{"doi":"10.2147/rmhp.s356410","title":"Health Care Workers’ Perceived Self-Efficacy to Manage COVID-19 Patients in Central Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study","abstract":"Background: The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic placed health workers at the frontline of the emergency task force response; a duty that requires professional expertise and confidence to rapidly identify and treat patients with COVID-19. This study explored perceived self-efficacy (PSE) of health care workers (HCWs) in the management of patients with COVID-19 and associated factors in central Uganda. Methods: We recruited 418 HCWs from four national referral hospitals in Uganda. Multivariate linear regression analysis was utilized to determine factors associated with PSE. A p-value > 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: Majority of the participants were female, about half were nurses/midwives, and had 10 years of work experience on average. Overall, HCWs reported moderate PSE in managing COVID-19 patients which reduced with increasing severity of the COVID-19 illness. Having a PhD, being a medical doctor, agreeing or completely agreeing that one has knowledge about COVID-19 management, and having COVID-19 management training were significantly associated with increase in one's level of PSE. Conclusion: This study highlights an unsatisfactory, moderate level of PSE among HCWs in the management of patients with COVID-19 in central Uganda. The health sector should focus on improving HCWs' self-efficacy through continuous training of all HCWs in the clinical management of especially the severe and critically ill cases of COVID-19. Non-doctor HCWs should be given priority as they scored lower levels of PSE; yet they are the corner stone of the primary health care system and make majority of the health human resource in low- and middle-income countries. Interventions towards creating a safe working environment for HCWs through provision of adequate infection prevention and control strategies are essential in boosting HCWs confidence to manage COVID-19 patients.","journal":"Risk Management and Healthcare Policy","year":2022,"id":280790,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":9,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9585,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2022-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":379290,"name":"Tom Denis Ngabirano","orcid":"0000-0002-8228-6270","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":955634,"name":"Thomas Balizzakiwa","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":955635,"name":"Rebecca Nabadda","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":714377,"name":"Mark Mohan Kaggwa","orcid":"0000-0002-4733-154X","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":342585,"name":"David Patrick Kateete","orcid":"0000-0001-8075-3069","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":436839,"name":"Samuel Kalungi","orcid":null,"position":6,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":816041,"name":"Jolly Beyeza‐Kashesya","orcid":"0000-0001-8148-100X","position":7,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":495162,"name":"Sarah Kiguli","orcid":"0000-0002-8764-4161","position":8,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":955249,"name":"Sarah Maria Najjuka","orcid":"0000-0003-2020-7941","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":38,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T00:29:03.247347Z","pmid":"35769499","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}