Perspective of Different Cadres of Non-Clinical Healthcare Workers on COVID 19 in Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Nigeria

Abstract

Background: COVID-19 is a disease that can be transmitted through air droplets. The knowledge of infection control is important among Health Care Workers (HCW). A lot has been done to educate clinical HCW about the disease, leaving out non-clinical HCW. Objective: To determine COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and practice among the different cadre of non-clinical HCW in Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BHUTH) Jos. Design: Cross-sectional study. Results: The average score on knowledge of non-clinical HCW was good with 75% of the questions answered correctly. However, some questions on knowledge were poor with 17% correctly answered. The score on attitude of the workers was average with 65% of the questions on attitude answered correctly, while about 80% of the question on practice was answered correctly. Similarly, some questions on attitude and practice scores were poor with 40% and 46% respectively. There was no significant difference in the scores on knowledge between the different cadre of non-clinical HCW (F=1.5, P=0.23). Comparably, there was also no difference in the scores on practice between the different cadre of non-clinical HCW (F=1.1, P=0.34). However, there was a significant difference in the scores on attitude between the different cadre of non- clinical HCW (F=3.54, P=0.02). The box plots on knowledge scores were similar among the different non-clinical health care workers. The physiotherapist/Lab technologist had the highest score in attitude among the non-clinical HCW, they also had the highest minimum score in practice. Conclusion: The study showed that the knowledge of non-clinical workers on COVID-19 in the hospital was good in some knowledge questions and poor in other questions. The attitude and practice of the non-clinical HCW was better among the physiotherapist/lab technologist compared to other non- HCW.