A Project to Distribute Personal Protective Equipment to Homecare Agencies during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Association with the Sense of Security Improvement among Homecare Nurses/Helpers
نویسندگان
چکیده
During the early period of COVID-19 pandemic, there was a serious shortage personal protective equipments (PPEs), which caused difficulty in homecare agencies to make home visits those (possible) positive cases. An organization with help several foundations started special program distribute PPEs possible case or cases that had close contact This study examined whether this voluntary activity contributed increasing sense security providing care among workers. We conducted survey received from between July 2020 and February 2021. The participants were agency managers who applied for PPEs. twice, before after receiving In questionnaire, we asked about overall infected COVID-19, reasons applying PPE, symptoms client his/her family PPE request, agency’s clients’ characteristics. analyzed data 802 responses. Before distribution, associated focal having cognitive impairment (β = −0.096), cough −0.088), fatigue −0.085), headache −0.078). Agencies did not (possibly) −0.123) lower security. Overall, mean increased PPE. Factors increase included application −0.529), visiting clients without dyspnoea −0.109), visit −0.089), higher satisfaction days 0.144). These results underline benefit PPsE distribution program.
منابع مشابه
Psychological Risk and Protective Factors Related to Fear of Covid-19 During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Iran
The current COVID-19 pandemic is associated with numerous psychological issues such as anxiety and distress as a result of individual, health-related, social, and economic, issues. This study aimed to assess the general population in Iran for negative impacts of the current pandemic on psychological well-being and to find possible protective and risk factors when facing such situations as the c...
متن کاملfrom linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar
chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...
15 صفحه اولHealth Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Pandemics are associated with significant and destructive national and global impacts on health, economy, society, and security. COVID-19 pandemic has imposed adverse economic consequences on the whole population. This is while the elderly and those with comorbidities, the economically disadvantaged and ethnic minorities were at increased risk of viral infection. Moreover, the mortality rate an...
متن کاملThe Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Realization of the Right to a Healthy Environment
In December 2019, some people in China were diagnosed with pneumonia which was found in the first studies to be related to the animal and food market in Wuhan, China. The newly identified virus which was named "Coronavirus 2019” spread all around the world, influencing different economic, political, and cultural fields. Since one of the most important sectors affected by the virus was the envir...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Health & Social Care in The Community
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0966-0410', '1365-2524']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/2062225