阿联酋医护人员对 COVID-19 患者的知识、态度和实践：一项横断面研究。
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of healthcare workers towards COVID-19 patients in the United Arab Emirates: a cross-sectional study.
机构信息
College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Public Health and Behavioral Sciences, Dubai Medical College for Girls, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
出版信息
BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Mar 14;23(1):252. doi: 10.1186/s12913-023-09215-y.
BACKGROUND
The Coronavirus disease (a highly infectious viral disease) quickly swept across the globe in 2020, causing mortality and severe respiratory illnesses. It quickly affected businesses and publicly provided services in United Arab Emirates (UAE), imposing significant costs to society. The general population of UAE was jittery and unsure how to address the problem. The focus turned on government and Health Care Workers (HCW) to handle the pandemic. Thus, knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of HCW became critical for the treatment and isolation of COVID-19 patients. Thus, the KAP of the HCW came under scrutiny. This is study set out to answer the research question, by investigating the KAP of HCW related to COVID-19 in the UAE.
METHODS
This was a cross-sectional study undertaken in UAE. The focus of was on HCWs as a population. Using convenience sampling with the help of Creative Research Software, the participants were identified, and an online questionnaire (Google Forms) distributed by the author. The questionnaire was adapted from the instrument developed by Bruce and Frey. It contained questions on demographic variables, knowledge, attitudes, and practice of HCW related to COVID-19. That instrument was contextualized to the UAE society and validated.
RESULTS
Among the participants in the study, the majority, 90.7% (97) knew that the absence of fever did not mean there was no chance of transmission from an infected person. Further, 84.1% (90) agreed that wearing general medical face masks helps prevent one from contracting COVID-19. However, only 36.4% (39) strongly believed that wearing a well-fitting face mask was effective. In addition, only 15.9% (17) reported confidently managing patients with symptoms of COVID-19, while 54.2% (58) indicated they were afraid of contracting the virus from patients. Almost 50% of the participants noted that they avoided patients who had symptoms of the COVID-19.
CONCLUSION
This study revealed that the KAP for healthcare workers from UAE healthcare facilities related to COVID-19 was high. The healthcare workers were trained well and that positively affected awareness and the practice of HCW regarding the spread of the virus.
背景
2020 年，一种高度传染性的病毒性疾病——冠状病毒病迅速席卷全球，导致死亡和严重的呼吸道疾病。它迅速影响了阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）的企业和公共服务，给社会带来了巨大的成本。阿联酋的普通民众感到紧张和不确定如何应对这个问题。人们的注意力转向了政府和医疗保健工作者（HCW）来应对这一流行病。因此，HCW 的知识、态度和实践（KAP）对于治疗和隔离 COVID-19 患者变得至关重要。因此，HCW 的 KAP 受到了审查。本研究旨在通过调查阿联酋 HCW 与 COVID-19 相关的 KAP，回答研究问题。
方法
这是在阿联酋进行的一项横断面研究。研究对象为 HCW 这一人群。在 Creative Research Software 的帮助下采用便利抽样法，作者确定了参与者，并通过 Google Forms 在线分发问卷。问卷改编自 Bruce 和 Frey 开发的工具。它包含有关与 COVID-19 相关的 HCW 的人口统计学变量、知识、态度和实践的问题。该工具已适应当地的阿联酋社会并经过验证。
结果
在研究参与者中，大多数人（90.7%，97 人）知道没有发热并不意味着感染的人没有传播的机会。此外，84.1%（90 人）同意戴普通医用口罩有助于预防感染 COVID-19。然而，只有 36.4%（39 人）强烈认为戴贴合的口罩有效。此外，只有 15.9%（17 人）自信地报告能够管理有 COVID-19 症状的患者，而 54.2%（58 人）表示他们害怕从患者那里感染病毒。几乎一半的参与者指出他们避开有 COVID-19 症状的患者。
结论
这项研究表明，阿联酋医疗机构的 HCW 对 COVID-19 的 KAP 很高。医护人员接受了良好的培训，这对提高他们的意识和实践产生了积极的影响。
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