TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge, Perceptions, and Preferred Information Sources Related to COVID-19 Among Healthcare Workers
T2 - Results of a Cross Sectional Survey
AU - Sathianathan, Shyama
AU - Van Scoy, Lauren Jodi
AU - Sakya, Surav Man
AU - Miller, Erin
AU - Snyder, Bethany
AU - Wasserman, Emily
AU - Chinchilli, Vernon M.
AU - Garman, John
AU - Lennon, Robert P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences and the Social Science Research Institute of Pennsylvania State University, and the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine.
Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was funded by the Huck Institutes of Life Sciences and the Social Science Research Institute of Pennsylvania State University, and the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine.
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© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Purpose: To compare COVID-19 related knowledge, perceptions, and preferred information sources between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Web-based. Subjects: Convenience sample of Pennsylvanian adults. Measures: Primary outcomes were binary responses to 15 COVID-19 knowledge questions weighted by a Likert scale assessing response confidence. Analysis: Generalized linear mixed-effects models to assess comparisons between clinical decision makers (CDM), non-clinical decision makers working in healthcare (non-CDM) and non-healthcare workers (non-HCW). Results: CDMs (n = 91) had higher overall knowledge than non-CDMs (n = 854; OR 1.81 [1.51, 2.17], p <.05). Overall knowledge scores were not significantly different between non-CDMs (n = 854) and non-HCW (n = 4,966; OR 1.03 [0.97, 1.09], p >.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest a need for improved education about COVID-19 for healthcare workers who are not clinical decision makers, as they play key roles in patient perceptions and compliance with preventive medicine during primary care visits.
AB - Purpose: To compare COVID-19 related knowledge, perceptions, and preferred information sources between healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Web-based. Subjects: Convenience sample of Pennsylvanian adults. Measures: Primary outcomes were binary responses to 15 COVID-19 knowledge questions weighted by a Likert scale assessing response confidence. Analysis: Generalized linear mixed-effects models to assess comparisons between clinical decision makers (CDM), non-clinical decision makers working in healthcare (non-CDM) and non-healthcare workers (non-HCW). Results: CDMs (n = 91) had higher overall knowledge than non-CDMs (n = 854; OR 1.81 [1.51, 2.17], p <.05). Overall knowledge scores were not significantly different between non-CDMs (n = 854) and non-HCW (n = 4,966; OR 1.03 [0.97, 1.09], p >.05). Conclusion: The findings suggest a need for improved education about COVID-19 for healthcare workers who are not clinical decision makers, as they play key roles in patient perceptions and compliance with preventive medicine during primary care visits.
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U2 - 10.1177/0890117120982416
DO - 10.1177/0890117120982416
M3 - Article
C2 - 33353367
AN - SCOPUS:85098000731
SN - 0890-1171
VL - 35
SP - 633
EP - 636
JO - American Journal of Health Promotion
JF - American Journal of Health Promotion
IS - 5
ER -