Predictors of Health-Care Workers’ Unwillingness to Continue Working During the Peak of COVID-19 in Western Ethiopia: An Extended Parallel-Process Model Study
| Autor: | Tamirat Alemu, Lamessa Assefa, Busha Gamachu Labata, Adugna Oluma, Birtukan Kebede, Eba Abdissa, Ashenafi Habte Woyessa, Thanasekaran Palanichamy |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
unwillingness Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Affect (psychology) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pandemic Health care Medicine Extended parallel process model 030212 general & internal medicine Original Research Risk Management and Healthcare Policy business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Public health pandemic Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Work (electrical) Family medicine Preparedness health-care workers 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Risk Management and Healthcare Policy |
| ISSN: | 1179-1594 |
| Popis: | Ashenafi Habte Woyessa,1 Adugna Oluma,2 Thanasekaran Palanichamy,3 Birtukan Kebede,2 Eba Abdissa,3 Busha Gamachu Labata,4 Tamirat Alemu,2 Lamessa Assefa5 1Department of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia, Ethiopia; 2Department of Nursing, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia, Ethiopia; 3Department of Psychiatric Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia, Ethiopia; 4Department of Pharmacy, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia, Ethiopia; 5Department of Public Health, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, Nekemte, Oromia, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Ashenafi Habte WoyessaDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Science, Wollega University, P.O Box 395, Nekemte, Oromia, EthiopiaTel +251 92-218-3065Fax +251 576617980Email ashexman2015@gamail.comPurpose: Willingness to work in disasters is context-specific and corresponds to the nature, magnitude, and threats posed by a particular public health emergency. None us is certain that our health professionals will continue to provide service should the COVID-19 pandemic crisis climb to its worst level. It was with this uncertainty in mind that this study was done to assess predictors of the unwillingness of health-care workers (HCWs) to continue providing their professional services during the climax of the COVID-19 crisis.Methods: This was a facility-based descriptive cross-sectional study undertaken among 633 HCWsin western Ethiopia.Results: Overall, 205 (32.4%) providers said that they would be unwilling to continue work if COVID-19 peaked. Of these, 176 (27.9%) respondents reported that they would stop going in to work before they were at greatest risk. Statistical analysis performed to predict HCWs unwillingness’ to continue work at peak COVID-19 showed male sex (AOR 11.4, 95% CI 8.32– 12.6), younger age (AOR 25.3, 95% CI 4.61– 40.67), lack of experience in handling similar pandemics (AOR 5.15, 95% CI 1.1– 255), and low perceived level of hospital preparedness (AOR 2.05, 95% CI 0.80– 5.21) were predictors of unwillingness. In accordance with the extended parallel-process model, higher threat perception (P≤ 0.001) and low efficacy perception (P≤ 0.040) were associated with unwillingness of the HCWs to continue working.Conclusion: The proportion of HCWs unwilling to continue their job during COVID-19 is sufficient to affect efforts tof fight the pandemic. As the question of whether our HCWs must risk themselves to treat COVID-19 patients does not have a uniform answer, working on predictors of potential unwillingness is of paramount importance.Keywords: COVID-19, unwillingness, pandemic, health-care workers |
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