Abstract:
Background: COVID-19 which was first reported in Wuhan China is now a global pandemic.
Healthcare workers play a significant role in fighting this pandemic. The aim of this study is to
assess the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of COVID-19 among healthcare professionals
in Jos.Methodology: The study population are all the health workers in Bingham University Teaching
Hospital (BHUTH), Plateau State Specialist Hospital (PSSH) and ECWA comprehensive health
care center (ECHC) in Jos who consented to the study. Consecutive sampling was employed in
selecting eligible workers who consented to the study. Data generated was subjected to descriptive
and inferential statistics as appropriate.
Results: There were 446 HCWs, in comparing the overall mean knowledge score regarding
COVID-19 between the different cadre of clinical HCWs, the difference was significant (F= 5.23, p=
0.002). The overall mean knowledge score between the different cadre of non-clinical HCW was
not statistically significant (F= 1.38, p= 0.26). There was no significant difference between the
mean scores of KAP of the doctors in the different hospitals in Plateau State (F= 0.46, p= 0.63; F=
0.34, p= 0.71; F=0.41, p= 0.66) respectively. The result showed a significant association between
job cadre with KAP.
Conclusion: The KAP of the HCW was good, however, there was a significant difference between
the knowledge scores of the different cadre of clinical HCW in Plateau State. There was also a
significant association between the different job cadre with KAP of the HCW.
