Dr Nadira Haque, Senior Consultant, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh; E-mail:
Mymensingh Med J. 2023 Jul;32(3):732-742.
The world has been devastated facing the outbreak of a novel infectious disease known as Corona virus disease (COVID-19). This has been declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization. The frontline health care workers, who are directly involved in the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with COVID-19, are taking significant personal risks on their own health and those of their family members. Objectives of the study include establishing the physical, psychological and social impact experience by the healthcare workers serving in public hospitals of Bangladesh. This prospective cross-sectional observational study was carried out at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital, the first Covid-19 designated hospital of Bangladesh between the 1st June and the 31st August, 2020. A total of 294 doctors, nurses, ward boys and ailed healthcare workers were included in this study via purposive sampling. The study found statistically significant (p value 0.024) difference of medical co-morbidities between Covid-19 positive and Covid-19 negative groups of health care professionals. Significant association was found between duration of work and presence during aerosol generating procedure with COVID infectivity of the study subjects. 72.8% respondents experienced public fear of contracting the virus from them and 69.0% noticed negative attitude of the society towards them. Eighty five percent (85.0%) did not get any community support during this pandemic crisis. The health care professionals engaged in COVID-19 treatment have been taking significant personal risk on their life in terms of physical, psychological and social perspective. Providing safeguard to the health care workers are integral components of public health measures for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Special interventions to promote their physical wellbeing and arrangement of adequate psychological training need to be immediately implemented to cope up this critical situation.
面对新型传染病冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 的爆发，世界已经遭受了巨大的破坏。世界卫生组织已宣布这是一种大流行。奋战在一线的医护人员直接参与 COVID-19 患者的诊断、治疗和护理，他们自身和家人的健康面临着巨大的风险。本研究的目的是了解孟加拉国公立医院医护人员所经历的身体、心理和社会影响。这是一项前瞻性的横断面观察性研究，于 2020 年 6 月 1 日至 8 月 31 日在科威特孟加拉友好政府医院（孟加拉国第一家 COVID-19 指定医院）进行。通过目的抽样，共纳入了 294 名医生、护士、病房男孩和辅助医疗工作者。研究发现，COVID-19 阳性和 COVID-19 阴性医护人员组之间存在统计学显著差异（p 值 0.024）。在气溶胶生成过程中工作时间和在场时间与研究对象的 COVID 感染性之间存在显著关联。72.8%的受访者担心从他们那里感染病毒，69.0%的人注意到社会对他们的负面态度。85%（85.0%）在大流行危机期间没有得到任何社区支持。参与 COVID-19 治疗的医护人员在身体、心理和社会方面都面临着巨大的个人风险。为医护人员提供保障是应对 COVID-19 大流行的公共卫生措施的重要组成部分。需要立即采取特别干预措施来促进他们的身体健康，并安排足够的心理培训，以应对这一关键情况。
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