Coronavirus Disease-2019: Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices of Health Care Workers at Makerere University Teaching Hospitals, Uganda

Coronavirus diseases- 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging public health problem threatening the life of over 2.4 million people globally. The present study sought to determine knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of health care workers (HCWs) towards COVID-19 in Makerere University Teaching Hospitals (MUTHs) in Uganda.

An online cross sectional, descriptive study was undertaken through WhatsApp Messenger among HCWs in four MUTHs. HCWs aged 18 years and above constituted the study population. KAP towards COVID-19 was assessed by using a pre-validated questionnaire. Bloom’s cut-off of 80% was used to determine sufficient knowledge (≥80%), positive attitude (≥4) and good practice (≥2.4). All analyses were performed using STATA 15.1 and GraphPad Prism 8.3.