37. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of medical staffs on prevention of COVID-19 transmission and related factors to the practices on prevention at Hai Ha District Medical Center, Quang Ninh in 2022
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The study was carried out to describe the knowledge, attitudes and practices of medical staffs on prevention of COVID-19 transmission and identify related factors at Hai Ha District Medical Center, Quang Ninh in 2022. This is a cross-sectional study conducted from December 2021 to April 2022. There were 140 medical staffs participating in the study through the self-administered questionnaire method; 45.7% were males, with an average of 34.01 years of age. The results of the assessment showed that the rate of having good knowledge was 22.1%, good attitudes was 97.1% and good practices was 26.4%. Factors related to having good practices of medical staffs include being regularly supported by colleagues (OR = 3.17; 95%CI: 1.36 - 7.38) and having positive mental health (OR = 3.15; 95%CI: 1.20 - 8.23).
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knowledge, attitude, practice, COVID-19 prevention, Quang Ninh
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