Nassirou-Sabo Halimatou, Toudou-Daouda Moussa
Integrated Healthcare Center of Kore Maïroua, Kore Maïroua, Niger.
Department of Neurology, Amirou Boubacar Diallo National Hospital, Niamey, Niger.
SAGE Open Med. 2024 Jan 27;12:20503121231224549. doi: 10.1177/20503121231224549. eCollection 2024.
In Niger, a low-income country, occupational medicine is little known and practiced, particularly in the health sector, where healthcare workers are exposed to numerous occupational risks. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitudes, and practices about occupational risks and diseases among healthcare providers working at the Hospital of Dosso (Niger) to determine their knowledge, attitudes, and practices level about occupational risks and diseases.
A descriptive and quantitative census-based study was conducted among the 105 healthcare providers practicing at the hospital of Dosso between 1 April and 31 May 2023, using a self-administered questionnaire in the French language comprising a sociodemographic part and a knowledge, attitudes, and practices part about occupational risks and diseases. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices scores were calculated and Mann-Whitney or Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to assess their association with sociodemographic characteristics.
In total, 83 healthcare providers agreed to participate in the study, with a participation rate of 79%. A total of 28% of participants had received training on occupational risks and diseases. The knowledge score about occupational risks and diseases showed that 55.4% of participants had a knowledge level varying from medium to high. The score of attitudes and practices showed that 68.7% of responders had an attitudes and practices level varying from medium to high about occupational risks and diseases. According to the composite score of knowledge, attitudes, and practices, 53% of participants had a knowledge, attitudes, and practices level between medium and high. A significant association was found between the composite score of knowledge, attitudes, and practices and the workstation occupied, mainly medical imaging service ( = 0.006).
The study showed that 53% of responders had an overall level of knowledge, attitudes, and practices about occupational risks and diseases between medium and high. Among their sociodemographic characteristics, only the workstation occupied (mainly medical imaging service) was statistically associated with the composite score of knowledge, attitudes, and practices. Considering these findings, the administrators of the Hospital of Dosso must recruit an occupational medicine specialist to provide information and prevention visits on occupational risks and diseases to healthcare providers working in this institution.
在低收入国家尼日尔，职业医学鲜为人知且应用较少，尤其是在卫生部门，医护人员面临众多职业风险。本研究旨在评估在多索医院（尼日尔）工作的医护人员对职业风险和疾病的知识、态度及实践情况，以确定他们对职业风险和疾病的知识、态度及实践水平。
2023年4月1日至5月31日期间，对在多索医院执业的105名医护人员开展了一项基于普查的描述性定量研究，使用一份法语的自填式问卷，问卷包括社会人口学部分以及关于职业风险和疾病的知识、态度及实践部分。计算知识、态度及实践得分，并使用曼-惠特尼检验或克鲁斯卡尔-沃利斯检验来评估它们与社会人口学特征的关联。
共有83名医护人员同意参与研究，参与率为79%。共有28%的参与者接受过职业风险和疾病方面的培训。关于职业风险和疾病的知识得分显示，55.4%的参与者知识水平从中等至高不等。态度和实践得分显示，68.7%的应答者对职业风险和疾病的态度和实践水平从中等至高不等。根据知识、态度及实践的综合得分，53%的参与者知识、态度及实践水平处于中等至高等之间。在知识、态度及实践的综合得分与所占用的工作岗位之间发现了显著关联，主要是医学影像科（P = 0.006）。
研究表明，53%的应答者对职业风险和疾病的知识、态度及实践总体水平处于中等至高等之间。在他们的社会人口学特征中，只有所占用的工作岗位（主要是医学影像科）与知识、态度及实践的综合得分存在统计学关联。考虑到这些发现，多索医院的管理人员必须招聘一名职业医学专家，为在该机构工作的医护人员提供有关职业风险和疾病的信息及预防指导。
