Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of COVID-19 among Health Care Workers of Bhaktapur, Nepal

Abstract

Background: To identify the association between different factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practice among the health care workers of Bhaktapur, Nepal. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among 354 Health Care workers of Bhaktapur. The major objective of the study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude and practice of COVID-19 among the health care workers of Bhaktapur, Nepal and direct face to face interview method was carried out for this study. Chi-square test was applied to find the association between various demographic variables and knowledge attitude and practice. Results: Nearly, three fourth (74.4%) of the male had good knowledge and the female with good knowledge were 47.5%. But the percentage of female with positive attitude (80%) and good practice (67.5) were higher as compared to that of male. There were significant association between gender, years of schooling job description, and family type with the knowledge of the respondents. Conclusion: The study concluded that female, individuals with the basic and the secondary level of schooling and cleaners/others have a very less good knowledge percentage. Positive attitude among Pharmacists was low as compared to other profession. Similarly, percentage of female with good practice was higher than male and the respondents with years of experience. Among the different measures taken to prevent COVID-19, most of the health care workers said, not touching eyes, nose or mouth without washing hands can prevent COVID-19.Besides this, majority of the respondents said, use of PPE while handling the patients, avoiding close contact  with the sick and washing and sanitizing hands also play the crucial role in prevention of spread of the virus.