Knowledge, Practices, and Attitudes for Nurses toward Covid 19 in Saudi Arabian and Egypt | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 63, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 965-977 PDF (252.33 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2020.213615 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Heba Mahmoud1; Nazirah Nouh2 | ||
| 1Lecturer Medical Surgical Nursing Department,Alexandria University | ||
| 2Lecturer Nursing Administration,Riyadh Elm University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease triggered by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first case was recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.Aim of the study to know the level of awareness about covid pandemic in Saudi Arabian and Egypt.Design: the study followed a descriptive design .Setting: the study was carried out in Egypt and Saudi arabia .Subjects: convenience sample of two hundred nurses who agreed to participate in the study.Tool:four tools were used to collect data ,Tool 1 : sociodemographic data,Tool 2 knowledge online questionnaire consists of 30 questions,Tool 3: assessed participants attitudes toward covid 19 consists of 20 questions, Tool 4 assessed participant practices .Method:a total of 200 nurses were participated in the study.Results that the majority of the study nurses of both studied groups were females, majority of studied nurses in both studied group were free from diseases.Conclusion: COVID-19 knowledge and practice were enormous among the HCWs, particularly, in Egypt | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Covid 19; Hcw (corona virus disease; health care workers ) | ||
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