Assessment and feedback of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on physicians’ day-to-day practices: good knowledge may not predict good behavior
| Autor: | Esra Nurlu Temel, Gül Ruhsar Yılmaz, Merve Büyükçelik, Özgür Önal, Onur Ünal, Onur Kaya, Füsun Zeynep Akçam |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Libyan Journal of Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 1 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 19932820 1819-6357 1993-2820 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19932820.2023.2198744 |
| Popis: | ABSTRACTThe importance of doctors’ knowledge and awareness of infectious diseases was felt worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. With this study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of the long and dynamic pandemic process on resident physicians’ knowledge and protective behaviors for infection control in a tertiary hospital setting and protective behaviors for infection control in a tertiary hospital setting. The population of this cross-sectional study consisted of assistant physicians working at Suleyman Demirel University Faculty of Medicine Training and Research Hospital. A questionnaire evaluating information and protective practices for COVID-19 was applied to the participants through face-to-face interviews using the convenience sampling method, with an interval of one year. In the second year of the pandemic, resident physicians’ awareness of the correct use of personal protective equipment decreased (p = 0.001). Despite the continuous training, it was determined that the residents preferred masks with high protection at a lower rate when they encountered patients who received oxygen support of 5 lt/min and above (p |
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