Background: Healthcare providers, particularly nurses, are at risk of infection as part of the COVID-19 epidemic chain since they assist in the disease's containment. By recognising the risk factors for infection and implementing suitable measures to reduce these risks, all reasonable efforts should be taken to control the spread of infection to them. The major aim of the present study was to determine the level of infection prevention and control practises used by primary healthcare nurses in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
198
The questionnaire's first section asked for demographic information such as gender, age, the name of the primary healthcare centre, and level of education. The second section comprised sources of knowledge on COVID-19; respondents replied on a scale of 1 least used (1), occasionally (2), more frequently (3), and most used (4). The third section had six items pertaining to nurses' infection prevention and control methods with reference to COVID-19, and respondents replied on a scale of yes (2), occasionally (1), and no (0). Permission to use the questionnaire has been requested from the author and is awaited.
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Distribution of study participants by gender, age group, marital status, and income level in a self-reported questionnaire.
Demographic data included age, gender, experience, educational level, marital status, income and job will be assessed using numerical code for each demographic variable.
Time frame: Once within 6 weeks
Detection of source of knowledge regarding COVID-19 prevention methods
Using self-reporting questionnaire, will assess Social Media, Radio \& television, Seminars \& workshops, Posters \& Pamphlets, Newspapers \&Magazines and Seniors \& Other Colleagues from (Least used= 1 to Most used= 4).
Time frame: Once within 6 weeks
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