A cross-sectional survey to assess the knowledge regarding coronavirus disease (COVID-19) among health care professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In late 2019, the world saw a viral outbreak of unprecedented scale that sent a significant fraction of humankind into either quarantine or lockdown. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory tract infection caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which was first recognized in Wuhan, China, in December 2019.

Methods

We created and administered a 17-item questionnaire for health care professionals (HCPs) to assess their level of knowledge towards this ongoing and evolving pandemic. It was disseminated through Web- and mobile-based social networks. The questions were sourced and created from various standard national and international guidelines available at the time of writing.

Results

A total of 827 medical per

SUBMITTER: Mehrotra S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7428781 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature