2±9.9 and 30.9±5.0 years respectively. At the baseline, the HCW's knowledge was good in the domains of symptoms, modes of transmission, and preventive measures. The training led to a higher but not significant (p> 0.05) increase in the level of knowledge. Contact with trained HCWs was found to lead to significantly (P < 0.001) higher levels of knowledge, attitudes, and preventive practices. amongst clients.
The training was effective in improving the knowledge of both the trained HCWs and their clients.
一线医护人员在向社区提供有关冠状病毒疾病的正确信息方面发挥着关键作用。本研究的目的是确定虚拟培训对初级卫生保健工作者及其客户在预防和控制冠状病毒疾病方面的知识、态度和预防措施的影响。
在拉各斯州两个地方政府区域的初级卫生保健设施中，采用前后设计对医护人员和客户进行了准实验干预虚拟培训。研究工具是针对医护人员及其客户的预测试问卷，调查了症状、疾病传播方式、预防方法和预防措施的知识。比较了干预前后知识、态度和行为的变化。显著性水平设置为 p < 0.05。
共有 63 名医护人员（在基线时招募的 100 名中的 63 名）和 133 名客户（最初的 226 名中的 133 名）完成了研究。医护人员和客户的平均年龄分别为 39.2±9.9 和 30.9±5.0 岁。在基线时，医护人员在症状、传播方式和预防措施方面的知识较好。培训导致知识水平略有但无统计学意义（p>0.05）提高。与受过培训的医护人员接触被发现会导致客户的知识、态度和预防措施显著（P < 0.001）提高。
培训有效地提高了受训医护人员及其客户的知识水平。
