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Preparedness and attitude toward personal protective equipment among house officers during COVID-19 pandemic in Egypt.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health; Dec2021, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p754-762, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) struck the world by surprise by the rising numbers that required prompt governmental and hospital staff reaction to the ongoing crisis. A robust preparedness and personal protective equipment (PPE) were yet to be regarded as our best plan. Methods A survey study was conducted on 254 Egyptian house officers using an anonymous web-based questionnaire that was filled using Google Forms after obtaining online informed consent. Results The mean age of the participants was 25 years. Only 28.74% of the house officers were categorized as having a good preparedness, while 85.83% of them have a good PPE attitude. The preparedness and willingness were significantly associated with the overall worry related to the pandemic (P value = 0.012). Fear of contracting COVID-19 infection negatively affected their preparedness by 60% (odds ratio (OR) 0.40, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.17–0.93, P value = 0.034). The House officers with family members at-risk for severe COVID-19 were less likely to be prepared and willing by 70% (OR 0.30, 95% CI 0.15–0.60, P value = 0.001). The house officers with good preparedness and willingness to deal with COVID-19 seemed to have a good PPE attitude (OR 11.48, 95% CI 2.43-54.34, P value = 0.002). Conclusion A significant number of house officers expressed low levels of preparedness, while most of them have a good PPE attitude. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- STATISTICS
CONFIDENCE intervals
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
MULTIVARIATE analysis
PHYSICIANS' attitudes
REGRESSION analysis
CRONBACH'S alpha
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
QUESTIONNAIRES
SEARCH engines
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
PERSONAL protective equipment
ODDS ratio
LOGISTIC regression analysis
COVID-19 pandemic
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17413842
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 155321777
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab078