Wollo University.
Wollo University.
Heart Lung. 2022 Nov-Dec;56:112-117. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2022.06.017. Epub 2022 Jun 29.
Coronavirus disease affects the world in multidisciplinary ways. In Ethiopia, it affects many people, including health professionals. Health institutions should have been ready to handle COVID-19 cases and protect their staff from this pandemic. Hospitals in eastern Amhara provide services for more than 30 million people.
To assess the readiness of government hospitals in eastern Amhara for coronavirus disease prevention and treatment in 2019.
The institutional-based descriptive cross-sectional study design was conducted in 28 governmental hospitals in the eastern Amhara region. A structured checklist exported to the word processing system online link was created. Randomly selected nurses in each hospital were virtually trained and collected the data; the link was shared with them. We use SPSS version 23 for data cleaning and analysis. For data summary and presentation, frequency, mean, tables, graphs, and text were used. Using concept analysis, different sections of these hospitals were assessed. A linear regression was done and Pearson correlation coefficient (r) values were used to measure the degree of relationship between dependent and independent variables.
This study indicates that more than half (57.14%) responded "no" to the questions, suggesting unpreparedness. The age of the hospital (r = 0.25), distance from the regional capital city (r = 0.113), distance from the capital city (r = 0.125), and location of the hospital (r = 0.094) had little relationship with the readiness of the hospital for COVID-19 disease prevention and care.
In this most hospitals were not ready to handle COVID-19 cases and couldn't protect staff from this pandemic. Therefore, local and regional health offices and the federal ministry of health, as well as other health organizations, should enhance their capacity to fight COVID 19.
冠状病毒病以多学科的方式影响着世界。在埃塞俄比亚，它影响了包括卫生专业人员在内的许多人。卫生机构应该已经准备好处理 COVID-19 病例，并保护其工作人员免受这一大流行病的影响。东部阿姆哈拉的医院为超过 3000 万人提供服务。
评估 2019 年东部阿姆哈拉地区政府医院预防和治疗冠状病毒病的准备情况。
采用机构为基础的描述性横断面研究设计，在东部阿姆哈拉地区的 28 家政府医院进行。创建了一个导出到在线文字处理系统链接的结构化检查表。在每个医院随机选择护士进行虚拟培训并收集数据；将链接与他们共享。我们使用 SPSS 版本 23 进行数据清理和分析。为了汇总和展示数据，使用了频率、平均值、表格、图表和文本。使用概念分析评估了这些医院的不同部分。进行了线性回归，使用皮尔逊相关系数 (r) 值来衡量自变量和因变量之间的关系程度。
这项研究表明，超过一半（57.14%）的医院对这些问题的回答是“否”，表明准备不足。医院的年龄（r=0.25）、距离地区首府城市的距离（r=0.113）、距离首都的距离（r=0.125）和医院的位置（r=0.094）与医院预防和治疗 COVID-19 疾病的准备情况关系不大。
在这项研究中，大多数医院还没有准备好处理 COVID-19 病例，无法保护工作人员免受这一大流行病的影响。因此，地方和地区卫生办公室以及联邦卫生部以及其他卫生组织应加强其应对 COVID 19 的能力。
