Publication: Knowledge attitude and practice (KAP) of nurses towards covid-19 and associated factors in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM)
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2022
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Thirugnanam, Sivapriya
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Introduction. Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of nurses towards COVID-19 is vital because of their interaction with potentially infected COVID-19 patients. Objective of the study is to evaluate KAP among the inpatient and outpatient nurses in Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) and determine any associating factors (variables) such as age, year of practice, ranking and the department they are working. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted among nurses (n=243) in (HUSM) between October 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 . The participants were recruited using both convenience and snowball sampling methods. The self-administered questionnaire consisted of four sections – sociodemographic (associated factors), knowledge, attitude, and practice on COVID-19 among the nurses. Data were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22 (IBM Inc, Chicago, IL, USA). Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the best model of predictors of KAP scores among nurses. Results. The overall mean percentage of knowledge, attitude and practice were 89.7%, 97% and 90.1%, respectively. Based on the total KAP score there was no significant differences in knowledge (p = 0.689), attitude (p = 0.628) and practice (p = 0.084) between inpatient and outpatient department nurses. Using simple logistic regression (p > 0.05), there is no co-relation between KAP and the variables among outpatient and inpatient nurses in HUSM. Conclusions. Despite COVID-19 is an ongoing and expanding disease, at the early stage in 2020, this study has shown overall good knowledge, attitude, and practice among the nurses in HUSM. However, continues seminars and awareness should be conducted in HUSM according to the latest guidelines by WHO and Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH).
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COVID-19 , pandemic