yemenjmedYemen Journal of MedicinecoVolume 1 Issue 2MultidisciplinaryEnglishJuly - December 2022NNY20250328ArticleKnowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 among Yemeni health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: A single-center survey in Al-Thawra Hospital, Ibb Governorate, YemenEnglishY7477Ismaeel Al-Shoaibi1EnglishNBasheer Ali Abdo1EnglishYNashwanShaddad2EnglishY10.32677/yjm.v1i2.3578Background and Objective: Health care workers (HCWs) are at the highest risk of contracting COVID-19, so their knowledge about the disease and their preventive attitude and practice toward COVID-19 are of concern. The present study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of HCWs toward COVID-19 in Al-Thawra Hospital, Ibb Governorate, Yemen.Materials and Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey among HCWs in Al-Thawra Hospital, Ibb, Yemen, from January 1 to March 31, 2022.Results: Of the 80 participants, 50 (62.5%) were males and 30 (37.5%) were females with a mean age of 29.33±7.86 years. About 51.2% of respondents were aware that sneezing is a recognized symptom of COVID-19, while most were unaware of the extrarespiratory symptoms of the disease, such as diarrhea and confusion. About 28.7% of respondents believed that eating or contacting wild animals would result in infection by the COVID-19 virus, with the majority (71.3%) agreeing that wearing a well-fitting face mask effectively prevents COVID-19 infection. Approximately 48 respondents (60.0%) believed that washing hands could prevent contracting COVID-19, and only 31 (38.7%) agreed that if a patient shows signs and symptoms of COVID-19, they can confidently participate in that patient’s treatment. In response to avoid COVID-19, about 23 respondents (28.7%) had always gone to crowded places, and 35 (43.6%) had always worn face masks at every contact with patients, while only 14 (17.5%) of participants refrained from shaking hands and 37 (46.3%) always washed their hands before and after handling each patient.Conclusion: This study showed that most respondents have poor knowledge regarding the clinical picture of COVID-19 and its mode of transmission as most of them failed to detect an extrapulmonary manifestation of COVID-19 and were unaware of the possibility of transmission of the disease from wildlife. In addition, the attitude and preventive practice of the respondents were unsatisfactory in containing the transmission of the disease.EnglishCOVID-19, Health care workers, Knowledge, Attitude, Practiceshttps://yemenjmed.com/admin/abstract?id=27References16191. Zhu N, Zhang D, Wang W, et al. China novel coronavirus investigating and research team. A novel coronavirus from patients with pneumonia in China, 2019. N Engl J Med 2020;382:72733.2. Lutf AQ. COVID-19 in Yemen: The present situation and the future plan to overcome the crisis. Yemen J Med 2022;1:14-6.3. World Health Organization. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Dashboard. Geneva: World Health Organization. Available from: https://www.covid19.who.int [Last accessed on 2022 Jul 07].4. Bhasin A, Loomba P, Sharma A, et al. Knowledge, attitude, and practices of the healthcare workers regarding 2019 novel coronavirus disease-a questionnaire study. Eastern J Med Sci 2021;6:13-7.5. Hezam HS. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Shabwah governorate, Yemen: A cross-sectional study. Yemen J Med 2022;1:31-5.6. Iheanacho T, Stefanovics E, Okoro UG, et al. Assessing knowledge, attitude, practice and training related to COVID-19: A cross-sectional survey of frontline healthcare workers in Nigeria. BMJ Open 2021;11:e050138.7. Bhagavathula AS, Aldhaleei WA, Rahmani J, et al. Knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19 among health care workers: Cross sectional study. JMIR Public Health Surveill 2020;6:e19160.8. Asdaq SM, Alshrari AS, Imran M, et al. Knowledge, attitude and practices of healthcare professionals of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia towards covid-19: A cross-sectional study. Saudi J Biol Sci 2021;28:5275-82.9. Salman M, Mustafa ZU, Asif N, et al. Knowledge, attitude and preventive practices related to COVID-19: A cross-sectional study in two Pakistani university populations. Drugs Ther Perspect 2020;36:319-25.10. Kumar J, Katto MS, Siddiqui AA, et al. Knowledge, attitude, and practices of healthcare workers regarding the use of face mask to limit the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Cureus 2020;12:e7737.11. Asemahagn MA. Factors determining the knowledge and prevention practice of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 in Amhara region, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey. Trop Med Health 2020;48:72.