Table 4.
Attitudes of healthcare workers regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) (n = 407)
| Doctors (= 127) ±N(%) |
Allied health care workers (= 280) ±N(%) |
Total (= 407) ±N(%) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 is a severe disease | 108(85%) | 244(87.1%) | 352(86.5%) | 0.565 |
| COVID-19 can be prevented | 108(85%) | 235(83.9%) | 343(84.3%) | 0.775 |
| Standard precaution can protect us against COVID-19 | 116(91.3%) | 273(97.5%) | 389(95.6%) | 0.005 |
| COVID-19 cases will increase | 117(92.1%) | 213(76.1%) | 330(81.1%) | < 0.001* |
| I am confident that Egypt can overcome COVID-19 | 52(40.9%) | 214(76.4%) | 266(65.4%) | < 0.001* |
| I am confident in the information disseminated by the MOPH about COVID-19 | 55(43.3%) | 219(78.2%) | 274(67.3%) | < 0.001* |
| There are cases recovered from disease | 96(75.6%) | 223(79.6%) | 319(78.4%) | 0.358 |
| Regulation taken by the government are enough to combat disease | 44(34.6%) | 213(76.1%) | 257(63.1%) | < 0.001* |
| COVID-19 is accurately diagnosed | 30(23.6%) | 188(67.1%) | 218(53.6%) | < 0.001* |
| I am confident in hospitals dealing with and treating COVID-19 patients | 58(45.7%) | 186(66.4%) | 244(60.0%) | < 0.001* |
MOHP Ministry of health and population, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019
*Significant; ±Percent represented number agreed or strongly agreed to this statements