Department of Physiotherapy, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal.
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal.
JNMA J Nepal Med Assoc. 2022 Feb 15;60(246):160-166. doi: 10.31729/jnma.6101.
COVID-19 highly contagious viruses that have reached every corner of the world. Despite the heroic efforts to control the pandemic, health care professional risk for COVID-19 exposure was an important measure to identify due to lack of personal protective equipment. The objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of healthcare professionals providing direct care to the COVID-19 patient.
A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted through online questionnaire from June 2020 to August 2020. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Board of Nepal Health Research Council (Reference number: 363/2020 P). World Health Organization risk assessment protocol questionnaire was used for COVID-19 and distributed among 300 health care workers of Nepal involved in the management of COVID-19 hospitals. Convenience sampling was used. The KoBo toolbox was used for online data collection. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and percentage for binary data.
Among 300 study participants, 109 (36.33%), (30.85-41.74 at 95% Confidence Interval) of participants provide direct care to infected patients. With total respondents, 41 (37.61%) were registered nurses, medical doctors 28 (25.68%) and paramedics 36 (33.02%).
Health care workers who provide direct care to the COVID-19 patient were similar to other studies done in similar settings. About half of the participants were exposed to COVID-19 virus from the hospital setting rather than from community setting which is similar to the study done in similar setting which might be due to lack of follow of protocols during COVID-19 patient care.
COVID-19 是一种极具传染性的病毒，已经蔓延到世界的每一个角落。尽管人们为控制疫情做出了英勇的努力，但由于缺乏个人防护设备，医护人员感染 COVID-19 的风险是一个需要重点识别的重要因素。本研究的目的是了解直接照顾 COVID-19 患者的医护人员的患病率。
这是一项 2020 年 6 月至 8 月期间通过在线问卷进行的描述性横断面研究。本研究已获得尼泊尔健康研究委员会伦理审查委员会的批准（编号：363/2020 P）。使用世界卫生组织 COVID-19 风险评估方案问卷对尼泊尔的 300 名参与 COVID-19 医院管理的医护人员进行调查。采用便利抽样法。使用 KoBo 工具包进行在线数据收集。使用社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）版本 23 进行数据分析。计算了 95%置信区间的点估计值以及二项数据的频率和百分比。
在 300 名研究参与者中，有 109 名（36.33%）（95%置信区间为 30.85-41.74%）直接照顾感染患者。在总应答者中，有 41 名（37.61%）为注册护士，28 名（25.68%）为医生，36 名（33.02%）为护理人员。
直接照顾 COVID-19 患者的医护人员与在类似环境中进行的其他研究相似。大约一半的参与者是在医院环境中接触到 COVID-19 病毒的，而不是在社区环境中接触到 COVID-19 病毒，这与在类似环境中进行的研究相似，这可能是由于在 COVID-19 患者护理过程中缺乏协议的遵循。
