Kably Asim A, Almalki Riyadh A, AlQarni Abdullah M, Bardisi Wedad M
MBBCH, Family Medicine Department at King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah (KFAFH), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
MBBCH, Family Medicine Department at Ministry of Health, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Oct;10(10):3584-3589. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_317_21. Epub 2021 Nov 5.
Volunteering is an important practice for health care systems globally and contributes to the development of health care services as well.
To estimate the level of participation in public health volunteering and its determinants among healthcare workers in ministry of health primary care sector, Jeddah.
A randomized quantitative cross-sectional self-administered survey involving all primary healthcare workers in 15 centers.
The survey included socio-demographics and 33 determinants of volunteering (values, career development, enhancement, social, and protection) ranked by importance using a seven-point scale. The research committee of the joint program for family medicine in Jeddah validated the survey. Primarily we evaluated the level of participation in public health volunteering. Secondary endpoints were perception of the importance of volunteering determinants among participants, correlation between volunteering and independent socio-demographic variables, and any attribute of volunteering determinants.
Descriptive analyses using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, version 24.
231 consenting participants filled the survey. Most of the participants were Saudi citizens, predominantly female, bachelor or higher degree holders, and married. Out of 227 respondents, 98 (43%) declared volunteering in the previous year. Only the age was positively correlated to volunteering significantly. Respondents significantly perceived the 33 attributes of the questionnaire as "extremely, very, or somewhat important." Determinants like values, enhancement, and social were significant predictors of volunteering but not career development or protection.
Volunteering complements healthcare resources in coping with emergent situations like COVID-19 pandemic. More efforts are required to bring awareness toward volunteering opportunities in Saudi healthcare sector.
志愿服务是全球医疗保健系统的一项重要实践，也有助于医疗保健服务的发展。
评估吉达市卫生部初级保健部门医护人员参与公共卫生志愿服务的水平及其决定因素。
一项随机定量横断面自填式调查，涉及15个中心的所有初级保健工作者。
该调查包括社会人口统计学信息以及33个志愿服务的决定因素（价值观、职业发展、提升、社交和保护），并使用七点量表按重要性进行排序。吉达市家庭医学联合项目的研究委员会对该调查进行了验证。我们主要评估了参与公共卫生志愿服务的水平。次要终点包括参与者对志愿服务决定因素重要性的认知、志愿服务与独立社会人口统计学变量之间的相关性，以及志愿服务决定因素的任何属性。
使用社会科学统计软件包第24版进行描述性分析。
231名同意参与的参与者填写了调查问卷。大多数参与者是沙特公民，主要为女性，拥有学士或更高学位，且已婚。在227名受访者中，98人（43%）表示上一年参与过志愿服务。只有年龄与志愿服务呈显著正相关。受访者显著认为问卷中的33个属性“极其、非常或有些重要”。价值观、提升和社交等决定因素是志愿服务的显著预测因素，但职业发展或保护不是。
志愿服务在应对新冠疫情等紧急情况时可补充医疗资源。需要做出更多努力，提高沙特医疗保健部门对志愿服务机会的认识。
