Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding long Covid among health professionals

Abstract

Background: People living with Long COVID from all over the world describe it as a complicated, multi-faceted condition with a wide range of physical, cognitive, psychological, and social implications which is a growing health concern. Health professional’s Knowledge, Attitude and Practice involves a variety of perspectives on the disease's origins and aggravating factors, the recognition of symptoms, accessible therapeutic options, and potential outcomes. Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge attitude and practice regarding long COVID among health professionals. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was selected for this study with a self-structured questionnaire from April 2022 to May 2022. Tools: Self-structured questionnaire consisting of five parts including socio demographic, COVID related experience, knowledge, attitude and practice. Statistical tools: Statistical analysis was performed in SPSS version 20 and Microsoft Office Excel 2013 according to the nature of data. Results: In this study mean knowledge score of health professionals was 6.17 out of 10, and the standard deviation was 1.872, Knowledge regarding Long COVID was poor among 7.2% health professionals, Good among 48.4% health professionals and Excellent among 44.4% health professionals and Knowledge was associated with age, gender, profession, education and work position. Binary logistic regression showed that, Health Professionals who have good knowledge about Long COVID has positive Attitude and sound Practice over Long COVID. Conclusion: This study postulated that increasing Knowledge of Long COVID will help to consolidate attitude toward Long COVID and induce suitable practice for Long COVID. Therefore, a larger study including health experts from all around Bangladesh should be conducted. Keyword: KAP, Long COVID, Health Professionals. Word Count: 10644