Infection Prevention and Control Practices Regarding COVID-19

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Background: Healthcare providers, particularly nurses, are at risk of infection as part of the COVID-19 epidemic chain since they assist in the disease's containment. By recognising the risk factors for infection and implementing suitable measures to reduce these risks, all reasonable efforts should be taken to control the spread of infection to them. The major aim of the present study was to determine the level of infection prevention and control practises used by primary healthcare nurses in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Official Title
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Infection Prevention and Control Practices Among Primary Healthcare Nurses Regarding COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia

Conditions
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COVID-19 Pandemic

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Questionnaire


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Male and female healthcare practitioners with at least one year of experience and who worked in all areas of primary healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 epidemic. Exclusion Criteria: Healthcare providers that are unwilling to participate in the present study have been eliminated
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Primary Healthcare Nurses<br>Nurses allocated in primary Healthcare settings | Other: Questionnaire<br>* The questionnaire's first section asked for demographic information such as gender, age, the name of the primary healthcare centre, and level of education. The second section comprised sources of knowledge on COVID-19; respondents replied on a scale of 1 least used (1), occasionally (2), more frequently (3), and most used (4). The third section had six items pertaining to nurses' infection prevention and control methods with reference to COVID-19, and respondents replied on a scale of yes (2), occasionally (1), and no (0). Permission to use the questionnaire has been requested from the author and is awaited.<br>|
| Non Nurses Primary Healthcare<br>Other Healthcare providers allocated in primary health care settings | Other: Questionnaire<br>* The questionnaire's first section asked for demographic information such as gender, age, the name of the primary healthcare centre, and level of education. The second section comprised sources of knowledge on COVID-19; respondents replied on a scale of 1 least used (1), occasionally (2), more frequently (3), and most used (4). The third section had six items pertaining to nurses' infection prevention and control methods with reference to COVID-19, and respondents replied on a scale of yes (2), occasionally (1), and no (0). Permission to use the questionnaire has been requested from the author and is awaited.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Distribution of study participants by gender, age group, marital status, and income level in a self-reported questionnaire. | Demographic data included age, gender, experience, educational level, marital status, income and job will be assessed using numerical code for each demographic variable. | Once within 6 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Detection of source of knowledge regarding COVID-19 prevention methods | Using self-reporting questionnaire, will assess Social Media, Radio & television, Seminars & workshops, Posters & Pamphlets, Newspapers &Magazines and Seniors & Other Colleagues from (Least used= 1 to Most used= 4). | Once within 6 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Infection Prevention, Infection control, Primary Healthcare, Nurses, Saudi Arabia