Assessment of Knowledge and Skills on Covid-19 among Frontline Nurses in Zanzibar: Baseline Data from Quasi-Experimental Study

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Abstract Background: Covid-19 is one of the most serious pandemic outbreaks in history the world ever experienced. Its emergency and reemergence poses a substantial threat to nurses who often get close contact with patients, their knowledge and skills on managing the suspected and confirmed cases serve the foundation for positive response toward the outbreak; thus this study aimed at assessing the knowledge and skills of Zanzibar nurses on Covid-19Methods: A descriptive cross-section web-based survey was conducted in a set of 139 nurses from Zanzibar to assess their knowledge and skills for the covid-19 pandemic outbreak. Multistage sampling was employed to select the regions, hospitals and final the participants. Computer-generated questionnaires with a total of 50 items were used to collect information on the recruited respondents; data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: The assessment of knowledge and skills on covid-19 among frontline nurses from Zanzibar indicate that; the overall mean score knowledge of all respondents was (20.7±3.06) ranged from 13-26 while the overall cognitive skills scores were (20.69±3.06) ranged from 8-18. Age, level of education and working experience were found to be a significant predictor for both knowledge and skills on covid-19 at the level of 5% while working at the referral was only significant to skill. Conclusion: The participants were knowledgeable and skilled regarding the topic of interest however this competence wasn’t directly associated with the study domain of covid-19 rather were significantly associated with other domains related to nursing activities such as IPC and general nursing care.

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