Aljabari Mohammed, Elkhateeb Mahmoud, Dorgham Hamada, Alsufi Ahmed
European Gaza Hospital, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
Palestine College of Nursing, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
East Mediterr Health J. 2023 Jan 19;29(1):49-56. doi: 10.26719/emhj.23.007.
Hospital preparedness enables the healthcare delivery system to save lives during emergencies that surpass the day-to-day capacity of existing response systems. The COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected all aspects of life worldwide, and in the Gaza Strip particularly.
We assessed the preparedness of 2 hospitals in the Gaza Strip for response to COVID-19.
An observational, analytical, cross-sectional study was conducted among 160 nurses and physicians between July 2020 and October 2021 at the European Gaza Hospital and the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital, 2 hospitals dedicated to the reception and care of COVID-19 patients in the Gaza Strip. Data were collected using a structured, self-administered questionnaire and a checklist. The data were analysed using SPSS, version 23. Frequencies and descriptive data were used to assess the variables. Inferential statistics such as ANOVA and t-test were used to determine the significance and differences between the variables. Cronbach's alpha was 0.903.
The majority of the participants were nurses (77.5%) and they showed a high level of knowledge and training regarding the response to COVID-19 pandemic (73.4 %). Their perception of the preparedness of their hospitals in terms of work environment and availability of resources was average (63.6%). Around 70% perceived COVID-19 to have had a negative effect on their personal lives and work.
The preparedness level at the 2 hospitals was unsatisfactory (55.75%). Further research is recommended to assess the level of hospital preparedness from the viewpoint of other healthcare workers.
医院应急准备能使医疗服务系统在超出现有应对系统日常能力的紧急情况下拯救生命。新冠疫情对全球生活的各个方面都产生了负面影响，在加沙地带尤为严重。
我们评估了加沙地带两家医院应对新冠疫情的准备情况。
2020年7月至2021年10月期间，在加沙地带专门接收和治疗新冠患者的欧洲加沙医院和土巴友谊医院，对160名护士和医生进行了一项观察性、分析性横断面研究。使用结构化的自填问卷和清单收集数据。数据使用SPSS 23版进行分析。频率和描述性数据用于评估变量。使用方差分析和t检验等推断统计方法来确定变量之间的显著性和差异。克朗巴哈系数为0.903。
大多数参与者是护士（77.5%），他们对新冠疫情应对表现出较高的知识水平和培训程度（73.4%）。他们对医院在工作环境和资源可用性方面的准备情况的认知处于中等水平（63.6%）。约70%的人认为新冠疫情对他们的个人生活和工作产生了负面影响。
两家医院的准备水平不令人满意（55.75%）。建议进一步开展研究，从其他医护人员的角度评估医院的准备水平。
