在医疗保健工作者长期COVID:纵向混合方法研究研究
Occupational medicine (Oxford, England)
|December 14, 2024
概括
长期COVID严重影响医疗保健工作者,影响他们的生活质量和工作能力. 许多HCW面临持续的症状,能力下降和财务不安全,随着时间的推移,改善有限.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 与其他职业相比,医疗保健工作者 (HCW) 的长期COVID (LC) 发病率更高.
- 癌症的长期预后仍然不确定.
- 劳动力短缺因与LC相关的缺勤和生产率下降而加剧.
研究的目的:
- 探索HCWs与LC的实践经验.
- 评估LC对健康相关生活质量 (HRQL),医疗保健利用,工作,个人生活和财务的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项长度混合方法研究,涉及6个月间隔进行的在线调查和定性访谈.
- 通过社交媒体和NHS道招募经历自我报告LC的HCW.
- 从调查受访者中有目的地抽取受访者的样本.
主要成果:
- 所有参与者都报告了持久,复发和演变的LC症状,随访时平均有7.1种症状.
- 三分之一的参与者在日常活动中经历了显著的限制.
- 大多数HCW工作能力有限 (工作时间减少,角色/位置改变),面临有限和不满意的医疗保健,并表达了对再感染,未来工作能力和财务安全的担忧.
结论:
- 医疗保健工作者继续工作,同时管理复杂,动态的LC症状,影响日常生活和就业.
- 在研究期间,没有广泛报告LC症状或生活质量的显著改善.
- 对于未来的健康和财务稳定的担忧仍然存在于LC的HCW中.
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