Personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control: a national survey of UK medical students and interim foundation doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic
Personal protective equipment and infection prevention and control: a national survey of UK medical students and interim foundation doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic
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DOI：
10.1093/pubmed/fdaa187
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发表时间：
2021-03-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Saunders, Kate E. A.
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作者：
Norton, Emma Jane;Georgiou, Ioannis;Saunders, Kate E. A.
背景在COVID-19大流行期间，英国医学生和临时预科一年级（FiY 1）医生的个人防护装备（PPE）和感染预防和控制（IPC）培训是否充分尚不清楚，其对COVID-19相关焦虑的影响也是未知的。方法横断面、多中心研究分析自我报告的PPE和IPC培训是否充分以及与修改的大流行焦虑量表的相关性。参与者是目前在英国的医学生和FiY 1医生。通过在线调查收集数据。结果参与者报告说，他们收到的PPE信息不足（43%）和IPC培训（56%）。值得注意的是，与男性和白色英国人/白色其他人相比，女性或BAME/混合种族的参与者报告收到足够的PPE信息的人数较少。COVID-19相关的焦虑在那些没有充分报告PPE或IPC培训的人中显着更高，女性与男性相比，以及在FiY 1医生与医学生相比。结论随着医学生目前自愿进入医院并立即返回医院接受教育，自我报告的PPE和IPC培训水平是次优的。更好的培训对于避免对患者和医疗保健专业人员的伤害以及减少医学生和2011年医生中与COVID-19相关的焦虑至关重要。
Background The adequacy of personal protective equipment (PPE) and infection prevention and control (IPC) training in UK medical students and interim Foundation Year 1 (FiY1) doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic is unknown, as is its impact on COVID-19-related anxiety.Methods Cross-sectional, multi-centre study analysing self-reported adequacy of PPE and IPC training and correlation to a modified pandemic anxiety scale. Participants were current medical students and FiY1 doctors in the UK. Data were collected by an online survey.Results Participants reported that they received insufficient PPE information (43%) and IPC training (56%). Significantly, fewer participants identifying as women or BAME/mixed ethnicity reported receiving sufficient PPE information, compared with those identifying as men and White British/White Other, respectively. COVID-19-related anxiety was significantly higher in those without sufficient reported PPE or IPC training, in women compared with men, and in FiY1 doctors compared with medical students.Conclusions With medical students currently volunteering in and imminently returning to hospitals in an educational capacity, levels of self-reported PPE and IPC training are sub-optimal. Better training is paramount to avoid harm to patients and healthcare professionals and to reduce COVID-19-related anxiety among medical students and FiY1 doctors.