Assessment of Iranian Nurses' Knowledge and Anxiety Toward COVID-19 During the Current Outbreak in Iran
Assessment of Iranian Nurses' Knowledge and Anxiety Toward COVID-19 During the Current Outbreak in Iran
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DOI：
10.5812/archcid.102848
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发表时间：
2020-04-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Nemati, Fatemeh
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作者：
Nemati, Marzieh;Ebrahimi, Bahareh;Nemati, Fatemeh
背景：全球受到2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的影响。由于他们直接接触病人，卫生工作者，特别是护士，通过适当的护理和预防程序在预防COVID-19爆发中发挥着关键作用。目的：本研究旨在测量伊朗设拉子护士在当前COVID-19爆发期间的意识水平。方法：向85名参与者分发了一份包含知识问题的自填问卷。结果：超过一半（56.5%）的护士对COVID-19的来源、传播、症状、体征、预后、治疗和死亡率有良好的了解。护士的信息来源主要是世界卫生组织和卫生部（55.29%）、社会应用（48.23%）和媒体（42.35%）。不过，世卫和卫生部仍须向医护人员提供更多资料，以便更好地控制传染病。
Background: The world is affected by the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Because of their direct contact with patients, health workers, especially nurses, play critical roles in the prevention of the COVID-19 outbreak through proper care and preventive procedures.Objectives: This study aimed to measure the awareness level of nurses in Shiraz, Iran, during the current COVID-19 outbreak.Methods: A self-administered questionnaire containing knowledge questions was distributed to 85 participants to complete.Results: More than half of the nurses (56.5%) had good knowledge about sources, transmission, symptoms, signs, prognosis, treatment, and mortality rate of COVID-19. The sources of information for the nurses were the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health (55.29%), social applications (48.23%), and media (42.35%).Conclusions: Nurses had almost good knowledge of COVID-19. However, the WHO and the Ministry of Health still must provide more information for the medical staff for better control of the infectious disease.