Shandana Tarique, Shahid Sarwar.
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices regarding COVID-19 among Postgraduate Trainees and House Officers.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;17(2):180-3.

Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practice among house officers and post graduate trainees towards COVID-19 in tertiary care hospitals. Methods: An online questionnaire was used as research tool to collect data from 115 house officers and post graduate trainees working in tertiary care hospitals. Questionnaire was divided into three sections. Knowledge was assessed on basis of choosing the best option, attitude was evaluated with agree/disagree and practices were considered on yes/no format. Data was analyzed with SPSS 24+-(Armonk NY:IBM corp). Results: 115 doctors responded to online survey. Mean age was 26.92+-2.92, 62(53.9%) were female and 53(46.1%) were male. Regarding the status of participants, 46(40%) were house officers and 69(60%) were post graduate residents. Considering the domain of knowledge, maximum score was 12 and minimum was 4.Mean score was 8.75. It was observed that 82(71.3%) participants agreed that COVID-19 will be successfully controlled, while 114 (99.1%) of participants counselled patients and their attendants about preventive measures. Regarding practice domain, 110(95.7%) participants replied in affirmative that they wore mask when leaving home while 19(16.5%) had undergone training for nasopharyngeal sample collection. Only 45(39.1%) had undergone training for doffing and donning. Pearson correlation was applied between the three domains and status of doctors. It was observed that postgraduate residents were significantly better in Covid-19 related knowledge (p<.05). Among the three domains, no significant relationship was observed. Conclusion: Doctors have positive attitude though factors have been identified in knowledge and practice that need improvement.

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