Saurabh Kumar, Ranjan Shilpi
Department of Pediatrics, Government Medical College, Bettiah, Bihar, India.
Department of Community Medicine, Nalanda Medical College and Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):4247-4251. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_799_20. eCollection 2020 Aug.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 is a new threat to human lives worldwide. Preparedness of institutions during epidemic outbreak has a pivotal role in saving lives and preventing further spread. At the same time, these pandemics impact badly on professional and personal life of Health care workers. The objective of this study is to find the opinion of Health care workers regarding their level of preparedness, concerns and perceived impact related to this pandemic outbreak.
In this study, random samples of doctors and nurses was provided with a self-administered questionnaire regarding their preparedness, work and non-work related concerns and impact on their lives during Covid-19 outbreak.
Most of the Health Care Workers believed that their institute preparation to fight Covid-19 pandemic is better than prior to onset of this crisis ( < 0.001). Work related stress was seen more commonly in nurses whereas higher frequency of non-work related stress was observed among doctors. Nurses (75.55%) faith in their employer was more than doctors faith (46.66%) regarding their medical needs. There was more acceptance of hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic drug for Covid-19 in doctors compared to nurses ( < 0.01).
Though this institute was more prepared at the time of pandemic spread, substantial opportunity of improvement remains. The consistency of work and non work related anxiety and stress in health care workers is very high in present study group. Concerns and risks of Health Care Workers should be addressed ethically and adequately by strengthening safety measures and building trust in the system they work.
2019冠状病毒病是全球人类生命面临的新威胁。疫情爆发期间机构的准备工作在拯救生命和防止进一步传播方面起着关键作用。与此同时，这些大流行对医护人员的职业和个人生活产生了严重影响。本研究的目的是了解医护人员对其准备水平、担忧以及与此次大流行爆发相关的感知影响的看法。
在本研究中，向医生和护士的随机样本提供了一份关于他们在新冠疫情爆发期间的准备情况、与工作和非工作相关的担忧以及对其生活影响的自填式问卷。
大多数医护人员认为他们所在机构抗击新冠疫情的准备工作比此次危机爆发前更好（<0.001）。与工作相关的压力在护士中更为常见，而在医生中观察到与非工作相关压力的频率更高。在医疗需求方面，护士（75.55%）对雇主的信任度高于医生（46.66%）。与护士相比，医生中更多人接受羟氯喹作为新冠预防药物（<0.01）。
尽管该机构在疫情传播时准备更充分，但仍有很大的改进空间。在本研究组中，医护人员工作和非工作相关的焦虑和压力的一致性非常高。应通过加强安全措施和建立对他们工作系统的信任，从道德上充分解决医护人员的担忧和风险。
