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Table 4 Attitude of chronic disease patients, Aksum hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 422)

From: Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards COVID-19 among chronic disease patients at Aksum Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, 2020: a cross-sectional study

Serial Number

Questions

1.

Do you agree that COVID-19 will finally be successfully controlled?

2.

Do you have confidence that Ethiopia can win the battle against the COVID-19 virus?

3.

You think you will probably get the illness

4.

You are worried one of your family members may get an infection

5.

If getting COVID-19, you will accept isolation in health facilities

6.

Transmission of COVID-19 can be prevented by washing hands with soap frequently

7.

Prevalence of COVID-19 can be reduced by the active participant of health care workers in hospital infection control programs

8.

If a COVID-19 vaccine was available, I would have it

9.

COVID-19 patients should be kept in isolation

10.

Patients should disclose their exposure

11/

Medical staffs are ready to participate in anti-epidemic in the community

  1. Attitude: Favorable 251(59.5%)
  2. Unfavorable 171(40.5%)
  3. Mean of attitude (33.9 ± 11.6 SD) with a range of 12 to 55