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Bird's-Eye View of COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Among Emergency Physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain: A
Salah Alghanem1, Ghada Alqassim2, Feras Abuzeyad3
1Emergency Medicine, Bahrain Defence Force Hospital, West Riffa, Bahrain.
Insights
Emergency physicians in Bahrain demonstrated strong knowledge and practices regarding COVID-19, with an 82.15% correct rate. Factors like age and professional development significantly influenced their scores, indicating areas for targeted interventions.
Area of Science:
- Emergency Medicine
- Infectious Disease Epidemiology
- Public Health
Background:
- COVID-19 highlighted the critical role of emergency physicians in pandemic response.
- Limited research exists on healthcare workers' understanding of COVID-19 in Bahrain.
- This study assessed emergency physicians' knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) towards COVID-19 in Bahrain.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of emergency physicians in Bahrain concerning COVID-19.
- To identify factors influencing KAP scores among these healthcare professionals.
- To inform public health strategies for disease control.
Main Methods:
- A cross-sectional descriptive study involving 142 emergency physicians from three major Bahraini hospitals.
- A self-designed questionnaire assessed demographics, knowledge, attitude, and practices related to COVID-19.
- Statistical analyses included ANOVA, t-test, chi-square, and multiple linear regression.
Main Results:
- The mean knowledge and practice score was 82.15% (26.29/32), indicating high overall comprehension.
- Age, gender, marital status, organization, having children, and continuing professional development (CPD) were significant predictors of KAP scores.
- Attitudes towards COVID-19 control varied significantly by marital status, organization, and participant position.
Conclusions:
- Emergency physicians in Bahrain generally exhibit adequate knowledge, positive attitudes, and safe practices regarding COVID-19.
- Findings support the development of targeted health management strategies to further enhance KAP.
- Prioritizing patient health and satisfaction is crucial for effective disease control and elimination.
Background:
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has exemplified the crucial role played by emergency physicians on the frontlines, by triaging, quarantining and treating myriad patients in time. Despite this, there exists a dearth of literature comprehensively assessing the knowledge and awareness of these health-care workers on the disease in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This study was designed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of emergency physicians in the Kingdom of Bahrain towards COVID-19.
Methods:
This cross-sectional descriptive study included 142 emergency physicians from three major hospitals in Bahrain. A self-designed questionnaire divided into 4 parts, which consists of demographics, knowledge, attitude and practices towards COVID-19, was completed by the emergency physicians working in these hospitals. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), t-test, chi-square test, and multiple linear regression were employed to evaluate KAP scores.
Results:
The mean COVID-19 knowledge and practice score was 26.29 for a maximum score of 32 suggesting an overall 82.15% correct rate on the knowledge and practice test. Multiple linear regression analysis highlighted age (p=0.038), genders (p=0.033), marital status (p=0.021), organization (p=0.032), having children (p=0.008), and continuing professional development (CPD) activity (p=0.0001) as significant predictors for knowledge and practice scores. The attitude towards the final success in controlling COVID-19 significantly differed across marital status (p=0.021), organization of participants (p=0.020) and position of participants (p=0.012), respectively.
Conclusion:
Adequate knowledge, positive attitude and sufficient safe practice towards COVID-19 were observed in majority of the participants. These findings can foster development of nuanced and salient health management strategies that augment KAP so that proper control and elimination of the disease can be achieved, while prioritizing patient health and satisfaction.
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