A cross sectional study of awareness of nurses from central India about COVID-19.

Ujwala U Ukey; Sarita K Sharma; Sangeeta Bhalavi

Volume : IX, Issue : VII, July - 2020

A cross sectional study of awareness of nurses from central India about COVID-19.

Ujwala U Ukey, Sarita K Sharma, Sangeeta Bhalavi

Abstract :

Introduction: Nurses are in close contact with infected people and so constitute a main part of the infection transmission chain. Thence, their awareness of COVID-19 can help prevent the transmission chain. Keeping this in mind the present study was conducted to assess awareness of nurses about COVID-19. Materials and Methods: A questionnaire based cross sectional study was carried out in a tertiary care centre in Central India. Study participants constituted the nurses employed in the institute. Data was analysed using SPSS. Chi square test was applied as test of significance. Results: Total 744 (79.83%) nurses were aware about transmission of COVID -19 and 924 (99.14%) about its symptoms. But only 540(57.94%) nurses were aware that incubation period of COVID-19 is 2 to 14 days. Conclusions: Most of the nurses in present study were well aware about various aspects of COVID-19.