El Gaafary M M, Abd Elaziz K M, Abdel-Rahman A G, Allam M F
Department of Community, Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Prev Med Hyg. 2010 Sep;51(3):105-9.
In Egypt, influenza A (H1N1) cases have been detected and deaths have been reported. The aim of this study was to investigate concerns, perceived impacts and preparedness of Physicians and Nurses of Chest Specialty Hospital in Cairo (Egypt) concerning Influenza A (H1N1).
A questionnaire was applied to a total of 72 Physicians and 41 Nurses from Chest Specialty Hospital in Cairo (Egypt).
More than half of physicians (55.6%) were men, while most of nurses (92.7%) were women. The mean age in years of physicians was 36.6 +/- 11.3 compared to 26.5 +/- 8 in nurses. Physicians feel that they are at greater risk by their job to the pandemic 100% compared to 87.6% among nurses and the difference is highly significant. More than one third of the studied physicians reported that they are not ready to face H1N1 pandemic. Residents feel less ready to face the danger of lnfluenza A(H1N1) compared with Consultants and Specialists/Assistant Specialists, with no statistical significant difference. In concordance, Residents reported less Personal Protective Equipment training compared with Consultants and Specialists/Assistant Specialists, with no statistical significant difference. All Consultants received Seasonal Influenza Vaccine compared with Specialists/Assistant Specialists (68.2%) and Residents (44.7%).
Higher work related and non work related stress was found among physicians compared to nurses, which reflects the demand of more information and training courses for physicians about the pandemic nature and its consequences, complications, and methods infection prevention.
在埃及，已检测到甲型流感（H1N1）病例并报告了死亡情况。本研究旨在调查开罗（埃及）胸部专科医院的医生和护士对甲型流感（H1N1）的担忧、感知影响及应对准备情况。
对埃及开罗胸部专科医院的72名医生和41名护士进行问卷调查。
超过一半的医生（55.6%）为男性，而大多数护士（92.7%）为女性。医生的平均年龄为36.6±11.3岁，而护士为26.5±8岁。医生认为其工作使他们面临大流行的风险更高，占比100%，而护士为87.6%，差异具有高度显著性。超过三分之一的受访医生表示他们未准备好应对H1N1大流行。住院医生相较于顾问医生和专科医生/助理专科医生，感觉应对甲型流感（H1N1）危险的准备更不足，但差异无统计学意义。同样，住院医生报告接受的个人防护装备培训相较于顾问医生和专科医生/助理专科医生更少，差异无统计学意义。所有顾问医生都接种了季节性流感疫苗，相比之下，专科医生/助理专科医生的接种率为68.2%，住院医生为44.7%。
与护士相比，医生的工作相关和非工作相关压力更高，这反映出需要为医生提供更多关于大流行性质及其后果、并发症和感染预防方法的信息和培训课程。
