在COVID-19大流行期间,医疗保健从业人员对职业风险的构建
1Northwestern University, Department of Sociology, 1810 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
Social science & medicine (1982)
|July 21, 2023
概括
疫情期间,一线医疗保健从业人员面临着独特的职业风险,这些风险源于患者直接接触以及他们对安全问题的关注和行政优先事项之间的差距,导致了对指南的愤世嫉俗.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 医学社会学 医学社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,前线医疗保健从业者 (HCP) 承担了不成比例的负担,面临感染,创伤和倦怠.
- 定性研究对于了解医疗保健工作者的独特挑战和经验至关重要.
- 了解影响医务人员风险感知的职业因素对于解决他们的福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在COVID-19大流行期间调查影响前线医疗保健从业人员风险感知的职业因素.
- 分析从业人员在疫情背景下如何理解他们的职业风险.
- 通过将医疗保健工作人员定位为一个独特的风险组,扩大对医学中的风险组分类的理解.
主要方法:
- 在2020年至2022年期间与45名美国从业人员 (医生,护士从业人员,医生助理,注册护士,技术人员) 进行了远程访谈.
- 使用NVivo软件进行了音频录制,转录和编码的采访.
- 分析了定性数据,以了解从业人员对职业风险的看法.
主要成果:
- 实践人员的风险感知集中在三个关键问题上:适应COVID-19的空间度,保护措施的局限性和管理病毒的不确定性.
- 担忧包括重新想象身体是危险的,从业者健康和患者护理/行政需求之间的感知冲突,以及已知和未知的COVID-19影响的风险.
- 实践者和管理者之间的风险感知间隔导致对健康指导方针的愤世嫉俗.
结论:
- 前线医疗保健工作者面临着独特的职业风险,与其他基本工作者不同,原因是患者直接接触和职业因素.
- 该研究强调了从业人员和管理人员的风险感知之间的紧张关系,影响了遵守指南.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,以在不同的医疗保健系统和国际背景下探索这些主题.
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