Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of participants and knowledge, practice, and preparedness scores of COVID-19 by demographic variables

Characteristics			Knowledge score			Practice score			Preparedness score
		N (%)	Mean±SD	t/F	P	Mean±SD	t/F	P	Mean±SD	t/F	P
Gender	Male	132(50.6)	7.21±2.15	1.138	0.256	4.50±1.17	0.259	0.813	4.01±1.43	2.259	0.025
	Female	129(49.4)	6.95±1.60			4.47±1.21			3.63±1.28
Age (years)	20-29	102(39.2)	6.99±1.20	5.841	0.001	4.36±1.16	0.937	0.423	3.82±1.28	5.743	0.001
	30-39	137(52.7)	6.89±2.23			4.53±1.22			3.64±1.39
	40-49	12(4.6)	8.25±1.71			4.58±1.00			4.83±0.94
	50-59	10(3.8)	9.25±1.38			5.00±1.31			5.13±1.55
Education level	PhD/Masters	8(3.1)	8.88±2.85	5.879	<0.001	4.00±1.31	4.664	0.001	4.63±1.85	4.867	0.001
	Bachelor	61(23.4)	7.08±1.94			4.23±1.35			4.07±1.31
	Diploma/HND	121(46.4)	7.21±1.61			4.56±1.15			3.92±1.44
	Certificate	64(24.5)	6.91±1.96			4.78±0.95			3.47±1.04
	SSSCE/BECE	7(2.7)	4.43±1.98			3.14±0.90			2.29±1.11
Staff category	Clinical	197(75.5)	7.37±1.50	3.375	0.001	4.55±1.14	1.573	0.119	3.94±1.33	2.494	0.013
	Non-Clinical	64(24.5)	6.20±2.62			4.27±1.31			3.45±1.41
Profession	Nurse/Midwife	148(56.7)	7.33±1.40	8.818	<0.001	4.64±1.06	2.395	0.038	4.01±1.34	2.860	0.016
	Prescribers	7(2.7)	8.57±1.40			5.00±0.00			4.43±0.53
	Pharmacist	10(3.8)	8.00±1.49			4.80±0.79			4.10±1.73
	Med. Lab. Sci.	30(11.5)	7.20±1.77			4.03±1.52			3.73±1.31
	Public Health	19(7.3)	7.53±1.74			4.16±1.12			3.37±1.26
	Others	47(18.0)	5.62±2.70			4.28±1.38			3.37±1.26
Work experience	<5 years	124(47.5)	7.06±1.37	2.239	0.109	4.48±1.19	0.230	0.795	3.90±1.30	2.750	0.066
	5-10 years	108(41.4)	6.93±2.22			4.45±1.23			3.62±1.30
	>10 years	29(11.1)	7.76±2.42			4.62±1.01			4.24±1.77
Facility	Nkenkaasu	143(54.8)	6.87±1.74	3.030	0.050	4.48±1.10	0.230	0.795	3.87±1.41	0.734	0.481
	Akumadan	48(18.4)	7.65±2.44			4.48±1.27			3.60±1.27
	A.M.E Zion	70(26.8)	7.11±1.72			4.49±1.30			3.86±1.34

Med.Lab.Sci.=Medical Laboratory Scientist; SD= Standard deviation