Table 6.
Respondents’ Delta variant knowledge scores and sources based on their clinical role.
| Clinical Role No. (%) Knowledge Parameter |
Consultant | Assistant Consultant/Fellow | Resident/Registrar/ Physician in Training |
Nurses | Technicians | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCWs’ Delta variant knowledge score | ||||||
| Low score (≤55.6%) | 177 (56) | 55 (59.1) | 163 (66.8) | 342 (64.2) | 67 (72.8) | 0.012 |
| High score (>55.6%) | 139 (44) | 38 (40.9) | 81 (33.2) | 191 (35.8) | 25 (27.2) | |
| Source of information | ||||||
| Hospital announcements (e.g., roll-ups or newsletters) | 107 (33.9) | 23 (24.7) | 68 (27.9) | 202 (37.9) | 33 (35.9) | 0.022 |
| Official statements or press release from MOH (e.g., through SMS or newspapers) | 123 (38.9) | 40 (43) | 90 (36.9) | 163 (30.6) | 36 (39.1) | 0.036 |
| MOH website | 111 (35.1) | 33 (35.5) | 90 (36.9) | 225 (42.2) | 41 (44.6) | 0.169 |
| WHO website | 122 (38.6) | 26 (28) | 91 (37.3) | 243 (45.6) | 36 (39.1) | 0.010 |
| CDC Website | 117 (37) | 26 (28) | 68 (27.9) | 131 (24.6) | 25 (27.2) | 0.004 |
| Saudi CDC | 96 (30.4) | 23 (24.7) | 68 (27.9) | 120 (22.5) | 22 (23.9) | 0.123 |
| Social Networks (such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp) | 104 (32.9) | 36 (38.7) | 98 (40.2) | 326 (61.2) | 39 (42.4) | <0.001 |
| Scientific journals | 151 (47.8) | 32 (34.4) | 69 (28.3) | 87 (16.3) | 25 (27.2) | <0.001 |
| Other sources | 17 (5.4) | 5 (5.4) | 10 (4.1) | 53 (9.9) | 1 (1.1) | 0.002 |
| Television/news/reports | 13 (4.1) | 5 (5.4) | 7 (2.9) | 24 (4.5) | 4 (4.3) | 0.820 |