Sattar Mohamed Essa Abed-Al, Thamer Mahmood Salim, Gatea Ali Ghanim
Department of Community Health Techniques, College of Health & Medical Technology.
Department of Medical Laboratory Technologies, College of Health & Medical Technology.
J Public Health Afr. 2023 Oct 1;14(10):2788. doi: 10.4081/jphia.2023.2788. eCollection 2023 Oct 31.
Workplace problems that are likely to increase the risk to our health are referred to as occupational hazards. These problems can be classified as either biological or non-biological. A wide range of these risks, including physical, chemical, and psychological ones, provide challenges for healthcare practitioners. Such risks therefore negatively affect employees, their families, friends, and the country. The purpose of the study is to assess the level of adherence to preventive practices towards occupational hazards in the hospitals of Thi-Qar Governorate and its relationship to the demographic and occupational information of the healthcare workers. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in hospitals Thi-Qar Governorate, During the period from September 5th, 2022 ending on February 10th, 2023, 355 of healthcare workers individuals participated in the study, and the data was collected using self-reported questionnaires and information about practices was collected through a systematic questionnaire developed by the researcher. Regarding the preventive practice of the staff, the results observed that all responses regarding the present results reveal the highest percentage 41.7% of HCWs have a poor practices score, while the lowest percentage 20.8% of them have a moderate practices score. The mean ± SD of the overall practices score was (53.81±17.807) which rested within a moderate level (48-46 score). The results of this study indicate that there is a significant association between the overall practices score and socio-demographic variables (P-value #x003C;0.05). This explained that the participants who age ≤25 years, Education level (Ph.D.), and have no chronic diseases, had higher good practices than other categories. Also, the results of this study indicate that there is a significant association between the overall practices score and occupation characteristics (P-value #x003C;0.05), This explained that the years of work (≥15 years), and, hours of work (≤5 h), had higher good practices than other categories. Most of the employees of the hospitals selected for the sample in Thi-Qar Governorate have 'Moderate' commitments to safety measures with regard to occupational hazards in their surrounding workplaces, The study showed that years of experience, time of work and educational level have a significant impact on practices towards occupational hazards in hospitals.
可能会增加我们健康风险的工作场所问题被称为职业危害。这些问题可分为生物性或非生物性。其中包括物理、化学和心理等多种风险，给医护人员带来了挑战。因此，此类风险会对员工及其家人、朋友和国家产生负面影响。本研究的目的是评估济加尔省各医院对职业危害预防措施的遵守程度，及其与医护人员人口统计学和职业信息的关系。在济加尔省各医院开展了一项描述性横断面研究。在2022年9月5日至2023年2月10日期间，355名医护人员参与了该研究，数据通过自我报告问卷收集，关于预防措施的信息则通过研究人员编制的系统问卷收集。关于工作人员的预防措施，结果显示，就目前的结果而言，所有回复表明，41.7%的医护人员预防措施得分较低，而得分中等的比例最低，为20.8%。总体预防措施得分的均值±标准差为(53.81±17.807)，处于中等水平(48 - 64分)。本研究结果表明，总体预防措施得分与社会人口统计学变量之间存在显著关联(P值<0.05)。这说明年龄≤25岁、教育水平为博士且无慢性病的参与者，其预防措施良好率高于其他类别。此外，本研究结果表明，总体预防措施得分与职业特征之间存在显著关联(P值<0.05)，这说明工作年限≥15年且工作时长≤5小时的人员，其预防措施良好率高于其他类别。济加尔省样本医院的大多数员工对其周围工作场所的职业危害安全措施的遵守程度为“中等”。该研究表明，工作经验、工作时间和教育水平对医院职业危害预防措施有显著影响。
