Healthcare workers' compliance and its potential determinants to prevent COVID-19 in public hospitals in Western Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Globally, Coronavirus disease-19 has created unprecedented challenges to public health. Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at risk of COVID-19 because of their profession. There are limited studies conducted in Ethiopia among HCWs regarding their compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures. Therefore, this study intended to assess HCWs' compliance with measures to prevent COVID-19, and its potential determinants in public hospitals in Western Ethiopia.

Methods

A self-administered, multicenter hospital-based cross-sectional survey was proposed to 422 randomly selected HCWs working in seven public hospitals in Western Ethiopia identified as COVID-19 referral centers. Data were entered into Epi Data version 3.1 and analyzed using SPSS version 24. Binary logistic regressi

SUBMITTER: Etafa W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8132019 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature