Association between skin injuries and the importance atributed to prevention by health professionals during the pandemic.

Autor:	Brandão EDS; Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa. Departamento de Fundamentos de Enfermagem e Administração. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil., Lanzillotti RS; Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Instituto de Matemática e Estatística. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil., Granja PD; Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Medicina Clínica. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil., Silva LF; Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF). Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa. Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiátrica. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil., Mandelbaum MHS; Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (Univap). Departamento de Pós-Graduação Lato Sensu. São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brasil., Tonole R; Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCa). Hospital do Câncer I. Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Jazyk:	English; Portuguese
Zdroj:	Revista gaucha de enfermagem [Rev Gaucha Enferm] 2024 Feb 05; Vol. 45, pp. e20230114. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 05 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.1590/1983-1447.2024.20230114.en
Abstrakt:	Objective: To verify the association between the occurrence of skin lesions due to the use of products and/or personal protective equipment and the importance attributed to preventive care among health professionals working on the front lines of the struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Cross-sectional, analytical study, carried out between May and June 2020, with a convenience sample (n=398) of health workers from 10 professional categories. To verify the existence of an association between the occurrence of skin lesions and exposure variables, a Contingency Table was used to obtain the Prevalence Ratio and respective Confidence Intervals. Results: 260 (65.3%) participants self-declared the development of skin lesions, predominantly nurses (53.8%), women (54.0%), from public institutions (52.8%), characterized by pressure injuries (37.3%), contact/allergic dermatitis (25.8%), or both lesions simultaneously (16.5%). More than half of professionals (53.5%) used preventive products, mainly moisturizers (51.0%). Conclusion: There was probability of an association between professionals who attributed less importance to the predictor "Protocol for proper product PPE and products" and the risk of skin injuries.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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