COVID-19: What should health professionals know? Assessment of Knowledge, attitude, and practice of community pharmacists in a developing country.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare professionals are the primary frontiers of the fight against every public health threat. These had made them vulnerable to various infectious agents, with many reports of morbidity and mortality also being evident.

Objectives

The current study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice toward COVID-19 among community pharmacists in Gondar town, Ethiopia.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted. A structured, self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection, and the collected data were coded, validated, and analyzed using SPSS version 26. Quantitative data were summarized using means and standard deviations, while frequencies and proportions were used to summarize categorical data. A chi-square test was used to assess

SUBMITTER: Yimenu DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7675856 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature