KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS REGARDING COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN

Authors

  • Aadil Ameer Ali IPRS, SMBBMU, LARKANA
  • Noman Haq Professor ,Faculty of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta
  • Muhammad Rafiq Lecturer , Department of Statistics, University of Sindh, Jamshoro,
  • Amjad Hussain Faculty of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta
  • Muhammad Ismail Teaching Assistant, Department of Statistics, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
  • Taufiq Ahmad Lecturer , Faculty of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta
  • Muhammad Ishaque M.R, Lecturer , Faculty of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, University of Balochistan, Quetta
  • Shabana Yasmin Research office Agriculture Research institute, Mastung

Keywords:

Knowledge, Attitude,, Covid-19,, Practice, Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

This observational study was conducted to assess the attitude, knowledge and practices of health-care providers in context of novel corona virus or COvid-19 in Pakistan. A cross sectional survey has been conducted among the physicians, dentists, physiotherapists, pharmacists and nurses in a number of medical and health related facilities of Pakistan from April to June 2020. A self-constructed questionnaire was used among the 277 health care providers and SPSS version 23 was used to analyze the data. Male participants constituted 55.6% (n=154) of the total sample size. However, 91% of total participants aged between 23 to 33 years (n=252). In addition to this 71% participants were unmarried. In academic perspective 74.4% of the candidates were graduates and most of them were MBBS. Around 46.6 % people were permanent residents of Sindh while others belong to different regions of the country. Assessment revealed of knowledge, attitude and practice results showed that the great majority i.e. 96% (n=266) of the healthcare providers had adequate knowledge with respect to Covid-19. Moreover, 59.2% people (n=164) demonstrated positive attitude towards covid-19. Contrastingly, practices of a large number of healthcare providers were not found appropriate that makes up to 57.4% (n=159). The study concluded that the health care providers working in Pakistan have good knowledge and positive attitude towards covid-19, whereas the practice of Pakistani health care providers needs serious attention, because the results reveled the practice is below the mark.

 

 

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Published

2021-03-24

How to Cite

KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS REGARDING COVID-19 IN PAKISTAN. (2021). Pakistan Journal of Rehabilitation, 10(1), 93-105. https://ojs.zu.edu.pk/pjr/article/view/1026