Research Article

Assessment of Health Workers’ Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, and Use of Personal Protective Equipment for Prevention of COVID-19 Infection in Low-Resource Settings

Table 1

Summary of the semistructured questionnaire.

QuestionsDomain assessedExplanatory note

Questions 1–7General knowledge of health workers on PPEGood and poor based on a score ≥ mean knowledge score
Questions 8–10Training of health workers on PPEAssesses how the health workers are trained on PPE
Questions 11–18The health workers PPE skill in practiceAssesses how to select, wear, remove, and discard PPE
Questions 19–23The health workers attitude to PPEAssesses the attitude of health workers to use of PPE
Questions 24–28The health workers belief on PPEAssesses the believes of health workers towards use of PPE
Questions 29–33The sociodemographics of the respondentsAge, gender, occupation, and practice location

PPE: personal protective equipment.