Awareness and preparedness of healthcare workers against the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey across 57 countries.
Nguyen Tien HuyR Matthew ChicoVuong Thanh HuanHosam Waleed ShaikhkhalilVuong Ngoc Thao UyenAhmad Taysir Atieh QarawiShamael Thabit Mohammed AlhadyNguyen Lam VuongLe Van TruongMai Ngoc LuuShyam Prakash DumreAtsuko ImotoPeter N LeeDao Ngoc Hien TamSze Jia NgMohammad Rashidul HashanMitsuaki MatsuiNguyen Tran Minh DucSedighe KarimzadehNut KoonrungsesomboonChris SmithSharon Elizabeth CoxKazuhiko MojiKenji HirayamaLe Khac LinhKirellos Said AbbasTran Nu Thuy DungTareq Mohammed Ali Al-AhdalEmmanuel Oluwadare BalogunNguyen The DuyMennatullah Mohamed EltarasTrang HuynhNguyen Thi Linh HueBui Diem KhueAbdelrahman Gamil GadGehad Mohamed TawfikKazumi KubotaHoang-Minh NguyenDmytro PavlenkoVu Thi Thu TrangLe-Thuong VuTran Hai YenNguyen Thi Yen-XuanLuong Thi TrangVinh DongAkash SharmaQuoc Dat VuMohammed SolimanJeza Abdul AzizJaffer ShahPham Dinh Long HungYap Siang JeeDang Thuy Ha PhuongTran Thuy Huong QuynhHoang Thi Nam GiangVy Thi Nhat HuynhNguyen Anh ThiNacir DhouibiTruc PhanVincent DuruNguyen Hai NamSherief A Ghozynull nullnull nullPublished in: PloS one (2021)
There was an unsurprising high level of awareness and preparedness among HCWs who participated in COVID-19 training courses. However, disparity existed along the lines of gender and type of HCW. It is unknown whether the difference in COVID-19 preparedness that we detected early in the pandemic may have translated into disproportionate SARS-CoV-2 burden of disease by gender or HCW type.