Table 4.
Attitudes of Healthcare workers towards COVID-19 in Nigeria.
| Demographic Characteristics | COVID-19 was invented to reduce the human population in Africa |
Faith/Spiritual healing is an only cure for COVID-19 |
Congregation/large crowd at a place of worship |
∗Confidence that medical scientists overcome SAR-CoV-2 virus |
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| False (%) | True (%) | χ2 (P- value) | True (%) | False (%) | χ2 (P - value) | True (%) | False (%) | χ2 (P- value) | True (%) | False (%) | χ2 (P - value) | |
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Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 228 (91.6) | 21 (8.4) | 0.490 (0.484) | 52 (20.9) | 197 (79.1) | 0.329 (0.566) | 15 (6.0) | 234 (94.0) | 0.097 (0.756) | 233 (93.6) | 16 (6.4) | 1.515 (0.218) |
| Female |
91 (93.8) |
6 (6.2) |
23 (23.7) |
74 (76.3) |
5 (5.2) |
92 (94.8) |
87 (89.7) |
10 (10.3) |
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Age group (years) | ||||||||||||
| 20–29 | 34 (94.4) | 2 (5.6) | 4.135 (0.247) | 5 (13.9) | 31 (86.1) | 2.518 (0.472) | 4 (11.1) | 32 (88.9) | 12.925 (0.005) | 34 (94.4) | 2 (5.6) | 35.749 (0.000) |
| 30–39 | 199 (93.0) | 15 (7.0) | 45 (21.0) | 169 (79.0) | 6 (2.8) | 208 (97.2) | 201 (93.9) | 13 (6.1) | ||||
| 40–49 | 69 (92.0) | 6 (8.0) | 19 (25.3) | 56 (74.9) | 6 (8.0) | 69 (92.0) | 70 (93.3) | 5 (6.7) | ||||
| 50–59 |
17 (81.0) |
4 (19.0) |
6 (28.6) |
15 (71.4) |
4 (19.0) |
17 (81.0) |
15 (71.4) |
6 (28.6) |
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Experience (year) | ||||||||||||
| 0–5 | 82 (93.2) | 6 (6.8) | 18.360 (0.005) | 29 (33.0) | 59 (67.00 | 33.311 (0.000) | 7 (8.0) | 81 (92.0) | 19.447 (0.003) | 77 (87.5) | 11 (12.5) | 14.313 (0.003) |
| 6–10 | 139 (95.9) | 6 (4.1) | 15 (10.3) | 130 (89.7) | 4 (2.8) | 141 (97.2) | 141 (97.2) | 4 (2.8) | ||||
| 11–15 | 52 (89.7) | 6 (10.3) | 17 (29.3) | 41 (70.7) | 3 (5.2) | 55 (94.8) | 56 (96.6) | 2 (3/4) | ||||
| 16–20 | 13 (81.2) | 3 (18.8) | 4 (25.0) | 12 (75.0) | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | 15 (93.8) | 1 (6.2) | ||||
| 21–25 | 16 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (12.5) | 14 (87.5) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (100) | 14 (87.5) | 2 (12.5) | ||||
| 26–30 | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100) | 9 (100) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| 31+ |
10 (71.4) |
4 (28.6) |
8 (57.1) |
6 (42.9) |
4 (28.6) |
10 (71.4) |
8 (57.1) |
6 (42.9) |
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Health Profession | ||||||||||||
| Medical doctor | 64 (95.5) | 3 (4.5) | 21.501 (0.001) | 12 (17.9) | 55 (82.1) | 37.12. (0.000) | 1 (1.5) | 66 (98.5) | 18.018 (0.006) | 64 (95.5) | 3 (4.5) | 24.617 (0.000) |
| Veterinary doctor | 112 (93.3) | 8 (6.7) | 15 (12.5) | 105 (97.5) | 6 (5.0) | 114 (95.0) | 113 (94.2) | 7 (5.8) | ||||
| Public Health | 46 (93.9) | 3 (6.1) | 5 (10.20 | 44 (89.8) | 1 (2.0) | 48 (98.0) | 49 (100) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Nurse | 19 (86.4) | 3 (13.6) | 9 (40.9) | 13 (59.1) | 2 (9.1) | 15 (93.8) | 17 (77.3) | 5 (22.7) | ||||
| Pharmacist | 10 (62.5) | 6 (37.5) | 9 (56.2) | 7 (43.8) | 1 (6.2) | 15 (93.8) | 15 (93.8) | 1 (6.2) | ||||
| MLS | 20 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (20.0) | 16 (80.0) | 0 (0.0) | 9 (100) | 20 (100) | 0 (0.0) | ||||
| Others |
48 (92.3) |
4 (7.7) |
21 (40.1) |
31 (59.9) |
9 (17.3) |
43 (82.7) |
42 (80.8) |
10 (19.2) |
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Geopolitical Zone | ||||||||||||
| North Central | 99 (95.2) | 5 (4.8) | 7.137 (0.211) | 19 (18.3) | 85 (81.7) | 13.563 (0.019) | 5 (4.8) | 99 (95.2) | 3.735 (0.588) | 101 (97.1) | 3 (2.9) | 11.201 (0.048) |
| Northeast | 101 (89.4) | 12 (10.6) | 34 (30.1) | 79 (69.9) | 9 (8.0) | 104 (92.0) | 98 (86.7) | 15 (13.3) | ||||
| Northwest | 30 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (6.7) | 28 (93.3) | 0 (0.0) | 30 (100) | 28 (93.3) | 2 (6.7) | ||||
| Southeast | 25 (92.6) | 2 (7.4) | 4 (14.8) | 23 (85.2) | 1 (3.7) | 26 (96.3) | 26 (96.3) | 1 (3.7) | ||||
| Southsouth | 34 (91.9) | 3 (8.1) | 5 (13.5) | 32 (86.5) | 2 (5.4) | 35 (94.6) | 36 (97.3) | 1 (2.7) | ||||
| Southwest |
30 (85.7) |
5 (14.3) |
11 (31.4) |
24 (68.6) |
3 (8.6) |
32 (91.4) |
31 (88.6) |
4 (11.4) |
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Marital status | ||||||||||||
| Married | 223 (92.1) | 19 (7.9) | 0.003 (0.960) | 51 (21.1) | 191 (78.9) | 0.172 (0.679) | 17 (7.0) | 225 (93.0) | 2.289 (0.130) | 225 (93.0) | 17 (7.0) | 0.278 (0.598) |
| Unmarried |
96 (94.3) |
8 (7.7) |
24 (23.1) |
80 (76.9) |
3 (2.9) |
101 (97.1) |
95 (91.3) |
9 (8.7) |
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Religion | ||||||||||||
| Christianity | 227 (93.0) | 17 (7.0) | 1.656 (0.437) | 58 (23.8) | 186 (76.2) | 3.181 (0.204) | 15 (6.1) | 229 (93.9) | 0.496 (0.784) | 227 (93.0) | 17 (7.0) | 5.867 (0.053) |
| Islam | 86 (89.6) | 10 (10.4) | 17 (17.7) | 79 (82.3) | 5 (5.2) | 91 (94.8) | 89 (92.7) | 7 (7.3) | ||||
| No Religion | 6 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (100) | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | ||||
| Total | 319 (92.2) | 27 (7.8) | 271 (78.3) | 75 (21.7) | 326 (94.2) | 20 (5.8) | 320 (92.5) | 26 (7.5) | ||||
∗
Adapted from Zhong et al., 2020; + Public Health include Community health and Veterinary Public health officer.