Author : Imran ahmed khan, dk srivastava, shardha misra
Keyword : Covid-19. healthcare workers, chalenges
Subject : Community medicine
Article Type : Original article (research)
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Abstract : Background: Health care workers including Doctors, Nurses, technicians and support staff are the main hands through which routine and urgent care are delivered to the people. Very little attention has been paid about the need to protect those who provided medical care; the entire focus was on the patient. The Covid - 19 has affected healthcare workers badly all over the world. Front line health care providers have mortality rate of 1.4% but in countries like Italy it has gone up to 9%.Given the boundless transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and reports of its spread to health care service providers, health care professionals are at high risk and can become potential bearers of the infection. COVID-19 outbreak came up with various lifethreatening issues along with certain other problems involving public, administrative and healthcare sector concerns. HCWs are there to treat but their views should be considered and addressed. This online survey highlights about the various issues and challenges faced by Health care workers especially front-line healthcare workers. Objectives: To assess various concerns and challenges of HCWs during COVID-19 Pandemic and effect of this pandemic on the HCWs. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional, on-line survey using Google form has been carried out at Level- 3 COVID-19 Hospital, Baba Raghav Das medical College Gorakhpur. A semi-structured predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used to collect the relevant data. Results: A total of 219 HCWs participated in the study, 90% of the respondents feared contracting COVID- 19 infection, and 97% feared carrying the infection home. 80% respondents felt that they were not welcomed by their community. Conclusion: Finding of this study revealed various areas which need improvement to tackle the scenario more efficiently as well as safeguarding health of healthcare workers.
Article by : Dr Imran Ahmed Khan
Article add date : 2022-02-21
How to cite : Imran ahmed khan, dk srivastava, shardha misra. (2022-February-21). Assessment of challenges faced by health care workers caring covid-19 patients at level-3 covid-19 hospital. retrieved from https://openacessjournal.com/abstract/1039