Knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19 and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has a devastating effect on social, economic, and political crises that will leave deep pockmarks on victims of the virus. Having poor knowledge and attitude of the disease among health care providers could bring in impeded effect in the supportive treatment and, it increases the spread of the pandemic.

Objective

The study aims to assess the knowledge and attitude towards COVID-19, and associated factors among health care providers in Northwest Ethiopia in 2020.

Methods

Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from the mid of March to the end of April 2020 among 408 participants who were selected by a simple random sampling technique. Pretested and structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The data were enter

SUBMITTER: Kassie BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454942 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature