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Knowledge, Perception, Practice, and stress level regarding COVID-19 among health care workers in Sohag University Hospital

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Background: The knowledge, attitude and practices of HCWs are influencing the behavioral dynamics during the pandemic. HCWs are at increased risk of developing stress-related problems during outbreaks. Objectives: explore the knowledge, perceptions and practices of HCWs and determine the degree of stress regarding COVID-19. Methods: a cross sectional study was carried out on 455 HCWs at Sohag University Hospital from April to September, 2021. A structured questionnaire about personal characteristics, knowledge, perception, and practices regarding COVID-19 and its related stress was completed by a convenient sample of HCWs. Results: all HCWs had attended tutorial sessions about COVID-19 and the official governmental website was the source of information among more than half of them. The vast majority of HCWs (98%) had a good knowledge level whereas only 44.2% had a good perception. There was a significant moderate positive correlation between knowledge and perception level regarding COVID-19 among HCWs. Knowledge was significantly higher among males whereas perception was significantly higher among females. More than half of HCWs were confident about the effectiveness of PPEs in protecting them from infection and they received formal training about the proper use of PPEs after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Most HCWs had mild/moderate stress level whereas the remaining one fifth had moderate/high stress. Stress level was significantly higher among physicians. Conclusion: Despite good knowledge, pitfalls like poor training about use of PPEs, knowledge uncertainties and fear of disease acquisition among HCWs need to be addressed. Psychological support programs for HCWs are required.

DOI

10.21608/ejcm.2023.200458.1253

Keywords

key words: Covid-19, Knowledge, perception, Stress, HCWs

Authors

First Name

Magda

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Mohamed

Affiliation

Public Health and community medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

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magdamohameda@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

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First Name

Mohammad

Last Name

Mostafa

MiddleName

Hasan

Affiliation

Internal medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

moh_has_mus@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

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First Name

Tasneem

Last Name

Bakheet

MiddleName

Mohamad

Affiliation

public health and community medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Sohag

Email

tasnimmohamed@med.sohag.edu.eg

City

Sohag

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First Name

Safaa

Last Name

Khalaf

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Affiliation

Tropical medicine and gastroenterology department, Faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Sohag

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happyyear5000@yahoo.com

City

Sohag

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First Name

Taghreed

Last Name

Ismail

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-

Affiliation

Public health and community medicine department, Faculty of medicine, Assiut University

Email

taghrid1973@yahoo.com

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Assiut

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Volume

41

Article Issue

4

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43994

Issue Date

2023-10-01

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2023-03-18

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2023-10-01

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226

Page End

234

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1110-1865

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2090-2611

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234

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The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Knowledge, Perception, Practice, and stress level regarding COVID-19 among health care workers in Sohag University Hospital

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23 Dec 2024