Health Professionals' Perception on the Risk of Contamination by Covid-19 in Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21433201 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adriana Cristina de Oliveira (0000-0002-4821-6068, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais), Thabata Coaglio Lucas (0000-0001-7850-8494, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri), Robert Aldo Iquiapaza (0000-0003-1657-2823, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Texto & Contexto - Enfermagem (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-0707 • E-ISSN: 1980-265X |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1980-265x-tce-2021-0160 |
| OpenAlex | W3209867440 |
| SciELO | S0104-07072021000100213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 14 |
Objective: to know the factors that exert an influence on the health professionals’ perception of the risk of becoming contaminated with COVID-19 in Brazil. Methods: a survey conducted from May to October 2020 with 436 active health professionals working in the front line against COVID-19. Descriptive analyses were used and a structural equation model from an exploratory factor analysis was estimated. Results: the health professionals' perception on contracting COVID-19 was considered as medium to very high for 72% of the respondents. In the structural equation model, knowledge of the treatment for COVID-19, preparation of the health professionals to work, and safety in the institutional protocol together with confidence in official protocols and disclosures through social, printed and television media exerted an influence on confidence to face the pandemic (P
Alternative medicine · Confidence interval · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Environmental health · Exploratory research · Health care · Health professionals · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Pandemic · Pathology · Perception · Political science · Protocol (science) · Public health · Risk perception · Sociology · Structural equation modeling · Work (physics) · Applied Psychology · COVID-19 and healthcare impacts · COVID-19 and Mental Health · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Engineering · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |