Quest Journals Journal of Medical and Dental Science Research Volume 8~ Issue 10 (2021) pp: 25-31 ISSN(Online) : 2394-076X ISSN (Print):2394-0751 www.questjournals.org *Corresponding Author: Dr. OGUNKOYA John Omotola 25 | Page Research Paper Fear status and level of confidence among frontline health care workers managing covid-19 cases ina private tertiary hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria. Ogunkoya John Omotola 1 , Ladele Emmanuel Akindele 2 , Uduagbamen Peter Kehinde 3 , ImishueOnome Tobore 4 , Eigbe Solomon 1 1. Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Babcock University Teaching Hospital/ Department of Medicine, Benjamin Carson (Snr) College of Health and Medical Sciences, Babcock University Ilishan- Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. 2. Department of Family Medicine, Babcock University Teaching Hospital/ Benjamin Carson (Snr) College of Health and Medical Sciences, Babcock University Ilishan- Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. 3. Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Babcock University Teaching Hospital/ Department of Medicine, Benjamin Carson (Snr) College of Health and Medical Sciences, Babcock University, Ilishan- Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. 4. Mental health unit, Babcock University Teaching Hospital/ Department of Medicine, Benjamin Carson (Snr) College of Health and Medical Sciences, Babcock University Ilishan- Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Corresponding author: Dr. OGUNKOYA John Omotola Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Babcock University Teaching Hospital/ Department of Medicine, Benjamin Carson (Snr) College of Health and Medical Sciences, PMB 4003, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria ABSTRACT Introduction\ The spread of novel coronavirus 2019 has led to loss of lives all over the world. This increased morbidity and associated increase in mortality rate, has led to severe negative effects among healthcare workers. Also, the stress experience to this situation by healthcare workers (HCWs) heightened the fear of being infected, falling ill, being hospitalized and subsequently dying from the virus in the line of duty. This may have had negative effects on the mental state of these HCWs. The aim is to determine the fear and the confidence status of frontline healthcare workers in a private tertiary hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria and how they are affected by socio- demographic factors. Materials and methods This study was a prospective cross-sectional survey conducted using a structured self administered questionnaire. 198 study participants were selected for this study using random sampling method. . Data on socio-demographic variables, level of fear and confidence of managing COVID-19 infection were obtained using Likert scales. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 26. The Data was subjected to univariate and bivariate analysis. Proportions Mean and Standard Deviation was generated using univariate analysis. Descriptive statistics was employed in the confidence and fear scores. The association between categorical or nominal data (socio-demographic factors) and the means of confidence and fear scores (continuous data) were analyzed using student t- test. Results The mean age of study participants was gender distribution shows that 84 respondents (42.4%) were males, while 114 (57.6%) was females. Majority (n=93, 46.9%) of healthcare workers who participated in this study were somewhat confident of managing cases of COVID-19. Only 16.8% (n=33)of health care workers had confidence level of 5/10. More than one-fifth of HCWs (n=44, 22.4%) had scale of fear of 7/10. There were no significant associations between age, gender and specialties of the study participants and their mean fear and confidence scores Conclusion The study showed that male healthcare workers had a higher mean confidence score compared to their female counterparts. Also, there were no positive significant associations between socio-demographic characteristics and workplace fear and confidence levels of COVID-19.