Primary Health Care Corporation, Doha, 26555, Qatar; Family Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, 41522, Egypt.
General Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, 3050, Qatar; Internal Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Infect Dis Health. 2022 Aug;27(3):111-118. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2021.12.002. Epub 2021 Dec 21.
During COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are experiencing unprecedented pressure from stressors including enormous workload, virus exposure, and inadequate PPE. This study aimed to assess primary healthcare physicians' satisfaction towards work safety and personal protective equipment and their predictors during early stages of COVID-19 pandemic in Qatar.
A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted in 27 primary healthcare centers in Qatar from 1st June to 30 July 2020. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used when appropriate. A multivariable linear regression analysis was done to identify predictors of satisfaction among participants.
A total of 262 participants completed the questionnaire with a response rate of 58.2%. 51.9% were males and 68.3% were family physicians. Only 14.9% and 17.2% of respondents were satisfied or highly satisfied about the overall safety of work and the clinical guidelines on the use of PPE in the context of COVID-19 respectively. Participants who were general practitioners were significantly more likely to be satisfied with maintaining work safety and local PPE guidelines compared to family physicians by 2.93 scores (95% CI 1.43, 4,43 p -value <0.001), and 2.82 scores (95% CI 1.19, 4,44 p -value 0.001) respectively. Also, physicians who had more than ten years of experience in practice were significantly more likely to be satisfied with the PPE use guidelines compared to those who had fewer years of experience by 1.93 scores (95% CI 0.45, 3.41 p -value 0.011).
Overall satisfaction of participants with the safety of work and PPE clinical practice guidelines was low.
在 COVID-19 大流行期间,医护人员承受着前所未有的压力,压力源包括巨大的工作量、病毒暴露和个人防护装备不足。本研究旨在评估 COVID-19 大流行早期卡塔尔初级保健医生对工作安全和个人防护设备的满意度及其预测因素。
2020 年 6 月 1 日至 7 月 30 日,在卡塔尔的 27 个初级保健中心进行了横断面网络调查。在适当的情况下使用描述性和分析性统计。进行多变量线性回归分析,以确定参与者满意度的预测因素。
共有 262 名参与者完成了问卷,应答率为 58.2%。51.9%为男性,68.3%为家庭医生。只有 14.9%和 17.2%的受访者对工作总体安全和 COVID-19 背景下个人防护设备使用的临床指南表示满意或非常满意。与家庭医生相比,全科医生对维持工作安全和当地个人防护设备指南的满意度明显更高,分别高出 2.93 分(95%CI 1.43,4.43;p 值<0.001)和 2.82 分(95%CI 1.19,4.44;p 值<0.001)。此外,与经验较少的医生相比,具有 10 年以上实践经验的医生对个人防护设备使用指南的满意度明显更高,高出 1.93 分(95%CI 0.45,3.41;p 值=0.011)。
参与者对工作安全和个人防护设备临床实践指南的总体满意度较低。