Bird’s-Eye View of COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Emergency Physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A Cross-Sectional Study
Salah Alghanem,1 Ghada Alqassim,2 Feras Abuzeyad,3 Ruqaya Isa,4 Horeya Falamarzi5 1Emergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, Bahrain; 2Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, Bahrain; 3Emergency Medicine, King Hamad University Hospital, Muharra...
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doaj-39d15c8ac1cc431e9fd0ba7b177b8e772021-09-14T20:57:32ZengDove Medical PressOpen Access Emergency Medicine1179-15002021-09-01Volume 1341542368784Bird’s-Eye View of COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Emergency Physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A Cross-Sectional StudyAlghanem SAlqassim GAbuzeyad FIsa RFalamarzi HSalah Alghanem,1 Ghada Alqassim,2 Feras Abuzeyad,3 Ruqaya Isa,4 Horeya Falamarzi5 1Emergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, Bahrain; 2Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, Bahrain; 3Emergency Medicine, King Hamad University Hospital, Muharraq, Bahrain; 4Emergency Medicine, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain; 5Emergency Department, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, BahrainCorrespondence: Salah AlghanemEmergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, P.O. Box: 28197, West Riffa, BahrainEmail salah.alghanem@gmail.comBackground: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has exemplified the crucial role played by emergency physicians on the frontlines, by triaging, quarantining and treating myriad patients in time. Despite this, there exists a dearth of literature comprehensively assessing the knowledge and awareness of these health-care workers on the disease in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This study was designed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of emergency physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain towards COVID-19.Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 142 emergency physicians from three major hospitals in Bahrain. A self-designed questionnaire divided into 4 parts, which consists of demographics, knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19, was completed by the emergency physicians working in these hospitals. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), t-test, chi-square test, and multiple linear regression were employed to evaluate KAP scores.Results: The mean COVID-19 knowledge and practice score was 26.29 for a maximum score of 32 suggesting an overall 82.15% correct rate on the knowledge and practice test. Multiple linear regression analysis highlighted age (p=0.038), genders (p=0.033), marital status (p=0.021), organization (p=0.032), having children (p=0.008), and continuing professional development (CPD) activity (p=0.0001) as significant predictors for knowledge and practice scores. The attitude towards the final success in controlling COVID-19 significantly differed across marital status (p=0.021), organization of participants (p=0.020) and position of participants (p=0.012), respectively.Conclusion: Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and sufficient safe practice towards COVID-19 were observed in majority of the participants. These findings can foster development of nuanced and salient health management strategies that augment KAP so that proper control and elimination of the disease can be achieved, while prioritizing patient health and satisfaction.Keywords: coronavirus infections, COVID-19, disease outbreakshttps://www.dovepress.com/birds-eye-view-of-covid-19-knowledge-attitude-and-practice-among-emerg-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-OAEMcoronavirus infectionscovid-19disease outbreakssevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 |
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Bird’s-Eye View of COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Emergency Physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A Cross-Sectional Study |
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Bird’s-Eye View of COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Emergency Physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A Cross-Sectional Study |
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Bird’s-Eye View of COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Emergency Physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A Cross-Sectional Study |
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Bird’s-Eye View of COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Emergency Physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A Cross-Sectional Study |
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Salah Alghanem,1 Ghada Alqassim,2 Feras Abuzeyad,3 Ruqaya Isa,4 Horeya Falamarzi5 1Emergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, Bahrain; 2Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, Bahrain; 3Emergency Medicine, King Hamad University Hospital, Muharraq, Bahrain; 4Emergency Medicine, Salmaniya Medical Complex, Manama, Bahrain; 5Emergency Department, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, BahrainCorrespondence: Salah AlghanemEmergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, P.O. Box: 28197, West Riffa, BahrainEmail salah.alghanem@gmail.comBackground: Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has exemplified the crucial role played by emergency physicians on the frontlines, by triaging, quarantining and treating myriad patients in time. Despite this, there exists a dearth of literature comprehensively assessing the knowledge and awareness of these health-care workers on the disease in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This study was designed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of emergency physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain towards COVID-19.Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 142 emergency physicians from three major hospitals in Bahrain. A self-designed questionnaire divided into 4 parts, which consists of demographics, knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19, was completed by the emergency physicians working in these hospitals. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), t-test, chi-square test, and multiple linear regression were employed to evaluate KAP scores.Results: The mean COVID-19 knowledge and practice score was 26.29 for a maximum score of 32 suggesting an overall 82.15% correct rate on the knowledge and practice test. Multiple linear regression analysis highlighted age (p=0.038), genders (p=0.033), marital status (p=0.021), organization (p=0.032), having children (p=0.008), and continuing professional development (CPD) activity (p=0.0001) as significant predictors for knowledge and practice scores. The attitude towards the final success in controlling COVID-19 significantly differed across marital status (p=0.021), organization of participants (p=0.020) and position of participants (p=0.012), respectively.Conclusion: Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and sufficient safe practice towards COVID-19 were observed in majority of the participants. These findings can foster development of nuanced and salient health management strategies that augment KAP so that proper control and elimination of the disease can be achieved, while prioritizing patient health and satisfaction.Keywords: coronavirus infections, COVID-19, disease outbreaks |
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