Table 2.
Knowledge, sources of information, preferences for training platform, and practice on the transmission and self-prevention against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
| Characteristics | Level of hospital | p -value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central level | Provincial level | Others | Total | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Knowledge of transmission | |||||||||
| Air | 64 | 52.5 | 65 | 60.8 | 90 | 57.7 | 219 | 26.9 | 0.44 |
| Close contact with COVID-19 patients | 88 | 72.1 | 77 | 72.0 | 1,126 | 80.8 | 291 | 75.6 | 0.15 |
| Colleagues with contact with COVID-19 patients | 91 | 74.6 | 84 | 78.5 | 131 | 84.0 | 306 | 79.5 | 0.15 |
| Surface with nasal/throat secretions of COVID-19 patients | 93 | 76.2 | 83 | 77.6 | 115 | 73.7 | 291 | 75.6 | 0.76 |
| Source of information about COVID-19 | |||||||||
| WHO | 118 | 70.7 | 93 | 58.5 | 115 | 56.7 | 326 | 61.6 | 0.01 |
| Ministry of Health | 164 | 98.2 | 157 | 98.7 | 199 | 98.0 | 520 | 98.3 | 0.92 |
| CDC | 103 | 61.7 | 82 | 51.6 | 115 | 56.7 | 300 | 56.7 | 0.18 |
| University/ Hospital | 119 | 71.3 | 90 | 56.9 | 101 | 49.8 | 310 | 58.6 | < 0.01 |
| Colleague | 109 | 65.3 | 99 | 62.3 | 121 | 59.6 | 329 | 62.2 | 0.54 |
| Friends | 70 | 41.9 | 65 | 40.9 | 77 | 37.9 | 212 | 40.1 | 0.72 |
| Others | 19 | 11.4 | 14 | 8.8 | 28 | 13.8 | 61 | 11.5 | 0.34 |
| Mass media channel for information seeking | |||||||||
| Internet | 162 | 97.0 | 151 | 95.0 | 192 | 94.6 | 505 | 95.5 | 0.50 |
| Television | 130 | 77.8 | 135 | 84.9 | 177 | 87.2 | 442 | 83.6 | 0.05 |
| Radio | 55 | 32.9 | 61 | 38.4 | 90 | 44.3 | 206 | 38.9 | 0.08 |
| Newspaper | 95 | 56.9 | 96 | 60.4 | 124 | 61.1 | 315 | 59.6 | 0.69 |
| Other | 14 | 8.4 | 9 | 5.7 | 14 | 6.9 | 37 | 7.0 | 0.63 |
| Information about COVID-19 that you want to know more | |||||||||
| Nothing | 31 | 18.6 | 19 | 12.0 | 37 | 18.2 | 87 | 16.5 | 0.19 |
| Epidemiology | 73 | 43.7 | 65 | 40.9 | 86 | 42.4 | 224 | 42.3 | 0.88 |
| Infection control and prevention | 90 | 53.9 | 89 | 56.0 | 102 | 50.3 | 281 | 53.1 | 0.54 |
| Disease management | 80 | 47.9 | 74 | 46.5 | 83 | 40.9 | 237 | 44.8 | 0.35 |
| PPE use | 61 | 36.5 | 71 | 44.7 | 81 | 39.9 | 213 | 40.3 | 0.32 |
| Forms of training desired | |||||||||
| Direct training | 27 | 16.2 | 39 | 24.5 | 39 | 19.2 | 105 | 19.9 | 0.16 |
| Online lecture | 83 | 49.7 | 61 | 38.4 | 81 | 39.9 | 225 | 42.5 | 0.07 |
| Online seminar/webinars | 49 | 29.3 | 38 | 23.9 | 47 | 23.2 | 134 | 25.3 | 0.35 |
| Phone application | 66 | 39.5 | 67 | 42.1 | 63 | 31.0 | 196 | 37.1 | 0.07 |
| Text documents | 53 | 31.7 | 65 | 40.9 | 54 | 26.6 | 172 | 32.5 | 0.02 |
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p -value | |
| Adequate knowledge of transmission (band score 1–5) | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 0.63 |
| Self-protective actions | |||||||||
| Seek information about COVID-19 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.48 |
| Comply with recommendations and preventive measures of the Ministry of Health | 4.6 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.8 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.46 |
| Avoid crowded places | 4.5 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.17 |
| Avoid contact with colleagues at risk of COVID-19 exposure | 3.7 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.02 |
| Nutritional supplements, vitamins | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.58 |
| Exercise regularly | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.80 |
| Try not to think about the risks of COVID-19 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.41 |
| Stay positive and convince yourself that you will not be infected with COVID-19 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.73 |
| Accept the risk of COVID-19 infection | 3.8 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.30 |