Knowledge, preventive behaviors and risk perception of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Turkish health care workers
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak spread to over 100 countries with a total of 100,000 cases during the first week of March 2020. Health care workers, as those on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, are more susceptible to infection. Inadequate related knowledge and preventive beh...
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| description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak spread to over 100 countries with a total of 100,000 cases during the first week of March 2020. Health care workers, as those on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, are more susceptible to infection. Inadequate related knowledge and preventive behaviors among health care workers might lead to delayed treatment and result in the rapid spread of the infection. Therefore, this study evaluated the knowledge of health care workers with regard to COVID-19. A cross-sectional study was conducted from June 10-18, 2020. Participants were general practitioners, specialists, and nurses working at the forefront of the pandemic. Their knowledge, preventive behaviors, and risk perceptions concerning COVID-19 were evaluated using an online questionnaire created by our medical specialists. The questionnaire consisted of 29, 5, and 4 items about COVID-19 knowledge, preventive behaviors, and risk perceptions, respectively. A total of 251 health care workers completed the questionnaire. The mean age of the participants was 33.88±8.72 years old, and the sample consisted of 68 males (27.08%) and 183 females (72.91%). While there was no difference between the percentage of correct answers given by female and male participants to knowledge-based questions (p>0.05), the percentage of correct answers to the questions on preventive behaviors was significantly higher in female participants than in males (p |
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| subjects | Adult Behavior Beliefs, opinions and attitudes Biology and Life Sciences Coronaviruses COVID-19 COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - prevention & control Cross-Sectional Studies Data analysis Disease transmission Distribution Epidemics Etiology Female Gynecology Health Behavior Health care Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Personnel Health risks Hospitals Humans Knowledge Male Medical personnel Medical research Medical supplies Medicine and Health Sciences Methodology Middle Aged Middle East respiratory syndrome Nurses Obstetrics Oncology Pandemics Pandemics - prevention & control People and Places Pneumonia Prevention Professional ethics Questionnaires Respiratory diseases Risk assessment Risk perception Risk taking SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 Social aspects Social Sciences Turkey - epidemiology Vaccination Vaccines Viral diseases Viral infections Viruses |
| title | Knowledge, preventive behaviors and risk perception of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study in Turkish health care workers |
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