scholarly journals Cross-sectional online survey to determine the prevalence, knowledge, attitude and practice of tobacco cessation among governmental healthcare workers in Qatar

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. e044379
Author(s):  
Ahmad AlMulla ◽  
Silva Kouyoumjian ◽  
Nour ElNakib
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Tobacco Cessation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Hamad Medical Corporation ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

ObjectivesOne effective approach of tobacco control is to encourage the role and the participation of healthcare workers in the prevention efforts against tobacco use. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of tobacco use among governmental healthcare workers in Qatar, to assess healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitude and practice of tobacco cessation and to predict factors associated with above average tobacco cessation practice scores.DesignA cross-sectional survey study was conducted among healthcare workers working in Hamad Medical Corporation and Primary Healthcare Centres in Qatar using a self-administered online questionnaire in 2019.SettingHamad Medical Corporation and Primary Healthcare Centres in Qatar.ParticipantsGovernmental healthcare workers aged 18 years and above (n=7214).ResultsThe response rate of our online survey was 20.6% (7214/35 000). Of the 7214 healthcare workers, 16.3% (n=1178) were current tobacco users. In particular, the prevalence of tobacco use among physicians was 11.0%. Fifty-two per cent of healthcare workers (n=2338) attained an average knowledge score (12–17), 71.8% (n=3094) attained positive attitude scores (8–12) and 57.1% (n=3052) attained above average practice scores (12–26). Among the different professions, physicians were having the highest mean knowledge (15.3±4.7), attitude (9.4±1.9) and practice (13.7±6.1) scores. Multivariate analysis showed that having good knowledge (adjusted OR (AOR)=2.8; p<0.0001) and training (AOR=2.4; p<0.0001) were the strongest factors associated positively with above average tobacco cessation practice scores.ConclusionsHealthcare workers in Qatar have a relatively similar prevalence of tobacco use than earlier studies with no significant increase. Investing more in training programmes for healthcare workers are needed to root out this negative behaviour and to increase their skills to assist users to quit.

scholarly journals Association of Smoking Related to Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) with Tobacco Use in Community Health Center Working Area of Sungai Durian, Sintang Regency, West Kalimantan Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Maretalinia Maretalinia ◽  
Elvi Juliansyah ◽  
Suyitno Suyitno ◽  
Aris Yulianto ◽  
Dyah Suryani
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Primary Healthcare ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Predicting Factors ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice ◽  
Primary Healthcare Center

Tobacco use is one of the predicting factors of non-communicable diseases. In 2003, cigarette consumption was the main factor contributing to 4.9 million deaths in developing countries. In 2020, Bureau of Statistics Indonesia reported 31.5% of Indonesian population were tobacco users. Particularly, in West Kalimantan province, more than one-fourth of men are smokers. Specifically, in the working area of Sungai Durian Primary Healthcare Center, third-fourth of men are smokers. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice (KAP) with tobacco use. This cross-sectional study employed 218 respondents of 4,321 male population. The predicting factors in this study were knowledge, attitude, and practice. The statistical test was done using univariate, bivariate (Chi-Square), and multivariate (binary logistic regression) analyses. The bivariate analysis test showed that knowledge and practice were significantly associated with tobacco use. Regarding the multivariate analysis results, practice was the strongest factor affecting tobacco use (AOR= 4.25, CI 95% (1.93 – 9.36)), and the second strongest factor was knowledge (AOR= 2.46, CI 95% (1.00 – 6.04)). Tobacco use in the working area of Sungai Durian Primary Healthcare Center was mostly affected by practice. Primary healthcare centers as the nearest healthcare facility in the community need to improve health education and decrease tobacco consumption. A tobacco control can be implemented by banning smoking indoors to reduce smoking behavior. Abstrak Penggunaan tembakau merupakan salah satu faktor risiko penyakit tidak menular. Pada tahun 2003, konsumsi rokok merupakan penyebab utama kematian 4,9 juta penduduk di negara berkembang. 31,5% penduduk Indonesia adalah pengguna tembakau berdasarkan data tahun 2000. Secara khusus di Provinsi Kalimantan Barat, lebih dari satu per empat laki-lakinya adalah perokok, dan secara lebih khusus lagi, tiga per empat laki-laki usia 20-30 tahun di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sungai Durian adalah perokok. Studi ini dilakukan untuk menguji hubungan pengetahuan, sikap, dan perilaku terhadap penggunaan tembakau. studi cross-sectional ini melibatkan 180 perokok di antara 4,321 total populasi laki-laki. Faktor prediksi pada studi ini yaitu: pengetahuan, sikap, dan praktik. Uji statistik telah dilakukan yaitu uji tunggal, ganda (Chi-Square), dan multivariabel (binary logistic regression). Uji ganda menemukan bahwa pengetahuan dan perilaku secara signifikan berhubungan dengan penggunaan tembakau. Lebih jauh, berdasarkan hasil multivariabel, perilaku merupakan pengaruh terbesar (AOR= 4,25, CI 95% (1,93 – 9,36)) dan diikuti dengan pengetahuan (AOR= 2,46, CI 95% (1,00 – 6,04)). Penggunaan tembakau di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Sungai Durian sebagian besar dipengaruhi oleh perilaku. Puskesmas sebagai pelayanan kesehatan terdekat butuh menyelenggarakan pendidikan kesehatan untuk menurunkan konsumsi tembakau. Pengendalian tembakau yang diimplementasikan dengan larangan merokok di dalam ruangan sangat penting untuk mengurangi kebiasaan merokok.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice Related to Malaria Diagnosis among Healthcare Workers in Hospitals: A Cross-Sectional Survey

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Kwuntida Uthaisar Kotepui ◽  
Manas Kotepui ◽  
Chuchard Punsawad
Keyword(s):  
Early Detection ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Malaria Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Medical Laboratory ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Malaria is a potential medical emergency and should be treated immediately because delays in diagnosis and treatment are the leading causes of death in many countries. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice related to malaria diagnosis for early detection among healthcare workers in the laboratories of hospitals in Thailand. The design of the study was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out between January 2016 and March 2017 at 11 hospitals in Thailand. The interviewees included any scientists who were currently working in a medical laboratory. Mean scores for knowledge, attitude, and practice for each healthcare group were calculated and compared between groups. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS version 11.5 software package (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Among a total of 118 healthcare workers, most of the healthcare workers had fair to good knowledge, attitude, and practice related to malaria detection. Among the various positions of healthcare workers, medical technologists possessed a greater knowledge on malaria detection than medical technician assistants or laboratory assistants (X2 = 9.822, d.f. = 2, and P value=0.007). This study infers that knowledge, attitude, and practice related to malaria detection among healthcare workers in laboratories were adequate. However, some points of knowledge and practice must be updated. There is a very urgent need to update knowledge on malaria, especially about the number of Plasmodium species causing relapse in malaria patients. In addition, there is an urgent need to update the practice related to malaria detection, especially about the staining process for early detection of malaria.

scholarly journals Spirituality and other factors associated with COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance amongst Healthcare Workers in Cameroon

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neh Chang Ngasa ◽  
Stewart Ndutard Ngasa ◽  
Leticia Armelle Sani Tchouda ◽  
Eugénie Tanisso ◽  
Christabel Abanda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Vaccine Acceptance ◽  
Frontline Workers ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Negative Perceptions

Abstract Background: The production of the different COVID-19 vaccines has offered hope towards controlling the pandemic. Many governments around the world have been able to secure the number of doses required for the vaccination of their entire population. In Cameroon, the government’s strategy has been to secure the number of doses required to vaccinate frontline workers and other population at risk. A threat to this strategy could be vaccine hesitancy as demonstrated in previous studies. In this article we discussed the influence of spirituality on vaccine acceptance. We also examined other factors associated with vaccine acceptance amongst healthcare workers in Cameroon. Methods: This was a cross-sectional online survey of healthcare workers in Cameroon. Data was collected using Surveysparrow and then computed into Microsoft Excel. All analysis were done using Stata 14. Results: A total number of 371 healthcare workers took part in the survey and 45.38% indicated willingness to accept the vaccine if offered. The most common reason advanced for non-acceptance of the vaccine was negative perceptions about the efficacy of the vaccines. Independent factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine acceptance following a multivariate logistic regression included: being married (AOR 1.13, p< 0.01), presence of comorbidity (AOR:2.10, p<0.02), participants who had direct contact with covid patients (AOR: 3.34, p<0.01). Spirituality level was not independently associated with vaccine acceptance (AOR: 1.12, p<0.63). Conclusion: COVID-19 vaccine acceptance amongst healthcare workers in Cameroon is low. This is likely to reduce the vaccine uptake amongst healthcare workers. HCWs are in the best position to influence the uptake of these vaccines by the general population, therefore educating healthcare workers on the efficacy of these vaccines might improve their acceptance.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of healthcare workers Towards Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabina Ghimire ◽  
Samriddh Dhungel ◽  
Anil Pokhrel
Keyword(s):  
Prevention And Control ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Infection Prevention And Control ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
And Control ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: The emergence of SARS-CoV 2 pandemic is the greatest public health concern of the century. Healthcare workers are the front liners of pandemic management. Their knowledge, attitudes and practices can influence the outcome of pandemic. The study aims to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices among healthcare workers.Methods: Knowledge, attitude and practice related questionnaire based online survey through Google forms was conducted from Healthcare workers, following ethical approval from NHRC (ERB protocol registration number: 297/2020 P). Online forms were disseminated via Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Viber and personal messaging. Responses containing anonymized data was collected analyzed in using SPSS-version 26, (Year: 2019). The results were interpreted in terms of percentage response, knowledge score, and practice and discussed on the possible solutions in improving the infection prevention and control practice.Results: 473 HCWs responded to the questionnaire, out of which 426 responses met inclusion criteria which is 90% of the total responses. The mean score for knowledge was 3.20 + 1.15 out of maximum seven; with 45.7% correct answers. 70.4 % (300) participants felt that Nepal will be unable to contain the pandemic, 64 % of the total employed participants felt that there was inadequate institutional preparedness to protect HCWs from exposure. 91% participants reported practicing hand hygiene after every patient encounter; whereas 31.7% (77) and 22.1% (59) participants did not know how to check sealing of the N95 masks and use personal protective equipment’s respectively.Conclusions: The survey findings showed deficiencies in knowledge and appropriate practice among the HCWs, in prevention of SARS-CoV-2 transmission. Attitudes towards COVID19 were a mix of both positive and negative viewpoints. Even in health care workers with access to internet, there is significant gap in universal infection prevention and control practices required for self-protection and limiting untoward transmission. Keywords: Attitude and practice; COVID-19; healthcare workers; infection prevention and control; knowledge, Nepal; SARS CoV 2

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of Sari birth cohort members during early weeks of COVID-19 outbreak in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Shahbaznejad ◽  
Mohammad Reza Navaeifar ◽  
Faeze Sadat Movahedi ◽  
Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh ◽  
Seyed Alireza Fahimzad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Birth Cohort ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
North Of Iran ◽  
Level Of Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Background It has been determined that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic needs social distancing and proper measures to prevent its spreading. This study aimed to determine COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practice among Sari Birth Cohort (SBC) members. Methods In this cross-sectional study linked to the SBC in north of Iran, mothers living in Sari and its suburbs from March 28 to April 8, 2020 were evaluated. The measurement tool was an online researcher-made, self-reported knowledge, attitude, and practice questionnaire related to COVID-19. Results In total, 1449 mothers with a mean age of 31.51 ± 5.73 years participated. Of them, 82.4% had good knowledge (98.6% in healthcare workers and 79.2% in housewives, p = 0.000). Most of them were worried about spread of the disease in the country (97.4%) and agreed that COVID-19 will finally be successfully controlled around the world (72.2%). Sleep disturbance was reported in 42.7% of mothers. Eighty-eight percent of cases wore masks and gloves when leaving home, 99.4% washed their hands frequently while 12.9% went to any crowded places. People with better knowledge followed safer practices (p = 0.000) and were more worried about the spread of the disease in the country and infection (among themselves and their first-degree relatives) (p = 0.000). Conclusions Most of the SBC members had a good level of knowledge about COVID-19 but were worried about a long-term pandemic period. They also had good practices regarding the prevention of the disease.

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19: an online survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amal Abdelrahim Osman Mohamed ◽  
Eilaf Ali Mohamed Elhassan ◽  
Abdelrahim Osman Mohamed ◽  
Awab Aldow Mohammed ◽  
Hassan Alshaikh edris ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
P Value ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Abstract Background The Novel Corona virus SARS-CoV-2 emerged to affect the human population in 2019 causing COVID-19 pandemic. The only preventive measures available are social distancing, hand washing and face masks. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of the Sudanese people towards COVID-19. Methods An online cross-sectional study targeting adult Sudanese people was conducted in April 2020. The study used a self-administered questionnaire containing 18 knowledge questions, 5 questions for attitude and six questions for practices. Social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp were utilized to disseminate the questionnaire. The total number of eligible questionnaires available for analysis by the end of the period was 987. Results The mean (±SD) age of respondents was 30.13 (±9.84) years with males representing 55.4%. The majority were university and higher education levels (95.2%), residing in Khartoum (71.7%). The mean (±SD) knowledge score of the participants was 15.33 (± 2.24) and was found to be associated with education level and age groups (p-value = 0.022, P value =0.010) respectively. The mean (±SD) attitude score was 04.15 (± 0.97) and was significantly associated with older groups and better-educated participants (p-value =0.001, p-value = 0.048) respectively. The practices related to COVID-19 preventive measures mean (±SD) was 02.58 (± 1.73) with a significant difference between age groups and area of residence. Conclusions This study showed that the participants had good knowledge and satisfactory attitude that was not similarly expressed into practice. Efforts are needed in health education and law enforcement to improve the practices among all groups with special emphasis on younger and less educated males.

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