Health Care Professionals’ Views on Healthcare Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study
Yıl: 2021 Cilt: 9 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 46 - 54 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.14235/bas.galenos.2020.4838 İndeks Tarihi: 21-06-2021
Health Care Professionals’ Views on Healthcare Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study
Öz: Objective: The Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemicoutbreak put a heavy burden on the health system. In this process,determining the difficulties faced by healthcare professionalsis important in terms of making the necessary preparations forsimilar outbreaks and improving healthcare provision. The aim ofthe study was to determine the views of healthcare professionalsabout healthcare provision and the difficulties they faced during theCOVID-19 pandemic period.Methods: The descriptive study was carried out with theparticipation of 89 doctors and 58 nurses working in a universityhospital in the Black Sea Region. In the study, the data formdeveloped by the researchers and the job-related strain were used asdata collection tools.Results: While the psychological difficulty stated by the participantsin the study was the anxiety of infecting the family/relatives (93.2%),the factor that made the service delivery the most participantswas expressed as the discomfort (85%) caused by using personalprotective equipment. It was found that the level of anxiety feltwhile providing healthcare services was higher in women comparedto men (p=0.01) and nurses than physicians (p=0.001). The averagescore of the participants on the job-related strain was 37.51±5.80.Conclusion: The concern of infecting relatives/family during theCOVID-19 pandemic poses a psychological difficulty for healthcare professionals. Using many personal protective equipments is a factorthat makes service delivery difficult. The level of anxiety associatedwith providing health care is higher in nurses and women duringthis period.
Anahtar Kelime: Sağlık Çalışanlarının COVİD-19 Salgını Sırasında Sağlık Hizmeti Sunumuna İlişkin Görüşleri: Betimleyici Bir Çalışma
Öz: Amaç: Koronavirüs Hastalığı-19 (COVID-19) pandemisi sağlık sistemi için ağır bir yük getirmiştir. Bu süreçte, sağlık çalışanlarının karşılaştığı güçlüklerin belirlenmesi, benzer salgınlar için gerekli hazırlıkların yapılabilmesi ve sağlık hizmeti sunumunun iyileştirilebilmesi açısından önem taşımaktadır. Çalışmada sağlık çalışanlarının COVID-19 salgın döneminde sağlık hizmeti sunumuna ilişkin görüşlerinin ve bu süreçte karşılaştıkları güçlüklerin belirlenmesi amaçlandı. Yöntemler: Tanımlayıcı nitelikte olan çalışma Karadeniz Bölgesi’nde bulunan bir üniversite hastanesinde çalışmakta olan 89 doktor ve 58 hemşirelerin katılımıyla gerçekleştirildi. Çalışmada veri toplama aracı olarak araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen veri formu ve işe bağlı gerginlik ölçeği kullanıldı. Bulgular: Çalışmada en fazla katılımcı tarafından belirtilen psikolojik güçlük aile/yakınlara hastalık bulaştırma kaygısı (%93,2) iken hizmet sunumunu en fazla güçleştiren etmen kişisel koruyucu ekipman kullanmanın verdiği rahatsızlık (%85) olarak ifade edildi. COVID-19 salgın döneminde sağlık hizmeti verirken hissedilen kaygı düzeyinin kadınlarda erkeklere göre (p=0,01) ve hemşirelerde hekimlere göre (p=0,001) daha fazla olduğu bulundu. Katılımcıların işe bağlık gerginlik ölçeğinden aldığı ortalama puan 37,51±5,80 idi. Sonuç: COVID-19 salgın döneminde yakınlar/aileye hastalık bulaştırma endişesi sağlık çalışanları için psikolojik bir güçlük oluşturmaktadır. Birçok kişisel koruyucu ekipman kullanmak hizmet sunumunu güçleştiren bir etmendir. Hemşirelerde ve kadınlarda bu dönemde sağlık hizmeti sunma ile ilişkili kaygı düzeyi daha fazladır.
Anahtar Kelime: Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık
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| Chicago | Tatli Ozgur,ŞİMŞEK Perihan,GÜNER YASEMİN,KILIÇ GÜNER Elif,GÜNDÜZ Abdülkadir Health Care Professionals’ Views on Healthcare Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study. Bezmiâlem Science 9, no.1 (2021): 46 - 54. 10.14235/bas.galenos.2020.4838 |
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| IEEE | Tatli O,ŞİMŞEK P,GÜNER Y,KILIÇ GÜNER E,GÜNDÜZ A "Health Care Professionals’ Views on Healthcare Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study." Bezmiâlem Science, 9, ss.46 - 54, 2021. 10.14235/bas.galenos.2020.4838 |
| ISNAD | Tatli, Ozgur vd. "Health Care Professionals’ Views on Healthcare Provision During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study". Bezmiâlem Science 9/1 (2021), 46-54. https://doi.org/10.14235/bas.galenos.2020.4838 |
