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Healthcare Professionals Providing Direct Care to the COVID-19 Patients: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Authors

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creativeworkseries.issnJNMA Print ISSN: 0028-2715; Online ISSN: 1815-672X
dc.contributor.authorAcharya, Bishnu Dutta
dc.contributor.authorRawal, Mangal
dc.contributor.authorGurung, Dhiraj
dc.contributor.authorLimbu, Bhanu
dc.contributor.authorBaniya, Prem Laxmi
dc.contributor.authorRokya, Poojan Kumar
dc.contributor.authorPanthi, Suresh
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-10T05:41:43Z
dc.date.available2026-02-10T05:41:43Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionBishnu Dutta Acharya Department of Physiotherapy, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5572-5274 Mangal Rawal Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal Dhiraj Gurung Department of Internal Medicine, Karnali Academy of Sciences, Jumla, Nepal Bhanu Limbu United Nations World Food Programme, Lalitpur, Nepal Prem Laxmi Baniya Nepal Health Research Council, Ramshah Path-Kathmandu Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7486-3536 Poojan Kumar Rokya Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8777-2286 Suresh Panthi Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, Jumla, Nepal https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5268-2806
dc.description.abstractAbstract: Introduction: COVID-19 highly contagious viruses that have reached every corner of the world. Despite the heroic efforts to control the pandemic, health care professional risk for COVID-19 exposure was an important measure to identify due to lack of personal protective equipment. The objective of the study was to find out the prevalence of healthcare professionals providing direct care to the COVID-19 patient. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted through online questionnaire from June 2020 to August 2020. Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethical Review Board of Nepal Health Research Council (Reference number: 363/2020 P). World Health Organization risk assessment protocol questionnaire was used for COVID-19 and distributed among 300 health care workers of Nepal involved in the management of COVID-19 hospitals. Convenience sampling was used. The KoBo toolbox was used for online data collection. Data analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 23. Point estimate at 95% Confidence Interval was calculated along with frequency and percentage for binary data. Results: Among 300 study participants, 109 (36.33%), (30.85-41.74 at 95% Confidence Interval) of participants provide direct care to infected patients. With total respondents, 41 (37.61%) were registered nurses, medical doctors 28 (25.68%) and paramedics 36 (33.02%). Conclusions: Health care workers who provide direct care to the COVID-19 patient were similar to other studies done in similar settings. About half of the participants were exposed to COVID-19 virus from the hospital setting rather than from community setting which is similar to the study done in similar setting which might be due to lack of follow of protocols during COVID-19 patient care.
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.6101
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/4611
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherNepal Medical Association
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjecthealthcare professionals
dc.subjectNepal
dc.subjectrisk
dc.titleHealthcare Professionals Providing Direct Care to the COVID-19 Patients: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study Authors
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