Infection Prevention and Control Practices Regarding COVID-19

NCT05130749 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: KSU-HE-21-35
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 198
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

COVID-19 Pandemic

Keywords

Infection Prevention; Infection control; Primary Healthcare; Nurses; Saudi Arabia

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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 Outcomes (1)

• Detection of source of knowledge regarding COVID-19 prevention methods

  Once within 6 weeks

Other Outcomes (1)

• Circumstances when Healthcare providers practice infection prevention tasks in settings.

  Once within 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Primary Healthcare Nurses

Nurses allocated in primary Healthcare settings

Other: Questionnaire

Non Nurses Primary Healthcare

Other Healthcare providers allocated in primary health care settings

Other: Questionnaire

Interventions

Questionnaire OTHER

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.

Non Nurses Primary Healthcare; Primary Healthcare Nurses

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

healthcare practitioners and community health nurses who worked at the aforementioned centres. There are 800 nurses in total.

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• Healthcare providers that are unwilling to participate in the present study have been eliminated

Sponsors & Collaborators

• King Saud University: lead

Study Sites (1)

King Saud University

Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

COVID-19

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2021
• First Posted: November 23, 2021
• Study Start: August 12, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 15, 2021
• Study Completion: September 15, 2021
• Last Updated: November 23, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SA (1)