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An online questionnaire consisting of questions about knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 was applied. Socio- demographic, occupational and comorbidities factors were explored. Simple and multiple logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with KAP.\n                  <\/ns3:p>\n                  <ns3:p>\n                    <ns3:bold>Results<\/ns3:bold>\n                    :\u00a0Of the total, 25.2%, 31.5% and 37.4% had high levels of knowledge, preventive practices and risk perception attitudes respectively. Being married aOR=6.75 CI(1.46-31.2) p=0.014, having a master's degree aOR=0.4, CI(0.21-0.80) p=0.009, having a working day with less than ten hours ORa=0.49 CI(0.25-0.95) p=0.036 and obesity aOR=0.38 CI (0.15-0.95) p=0.039 were associated with a low level of knowledge of COVID-19. The variables associated with preventive practices were being over the age of 50 aOR=0.52 CI(0.27-0.98) p=0.007, working in the hospitalization area aOR=1.86 CI(1.08-3.18) p= 0.018 and having comorbidities such as arterial hypertension aOR=0.28 CI(0.081-0.99) p=0.02 and obesity aOR=0.35 CI(0.14-0.83) p=0.019. In relation to negative attitudes towards COVID-19, it was found that physical contact with patients with a confirmed diagnosis aOR=1.84 CI (1.14-2.97) p=0.006 and having asthma aOR=2.13 CI(1.081-4.22) p=0.029 were associated with these attitudes.\n                  <\/ns3:p>\n                  <ns3:p>\n                    <ns3:bold>Conclusion<\/ns3:bold>\n                    : Our study revealed that health professionals have an insufficient level of knowledge of COVID-19. This is why we\n                  <\/ns3:p>\n                  <ns3:p>recommend implementing strategies such as health literacy programs among health care workers. 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Yanez, Facultad de Educaci\u00f3n, Carrera de Educaci\u00f3n y Gesti\u00f3n del Aprendizaje, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Peru, 25 Oct 2021, version 2, indexed","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/10-582\/v2#referee-response-97526","order":1,"name":"referee-response-97526","label":"Referee Report","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"<b>ORIANA RIVERA LOZADA<\/b>; \n<i>Posted: 31 Oct 2021<\/i>; Dear Reviewers,  The observation survey has already been carried out in the abstract (the IC was changed to the IC) and it was sent to the journal for incorporation.  Thank you very much for your comments.  \n<b>Abstract<\/b> \n<b>Background<\/b>: Nowadays, we are facing a disease caused by SARS-CoV- 2, known globally as COVID-19, which is considered a threat to global health due to its high contagiousness and rapid spread. \n<b>Methods<\/b>: Analytical cross-sectional study in 302 health professionals. An online questionnaire consisting of questions about knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards COVID-19 was applied. Socio- demographic, occupational and comorbidities factors were explored. Simple and multiple logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with KAP. \n<b>Results<\/b>: Of the total, 25.2%, 31.5% and 37.4% had high levels of knowledge, preventive practices and risk perception attitudes respectively. Being married aOR=6.75 CI(1.46-31.2) p=0.014, having a master's degree aOR=0.4, CI(0.21-0.80) p=0.009, having a working day with less than ten hours ORa=0.49 CI(0.25-0.95) p=0.036 and obesity aOR=0.38 CI (0.15-0.95) p=0.039 were associated with a low level of knowledge of COVID-19. The variables associated with preventive practices were being over the age of 50 aOR=0.52 CI(0.27-0.98) p=0.007, working in the hospitalization area aOR=1.86 CI(1.08-3.18) p=0.018 and having comorbidities such as arterial hypertension aOR=0.28 CI(0.081-0.99) p=0.02 and obesity aOR=0.35 CI(0.14-0.83) p=0.019. In relation to negative attitudes towards COVID-19, it was found that physical contact with patients with a confirmed diagnosis aOR=1.84 CI (1.14-2.97) p=0.006 and having asthma aOR=2.13 CI(1.081-4.22) p=0.029 were associated with these attitudes. \n<b>Conclusion<\/b>: Our study revealed that health professionals have an insufficient level of knowledge of COVID-19. This is why we&nbsp;recommend implementing strategies such as health literacy programs among health care workers. Thus, they can help develop positive","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/10-582\/v3#referee-comment-7374","order":2,"name":"referee-comment-7374","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work","order":3,"name":"grant-information","label":"Grant Information"},{"value":"This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.","order":0,"name":"copyright-info","label":"Copyright"}]}}