Abstract
Background: The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has placed the healthcare system and student training under considerable pressure. However, the plights of healthcare students in the COVID-19 period have drawn limited attention in China.Methods: A cross-sectional on-line survey was undertaken between January and March 2020 to explore the COVID-19 knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) survey among Chinese healthcare students. Demographic information and data on KAP were obtained using a self-reported questionnaire. The percentage KAP scores were categorized as good or poor. Independent predictors of good knowledge of COVID-19 were ascertained to use a logistic regression model.Results: Of the 1,595 participants, 85.9% (1,370) were women, 53.4% were junior college students, 65.8% majoring in nursing, and 29.8% had received training on COVID-19. The overall median percentage for good KAP was 51.6% with knowledge of 28.3%, attitude 67.8%, and practice 58.6%, respectively. Independent predictors of good knowledge of COVID-19 were being students ≥25 (95% CI = 0.27–0.93, P = 0.02), those taking bachelor degrees (95% CI = 1.17–2.07, P = 0.00), and those having participated in COVID-19 treatment training.Conclusions: The result of this study revealed suboptimal COVID-19-related KAP among healthcare students in China. To effectively control future outbreaks of COVID-19, there is a need to implement public sensitization programs to improve the understanding of COVID-19 and address COVID-19-related myths and misconceptions, especially among healthcare students.
Highlights
On December 12, 2019, several novel coronavirus pneumonia cases were detected in Wuhan, which quickly spread globally in a short period [1, 2]
The results showed that content validity index (CVI) = 0.923, the range of CVI of each item was 0.857–1.00, content validity ratio (CVR) = 0.846
Our study indicated that students who had access to training about COVID-19 report significant knowledge and good practice skills
Summary
On December 12, 2019, several novel coronavirus pneumonia cases were detected in Wuhan, which quickly spread globally in a short period [1, 2]. Sharp increase in the reported cases worldwide, frontline healthcare workers (HCWs) have been disproportionately affected and at high risk of infection [3, 4]. This risk has been further exacerbated by the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) [5]. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention standard infection control guidelines details guidelines for practices that are regularly updated to protect the patients and the HCW providing care to those infected [3, 7] These measures include hand hygiene, use of PPE, and correct use of medical masks and more. The plights of healthcare students in the COVID-19 period have drawn limited attention in China
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