Knowledge and attitude of healthcare workers about middle east respiratory syndrome in multispecialty hospitals of Qassim, Saudi Arabia
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Auteurs : Muhammad Umair Khan ; Shahjahan Shah [Arabie saoudite] ; Akram Ahmad ; Omotayo FatokunSource :
- BMC Public Health [ 1471-2458 ] ; 2014.
Abstract
With the increase in prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring and subsequently transmitting this lethal virus. In view of this, HCWs were evaluated for their knowledge of and attitude towards MERS in Saudi Arabia.
A cross sectional study was performed in two hospitals of Qassim region in Saudi Arabia. A total of 280 healthcare workers were selected to participate in this study. Knowledge and attitude were assessed by using self-administered and pretested questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were carried out to express participants’ demographic information, mean knowledge score and mean attitude score of HCWs. Inferential statistics (Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis tests, p < 0.05) were used to examine differences between study variables. Chi squares tests were used to assess the association between study variables and attitude questions. Spearman’s rho correlation was used to identify the association between the knowledge, attitude scores.
Participants demonstrated good knowledge and positive attitude towards MERS. The mean scores of knowledge and attitude were 9.45 ± 1.69 (based on 13 knowledge questions) and 1.82 ± 0.72 (based on 7 attitude questions). The correlation between knowledge and attitude was significant (correlation coefficient: 0.12; P <0.001). HCWs were less educated about the management (42.4%), source (66%) and consequences of MERS (67.3%), while a majority of them were well aware of the hallmark symptoms (96%), precautionary measures (96%) and hygiene issues (94%). Although the majority of respondents showed positive attitude towards the use of protective measures (1.52 ± 0.84), their attitude was negative towards their active participation in infection control program (2.03 ± 0.97). Gender and experience were significantly associated with knowledge and attitude (P < 0.05).
The findings of this study showed that healthcare workers in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia have good knowledge and positive attitude towards MERS. Yet there are areas where low knowledge and negative attitude of HCWs was observed. However, studies are required to assess the knowledge and attitude of HCWs at national level so that effective interventions could be designed as surveillance and infection control measures are critical to global public health.
The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1281) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1281
PubMed: 25510239
PubMed Central: 4300996
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<front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Background</title>
<p>With the increase in prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring and subsequently transmitting this lethal virus. In view of this, HCWs were evaluated for their knowledge of and attitude towards MERS in Saudi Arabia.</p>
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<sec><title>Methods</title>
<p>A cross sectional study was performed in two hospitals of Qassim region in Saudi Arabia. A total of 280 healthcare workers were selected to participate in this study. Knowledge and attitude were assessed by using self-administered and pretested questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were carried out to express participants’ demographic information, mean knowledge score and mean attitude score of HCWs. Inferential statistics (Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis tests, p < 0.05) were used to examine differences between study variables. Chi squares tests were used to assess the association between study variables and attitude questions. Spearman’s rho correlation was used to identify the association between the knowledge, attitude scores.</p>
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<sec><title>Result</title>
<p>Participants demonstrated good knowledge and positive attitude towards MERS. The mean scores of knowledge and attitude were 9.45 ± 1.69 (based on 13 knowledge questions) and 1.82 ± 0.72 (based on 7 attitude questions). The correlation between knowledge and attitude was significant (correlation coefficient: 0.12; P <0.001). HCWs were less educated about the management (42.4%), source (66%) and consequences of MERS (67.3%), while a majority of them were well aware of the hallmark symptoms (96%), precautionary measures (96%) and hygiene issues (94%). Although the majority of respondents showed positive attitude towards the use of protective measures (1.52 ± 0.84), their attitude was negative towards their active participation in infection control program (2.03 ± 0.97). Gender and experience were significantly associated with knowledge and attitude (P < 0.05).</p>
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<sec><title>Conclusions</title>
<p>The findings of this study showed that healthcare workers in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia have good knowledge and positive attitude towards MERS. Yet there are areas where low knowledge and negative attitude of HCWs was observed. However, studies are required to assess the knowledge and attitude of HCWs at national level so that effective interventions could be designed as surveillance and infection control measures are critical to global public health.</p>
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<p>The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1281) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.</p>
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<journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">BMC Public Health</journal-id>
<journal-title-group><journal-title>BMC Public Health</journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1471-2458</issn>
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<publisher-loc>London</publisher-loc>
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<title-group><article-title>Knowledge and attitude of healthcare workers about middle east respiratory syndrome in multispecialty hospitals of Qassim, Saudi Arabia</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Khan</surname>
<given-names>Muhammad Umair</given-names>
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<address><email>umair104@yahoo.com</email>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Shah</surname>
<given-names>Shahjahan</given-names>
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<address><email>shahjahanshah202@gmail.com</email>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ahmad</surname>
<given-names>Akram</given-names>
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<address><email>akrampharma67@gmail.com</email>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Fatokun</surname>
<given-names>Omotayo</given-names>
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<address><email>fatokun@ucsiuniversity.edu.my</email>
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<aff id="Aff1"><label>1</label>
<institution-wrap><institution-id institution-id-type="GRID">grid.444472.5</institution-id>
<institution>Department of Clinical Pharmacy,</institution>
<institution>UCSI University,</institution>
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No. 1 Jalan Menara Gading, Taman Connaught, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia</aff>
<aff id="Aff2"><label>2</label>
Department of Pharmacy Services, Al-Qassim Hospital, Qassim, Saudi Arabia</aff>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>16</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>16</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2014</year>
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<volume>14</volume>
<elocation-id>1281</elocation-id>
<history><date date-type="received"><day>17</day>
<month>7</month>
<year>2014</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>9</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2014</year>
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<permissions><copyright-statement>© Khan et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2014</copyright-statement>
<license license-type="OpenAccess"><license-p>This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ext-link>
), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/</ext-link>
) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.</license-p>
</license>
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<abstract id="Abs1"><sec><title>Background</title>
<p>With the increase in prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring and subsequently transmitting this lethal virus. In view of this, HCWs were evaluated for their knowledge of and attitude towards MERS in Saudi Arabia.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Methods</title>
<p>A cross sectional study was performed in two hospitals of Qassim region in Saudi Arabia. A total of 280 healthcare workers were selected to participate in this study. Knowledge and attitude were assessed by using self-administered and pretested questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were carried out to express participants’ demographic information, mean knowledge score and mean attitude score of HCWs. Inferential statistics (Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal Wallis tests, p < 0.05) were used to examine differences between study variables. Chi squares tests were used to assess the association between study variables and attitude questions. Spearman’s rho correlation was used to identify the association between the knowledge, attitude scores.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Result</title>
<p>Participants demonstrated good knowledge and positive attitude towards MERS. The mean scores of knowledge and attitude were 9.45 ± 1.69 (based on 13 knowledge questions) and 1.82 ± 0.72 (based on 7 attitude questions). The correlation between knowledge and attitude was significant (correlation coefficient: 0.12; P <0.001). HCWs were less educated about the management (42.4%), source (66%) and consequences of MERS (67.3%), while a majority of them were well aware of the hallmark symptoms (96%), precautionary measures (96%) and hygiene issues (94%). Although the majority of respondents showed positive attitude towards the use of protective measures (1.52 ± 0.84), their attitude was negative towards their active participation in infection control program (2.03 ± 0.97). Gender and experience were significantly associated with knowledge and attitude (P < 0.05).</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Conclusions</title>
<p>The findings of this study showed that healthcare workers in Qassim region of Saudi Arabia have good knowledge and positive attitude towards MERS. Yet there are areas where low knowledge and negative attitude of HCWs was observed. However, studies are required to assess the knowledge and attitude of HCWs at national level so that effective interventions could be designed as surveillance and infection control measures are critical to global public health.</p>
</sec>
<sec><title>Electronic supplementary material</title>
<p>The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-1281) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.</p>
</sec>
</abstract>
<kwd-group xml:lang="en"><title>Keywords</title>
<kwd>Positive Attitude</kwd>
<kwd>Healthcare Worker</kwd>
<kwd>Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome</kwd>
<kwd>Hand Hygiene</kwd>
<kwd>Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome</kwd>
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<meta-value>© The Author(s) 2014</meta-value>
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