Nurses Who Are More Willing to Participate in the Fight against COVID-19: Evidence from China
| Autor: | Si-Chen Wang, Ming-Xia Zhu, Iat-Kio Van, Lai-Kun Tong, Pak-Leng Cheong |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
China Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Cross-sectional study Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis nurse Nurses Economic shortage Logistic regression Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Pandemic medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Child Pandemics Macau 030504 nursing business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Cross-Sectional Studies Infectious disease (medical specialty) Family medicine Hong Kong Medicine willingness 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 14 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 7357, p 7357 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18147357 |
| Popis: | When facing an infectious disease disaster, nurses’ willingness to work is critical. Nurses’ lack of willingness to work during a pandemic may worsen the shortage of health care personnel. The purpose of this study is to assess the willingness of nurses to participate in the fight against COVID-19 in China and to identify factors associated therewith. This cross-sectional study examines nurses working in 11 Chinese cities including Macau, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Guangzhou, Zhaoqing, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai. Questionnaires were collected from 19 May to 7 August 2020. A total of 8065 questionnaires were received, of which 8030 valid questionnaires were included for analysis. A total of 53.4% of participants reported that they had signed up to support the COVID-19 pandemic response. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that being single (OR = 0.72, 95% CI: 0.60–0.87), having no children (OR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.68–0.97), possessing higher professional qualifications (OR = 1.25, 95% CI: 1.14–1.37), having a more prestigious professional title (OR = 1.68, 95%CI: 1.50–1.90), being an administrative supervisor (OR = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.45–0.63), having a higher caring dimensions inventory score (OR = 1.01, 95% CI: 1.01–1.01), working in a hospital (OR = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.39–0.72), and receiving employer-provided care training (OR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.68–0.87) were predictive of nurses’ willingness to participate in the fight against COVID-19. We suggest that unmarried nurses should be given priority when recruiting to fight an epidemic and, for married nurses with children who are recruited to fight an epidemic, supporting measures should be provided for childcare. We suggest strengthening workplace training of caring for nurses in order to better retain and recruit qualified support for an epidemic outbreak of infectious diseases. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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