Department of Psychiatry, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan
Research Article
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Perceived Barriers among Mental Health Professionals in Sudanese Psychiatric Hospitals regarding COVID-19 Outbreak
Author(s): Fajr Elhashimi*, Mohammed Ibrahim and Bahga Taha
Objectives: To assess mental health professionals (MHPs) knowledge, attitude and practice in Sudanese psychiatric facilitates. Methods: A cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire targeting the whole population of MHPs which is 141, was conducted at three psychiatric facilities in Khartoum state, Sudan. 89 agreed to participate consisting of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and nurses. Results: 70.8% of MHP’s in this study had adequate knowledge of COVID-19 symptomatology, transmission, management, and preventive measures. 44.9% were not willing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Good practices like maintaining quarantine during outbreak and wearing a medical mask were observed. The significant difference found in Spearman’s correlation was between knowledge and attitude which was a negative correlation. Find.. View More»
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