Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Doctor Negrín, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Nursing Department, Universitat Jaume I, 12006 Castellón de la Plana, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 17;20(4):3571. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043571.
The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of the availability of a health professional on the beliefs, attitudes, and work feelings of teaching staff when facing the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a two-phase study: In the first one, the Delphi technique was used to update an instrument used by the authors in a previous investigation in 2020. The second phase was a cross-sectional, descriptive, and comparative study, carried out through an electronic questionnaire distributed among the teaching staff of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands (Spain), during the first two months of the 2021/22 academic year, in the midst of the fifth wave of COVID-19. Data were analyzed using Pearson's chi-squared test and the linear trend test. The reasons for advantages were analyzed and the dimensions of the questionnaire were compared between the groups studied (with or without a healthcare professional in the center). Out of 640 teachers in the study, 14.7% ( = 94) stated that they had a reference professional with health training in their educational center (a school nurse) for the management of possible cases of COVID-19. Significant differences were found in five of the nine dimensions studied between the groups of teachers analyzed. Teachers who had a health professional, specifically a nurse, during the pandemic indicated that they felt safer in their educational center, as they perceived that they had more personal protective equipment (OR = 2.03, [95% CI: 1.23-3.35]; = 0.006). They were also more committed (OR = 1.89, [95% CI: 1.04-3.46]; = 0.038) with their educational work and assumed more obligations (OR = 1.87, [95% CI: 1.01-3.44]; = 0.045) and risks (OR = 2.82, [95% CI: 1.13-7.07]; = 0.027). In addition, they presented fewer feelings of burnout (OR = 0.63, [95% CI: 0.41-0.98]; = 0.041). These results indicate that having nurses in educational centers improves teachers' ability to cope with a pandemic situation.
本研究旨在分析在 COVID-19 大流行期间，医疗专业人员的可用性对教职员工的信念、态度和工作感受的影响。这是一项两阶段研究：第一阶段采用德尔菲技术更新了作者在 2020 年之前的一项调查中使用的工具。第二阶段是一项横断面、描述性和比较研究，通过电子问卷在 2021/22 学年的头两个月在加那利群岛自治区（西班牙）的教职员工中进行，当时正值 COVID-19 的第五波。使用 Pearson 卡方检验和线性趋势检验分析数据。分析了优势的原因，并比较了研究组（中心是否有医疗保健专业人员）之间问卷的维度。在 640 名研究教师中，有 14.7%（=94 名）表示他们在教育中心（学校护士）有接受过健康培训的参考专业人员，以管理可能的 COVID-19 病例。在分析的九个维度中的五个维度中，研究组之间存在显著差异。在大流行期间有卫生专业人员（具体为护士）的教师表示，他们在教育中心感到更安全，因为他们认为自己有更多的个人防护设备（OR=2.03，[95%CI：1.23-3.35]；=0.006）。他们对教育工作的承诺度也更高（OR=1.89，[95%CI：1.04-3.46]；=0.038），承担了更多的义务（OR=1.87，[95%CI：1.01-3.44]；=0.045）和风险（OR=2.82，[95%CI：1.13-7.07]；=0.027）。此外，他们的倦怠感更低（OR=0.63，[95%CI：0.41-0.98]；=0.041）。这些结果表明，在教育中心配备护士可以提高教师应对大流行情况的能力。
