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Evaluation of preparedness of healthcare student volunteers against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia : a cross-sectional study
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Elrggal, Mahmoud E., Karami, Nedaa A., Rafea, Bushra, Alahmadi, Lama, Al Shehri, Anwar, Alamoudi, Ruba, Koshak, Hassan, Alkahtani, Saad and Cheema, Ejaz (2018) Evaluation of preparedness of healthcare student volunteers against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Makkah, Saudi Arabia : a cross-sectional study. Journal of Public Health, 26 . pp. 607-612. doi:10.1007/s10389-018-0917-5 ISSN 2198-1833.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-018-0917-5
Abstract
Aim:
To assess the knowledge and attitude of senior medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy students toward Middle East respiratory syndrome-corona virus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia.
Subjects and methods:
A cross-sectional survey using a 21-item questionnaire was conducted for a 3-month period from November 2015–January 2016 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. The questionnaire was designed to evaluate students’ understanding and perception of MERS-CoV. An ANOVA test was used to determine the association of study discipline and academic year with the student knowledge score on MERS.
Results:
A total of 364 students were assessed during the study. The majority (62%) of the participants were in the 20–22-year age group. More than half (53%) were pharmacy students followed by (22%) medical students. More than two thirds (71%) of the participants were aware that MERS is caused by the coronavirus. More than half (59%) of the participants believed that MERS can be transmitted through direct or indirect contact with infected camels. A statistically significant association was reported between the study discipline and mean knowledge score (p < 0.0001) with medical students achieving an overall better knowledge score compared with students from other study disciplines.
Conclusion:
Overall, students had good knowledge about MERS epidemiology, transmission and the recommended protective measures. However, students expressed their reluctance to work in healthcare facilities with inadequate MERS infection control isolation policies.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | MERS (Disease), Student volunteers in medical care -- Saudi Arabia, Student volunteers in medical care -- Attitudes, Health promotion -- Saudi Arabia | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Public Health | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 2198-1833 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | December 2018 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 607-612 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10389-018-0917-5 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 14 September 2018 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 September 2018 |
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