دورية أكاديمية
Perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Ghana: A cross-sectional study.
| العنوان: | Perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 among healthcare workers in Ghana: A cross-sectional study. |
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| المؤلفون: | Aram SA; Department of Environmental Science University of Cape Coast Cape Coast Ghana.; College of Safety and Emergency Management Engineering Taiyuan University of Technology Taiyuan China., Saalidong BM; Department of Geosciences Taiyuan University of Technology Taiyuan China., Opoku EO; Department of Economics and Management Taiyuan University of Technology Taiyuan China., Sam Hayford I; Department of Economics and Management Taiyuan University of Technology Taiyuan China. |
| المصدر: | Health science reports [Health Sci Rep] 2022 Jun 08; Vol. 5 (4), pp. e653. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 08 (Print Publication: 2022). |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101728855 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2398-8835 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 23988835 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Health Sci Rep Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: [Hoboken, NJ] : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., [2017]- |
| مستخلص: | Background and Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched many healthcare systems, and it is having detrimental impacts on healthcare workers at the forefront, fighting to save lives. This study sought to assess the relationship between job factors and the perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 at the workplace among healthcare workers and how the relationships are augmented when sociodemographic characteristics are taken into consideration in a limited resource setting (Ghana). Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 455 respondents was conducted. Results: Overall, 5.93% of the respondents perceived low risk of contracting COVID-19 while 69.45% and 24.62% perceived medium and high risks of contracting COVID-19 at the workplace, respectively. The odds of a high perceived risk versus the combined medium and low perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 at the workplace was 0.461 times lower for healthcare workers who rated their workplace safety systems as good and 0.515 and 0.170 times lower for healthcare workers who indicated occasional and frequent work environment situational assessment (situational awareness), respectively. The odds of high perceived risk were 2.239 times higher for workers who are always emotionally fatigued and 1.829 times higher for healthcare workers who frequently contribute personally to workplace decision-making. The perceived risk of contracting COVID-19 at the workplace was also 1.780 times higher for healthcare workers with tertiary education. Conclusion: In terms of health and safety at work, this study recommends that there should be an improvement in implementing safety protocols at health facilities to increase the confidence of healthcare workers. Furthermore, social and psychological support and work environment situational assessment, which can reduce stress and anxiety levels among the healthcare workers, should be implemented if contributing factors such as working outside their area of expertise or job scope cannot be eliminated. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest. 1DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENTThe data sets used and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Simon Appah Aram accepts full responsibility for the accuracy and integrity of the data provided. (© 2022 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.) |
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| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: COVID‐19; health and safety; healthcare workers (HCWs); perceived risk |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20220615 Latest Revision: 20230916 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240829 |
| مُعرف محوري في PubMed: | PMC9178411 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/hsr2.653 |
| PMID: | 35702514 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 2398-8835 |
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| DOI: | 10.1002/hsr2.653 |