Assessment of healthcare professionals’ perceptions and attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
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2021-08-27Yazar
TÜRKTEMİZ, Halil
ÜNAL, Özgün
BİNGÖL AYDIN, Dilek
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BACKGROUND: Determining the healthcare professionals’ perceptions and attitudes towards the COVID-19 pandemic
will contribute to managing and struggling their efforts against COVID-19.
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the perceptions and attitudes of healthcare professionals who are at the forefront
in the fight against this pandemic.
METHODS: In the study, the survey technique used as the data collection method and 216 participants agreed to participate.
The questionnaire consisted of three sections. Reliability analysis and descriptive statistical methods used to analyze the data
obtained using the SPSS package program.
RESULTS: According to the study results, 80.4% of the participants perceive the probability of being infected with the
COVID-19 to be very high, and 64% of them consider that the conditions are very favorable for them to be infected. More
than half of them are afraid of being infected and believe that if they contract COVID-19, adverse effects may continue for a
long time. Furthermore, almost all participants (96.20%) consider personal protective equipment beneficial and will protect
them from the COVID-19 as a wise preventive measure. However, 82.30% of the participants stated that using personal
protective equipment is uncomfortable, and 76.60% said it is challenging to take care of patients while using personal
protective equipment.
CONCLUSIONS: The current study results show that healthcare professionals are aware of how serious COVID-19 is,
understand the importance of protective equipment in protection from COVID-19, and are seriously afraid of COVID19. Given that the fears of healthcare professionals may have adverse effects on them, it is recommended that healthcare
administrators take measures to comfort healthcare workers and ensure that they maintain their positive attitude towards
COVID-19.
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