Abstract
Introduction
: This research aims to assess knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of PHCW regarding COVID-19.
Methods
: Data collected using an electronic survey sent to PHCW.
Results
: Age was not likely to influence willingness to care for patients with COVID-19. Males were more likely to be willing to care for patients than female. Nurse practitioners were more likely to be willing to care for patients with COVID-19 than physicians. Availability of proper PPE, COVID-19 knowledge, and training did not influence willingness to care for COVID-19 patients. Healthcare workers with a higher risk of COVID-19-related sickness, and who received most of their COVID-19 information from social media, were less likely to be willing to care for COVID positive patients. As perception of hospital preparedness increased, reluctance to care for COVID-19 positive patients decreased.
Discussion
: Hospital preparedness and social media exposure play a significant role in willingness to care for patients with COVID-19.
Keywords
COVID-19pediatric health care workers (PHCW)infectious disease community health
