TY - JOUR
TI - Providing care to patients with COVID-19 in a reference hospital: health
care staff intentional behavior and factors that affect it Running
title: Intention to provide care to COVID-19 patients
AU - Pesiridis, Theodoros
AU - Galanis, Petros
AU - Anagnostopoulou, Eleni and
AU - Kalokerinou, Athena
AU - Sourtzi, Panayota
JO - AIMS PUBLIC HEALTH
PY - 2021
VL - 8
TODO - 3
SP - 456-466
PB - AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS
SN - null
TODO - 10.3934/publichealth.2021035
TODO - COVID-19; healthcare staff; behavioral intention; patient care
TODO - Objective: The investigation of intentional behavior of hospital staff
to care for COVID-19 patients and the study of the factors that
influences it. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, of 261
physicians and nurses working in a COVID-19 reference hospital. Data
were collected by an anonymous questionnaire including demographic and
professional characteristics and a scale measuring behavioral intention
based on the Theory of Planned Behavior of Ajzen. Statistical analysis
was performed by SPSS 21. Results: Mean age of participants was 40.8
years old, while most of them were nurses (75.7%). Behavioral intention
mean score was 18.2 (5-21), which shows high intention to care for
COVID-19 patients. Bivariate analysis between independent variables
showed that behavioral intention mean score was higher for those that
had cared for COVID-19 patients and those that did not (19.0% vs.
16.7%, p < 0.001). Multivariate linear regression analysis identified
that increased subjective norms (the perceived social pressure to
perform or not the behavior) score was associated with increased
behavioral intention score (p < 0.001). Also, participants that provided
care for COVID-19 patients had higher behavioral intention score (p <
0.001). Conclusion: Healthcare staff, that cared for COVID-19 patients
had high behavioral intention to continue caring for them. This finding
could be used to inform policies and training for staff that will be
employed in COVID-19 units.
ER -