WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

*Aparna C. Lakshmy, Aparna P. Nair and Sanju Sharma

ABSTRACT

The present study was designed to assess the level of knowledge and self-reported practice on infection control measures during COVID -19 among ambulance drivers in Kerala. The main aim of the study were to estimate the level of knowledge and self-reported practice on infection control measures during COVID -19 among ambulance drivers and to detect the association between the knowledge and self-reported practice on infection control measures during COVID -19 among ambulance drivers and selected socio-demographic data. Quantitative, descriptive design was adopted for this study. The sample size was 59 ambulance drivers which was selected by convenience sampling technique. The tools used were structured questionnaire to collect sociodemographic data structured knowledge questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge and rating scale to assess the self-reported practice. The findings revealed that 7 % of ambulance drivers had poor knowledge, 57 % of the ambulance drivers had average knowledge ,22 % of them had good knowledge and 14 % of the ambulance drivers had excellent knowledge. Assessment of self-reported practice revealed that majority 90 % of the ambulance drivers had good practice and 10 % of them had average practice regarding infection control measures during COVID-19 among ambulance drivers. Although ambulance drivers had basic knowledge and self-reported practice regarding infection control measures during COVID-19, there is a need for training programmes to develop a sense of responsibility to control the spread of COVID -19.

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