Preparedness and Responses of Healthcare Providers to Combat the Spread of COVID-19 Among North Shewa Zone Hospitals, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2020.
Preparedness and Responses of Healthcare Providers to Combat the Spread of COVID-19 Among North Shewa Zone Hospitals, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2020.
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DOI：
10.2147/idr.s265829
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Ayelign B
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作者：
Mulu GB;Kebede WM;Worku SA;Mittiku YM;Ayelign B
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一种由新型冠状病毒引起的新兴呼吸道疾病，于2019年12月在中国武汉首次发现。该病具有高度传染性，其主要临床症状包括发热、干咳、乏力、肌痛和呼吸困难。医疗保健提供者通过使自己成为感染这种疾病的风险，在抗击冠状病毒传播方面走在了前面。评估医疗服务提供者应对COVID-19在埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉州北希瓦区医院传播的准备和应对措施。2020年4月至5月，在埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉州北希瓦区的422名医疗保健提供者中进行了基于设施的横断面研究，使用自填问卷。根据每家医院的样本量比例分布，通过系统随机抽样选择研究受试者。采用结构化问卷调查收集数据。将数据编码并输入Epi数据4.2.1版本，并在社会科学统计软件包25版本中进行分析。参与研究的404名参与者的回复率为95.7%。医疗服务提供者的自我满意度显示，301（74.5%）的研究参与者在工作场所感到不安全。三分之二，260（64.4%），他们回答说，他们感到焦虑，而与发热患者的工作。近三分之一（31%）的医务人员在医院分别获得手套、面罩、护目镜、鞋和围裙，分别为27.4%、15.9%、14.5%和14.2%。保护医护人员是公共卫生的优先事项。在COVID-19疫情期间，获得基本个人防护设备的机会有限。医护专业人员对医疗机构及公共卫生当局缺乏足够支援的看法不佳，令我们有需要在COVID-19大流行期间紧急实施保护医护人员的策略。
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an emerging respiratory disease that is caused by a novel coronavirus and was first detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The disease is highly infectious, and its main clinical symptoms include fever, dry cough, fatigue, myalgia, and dyspnea. Healthcare providers are in front in fighting the coronavirus spread by making themselves the risk of contracting the disease. To assess the preparedness and responses of healthcare providers to combat the spread of COVID-19 among North Shewa Zone Hospitals, Amhara, Ethiopia. Facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 2020 among 422 healthcare providers in the North Shewa Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia using a self-administered questionnaire. Study subjects were selected through systematic random sampling based on their proportional distribution of sample size to each hospital. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data were coded and entered into the Epi data 4.2.1 version and the analysis was carried out in Statistical Package for Social Science 25 versions. Four hundred four participants involved in the study have been given a response rate of 95.7%. The self-satisfaction of healthcare providers revealed 301 (74.5%) of study participants feel unsafe in their workplace. Two-third, 260 (64.4%), of them responded that they feel anxious while working with febrile patients. Nearly one-third (31%), 27.4%, 15.9%, 14.5%, 14.2% of HCPs had access to gloves, facemask, goggle, shoe, and apron respectively in hospitals. Protecting healthcare workers is a public health priority. Access to essential personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic was limited. The poor perception of healthcare professionals about not having enough support from medical institutions and public health authorities raises the need to urgently implement strategies to protect healthcare workers in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.