COVID-19 Impact on Saudi Healthcare Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices

Abstract

In December 2019, Chinese authorities in the city of Wuhan reported the discovery of a new infectious disease spread by a beta coronavirus. Since the discovery of the first case, COVID-19 has had a global impact in almost every country around the world, resulting in more than 698 million cases and close to 7 million deaths (20). Saudi Arabia was one of the most impacted Middle East countries by COVID-19 having more than 800,000 cases and nearly 10,000 deaths (20). Healthcare workers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices concerning COVID-19 were some of the key factors that were attributed to its rapid spread and prevention across many countries around the world. This literature review will discuss the COVID-19 impact on Saudi healthcare worker's knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP).Healthcare workers especially those working in the frontline needed comprehensive information and training on coronavirus to effectively protect themselves from the disease. It was through creating awareness and training on the disease that the Saudi healthcare system was able to promote KAP among its workers to effectively cometbat the spread of the disease (16).In conclusion, the literature review discussed various studies touching on the impacts of knowledge, attitude, and practices among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic.