Knowledge Regarding COVID-19 among Registered Nurses of Pokhara, Nepal

Authors

  • Akriti Kafle Department of Nursing, Charak Academy, Purbanchal University, Pokahara, Nepal
  • Sirjana Pandit Pahari Department of Nursing, Charak Academy, Purbanchal University, Pokahara, Nepal
  • Sudip Khanal Department of Public Health, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kushalata Baral Department of Public Health, Nobel College, Pokhara University, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Kabita Pathak Department of Humanities, Pashupati Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Chabahil, Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Suraj Baral Consultant Physician, Galaxy Hospital, Pokhara, Nepal
  • Anil Kafle Resident Doctor, Department of Pathology, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal
  • Maginsh Dahal Department of Public Health Asian College for Advance Studies , Purbanchal University, Satdobato, Lalitpur, Nepal

Keywords:

Corona Virus Disease, COVID-19, Knowledge, Nurses

Abstract

Background: Coronavirus disease is an emerging pandemic disease. The whole world is suffering from this disease these days. It is an acute respiratory disease in which transmission occurs essentially through respiratory droplets and this virus said to have 2-14 days of incubation.

Objective: To assess their knowledge regarding COVID19 among registered nurses of Pokhara valley.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed with the help of the pretested and self-administered questionnaires to 750 registered nurses of Pokhara valley. Thus collected data was entered into SPSS version 20 and then further analyzed using R software. Frequency, percentages, the mean and standard deviation were calculated for the analysis. p-value was calculated where ever applicable to find the significance of data.

Results: The study disclosed that mass of the respondents had moderate proportion (44.8%) concerning understanding, followed by the respondents had a low level of knowledge (29.2%) and the rest of them (26.0%) had good knowledge about COVID 19.

Conclusion: Overall knowledge among nurses was found to be satisfactory as the disease is entirely new. Further research and updates on the diseases will help to profound knowledge among nurses.

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Published

2020-07-19

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Kafle, A., Pahari, S. P., Khanal, S., Baral, K., Pathak, K., Baral, S., Kafle, A., & Dahal, M. (2020). Knowledge Regarding COVID-19 among Registered Nurses of Pokhara, Nepal. Europasian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2(2), 6–12. Retrieved from https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/ejms/article/view/35628

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): EJMS | COVID-19 Special Issue

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Original Articles

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