Perceptions and believes of health care professionals and their views about role of media during covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan
Abstract
Background:
-
After the
start of COVID
-
19 pandemic from Wuhan
city of China in December 2019 and appearance of first case in
Pakistan in February 2020, health care professionals (HCPs) played
the role of front
-
line soldiers around the globe especially in
developing and limited re
source nations like Pakistan. The
understanding of HCPs played an important role in limiting the
spread of this infection in Pakistan.
Methodology:
-
It was an online cross
-
sectional study done by
EAST Surgical ward MAYO hospital Lahore. An online generate
d
proforma was created on Google forms and was sent through
WhatsApp and Facebook contacts of authors to HCPs all over the
Pakistan. This survey consists of total of 31 questions. Total 1000
questionnaires were collected. The completed questionnaires
were
compiled and analyzed by using SPSS software version 21.
Frequencies of responses were calculated.
Results: 650 (65%) of the respondents were male and 350 (35%)
were female. Majority of the respondents were from the age group
of 25 to 40 years 431 (43.1%)
and from the province of Punjab 490
(49%). Majority of HCPs (86.5%) believed they have enough
knowledge about COVID
-
19 and they feel no reluctance in treating
COVID
-
19 patients (75.9%). The news on media were not reliable
(52.8%) and it caused anxiety and
depression (62%) among society.
Conlusion:
-
Despite enough knowledge about Covid
-
19, more
training sessions should be arranged for HCPs and they should be
encouraged and media should be made responsible in reporting
and spreading awareness in this pandemi
c
-
After the
start of COVID
-
19 pandemic from Wuhan
city of China in December 2019 and appearance of first case in
Pakistan in February 2020, health care professionals (HCPs) played
the role of front
-
line soldiers around the globe especially in
developing and limited re
source nations like Pakistan. The
understanding of HCPs played an important role in limiting the
spread of this infection in Pakistan.
Methodology:
-
It was an online cross
-
sectional study done by
EAST Surgical ward MAYO hospital Lahore. An online generate
d
proforma was created on Google forms and was sent through
WhatsApp and Facebook contacts of authors to HCPs all over the
Pakistan. This survey consists of total of 31 questions. Total 1000
questionnaires were collected. The completed questionnaires
were
compiled and analyzed by using SPSS software version 21.
Frequencies of responses were calculated.
Results: 650 (65%) of the respondents were male and 350 (35%)
were female. Majority of the respondents were from the age group
of 25 to 40 years 431 (43.1%)
and from the province of Punjab 490
(49%). Majority of HCPs (86.5%) believed they have enough
knowledge about COVID
-
19 and they feel no reluctance in treating
COVID
-
19 patients (75.9%). The news on media were not reliable
(52.8%) and it caused anxiety and
depression (62%) among society.
Conlusion:
-
Despite enough knowledge about Covid
-
19, more
training sessions should be arranged for HCPs and they should be
encouraged and media should be made responsible in reporting
and spreading awareness in this pandemi
c
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Ammar, A. ., khattak, S. ., Khalid, A. U., Inayat, D. F. ., & Asghar Naqi, S. (2022). Perceptions and believes of health care professionals and their views about role of media during covid-19 pandemic in Pakistan. Journal of Medical Case Reports and Reviews, 3(11). Retrieved from http://jmcrr.info/index.php/jmcrr/article/view/49
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