TY  - BOOK
AU  - Simon,Philippe
AU  -  Chiniara,Gilles
AU  -  St-Pierre,Liette
AU  -  Ahossi,Eusèbe
AU  -  Dogba,Maman Joyce
AU  -  Cléophat,Jude Emmanuel
AU  -  Chénier,Christophe
AU  -  Dubuc,Éric
AU  -  Landry,Caroline
AU  -  Vonarx,Nicolas
AU  -  Pilote,Bruno
TI  - First wave of COVID-19 in Quebec: Healthcare workers’ motivation to treat infected patients
PY  - 2022///.
							
N1  - 65
N2  - Introduction: Retention of healthcare workers (HCWs) in the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic could become a challenge. It is therefore important to better understand what are the motivational elements that could explain a greater or lesser motivation to care for infected patients. Objectives: To evaluate factors modulating HCWs’ willingness to treat COVID-19 infected patients. Methods: HCWs from Québec, Canada, were invited to complete an online survey during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic between the months of April and July 2020. The survey focused on the intention to avoid treating infected patients, prior experiences in treating COVID-19 patients and anxiety levels. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis were used to assess which factors explained differences in HCWs intention to avoid treating patients. Results: A total of 430 HCW completed the survey. A majority were women (87%) and nurses (50%). Of those, 12% indicated having considered measures to avoid working with COVID-19 infected patients and 5% indicated having taken actions to avoid working with infected patients. A further 18% indicated that they would use a hypothetical opportunity to avoid working with infected patients. Having previously treated infected patients was associated with a significant reduction in the intention to avoid work (OR: 0.56 CI 0.36-0.86). Amongst HCWs, physicians had a significantly reduced intention to avoid treating infected patients (OR: 0.47 CI 0.23-0.94). We also found that an increase in anxiety score was associated with a greater intention to avoid treating COVID-19 infected patients (OR: 1.06 CI 1.04-1.08). Conclusion: Study results suggest that previous experience in treating COVID-19 infected patients is protective in terms of work-avoidance intentions. We also found that amongst HCWs, physicians had a significantly lower intention to avoid working with COVID-19 infected patients. Finally, our results show that increase in anxiety is associated with a higher intention to avoid treating infected patients. Characterization of factors associated with low anxiety levels and low reluctance to work during the COVID-19 pandemic could be useful in staffing facilities during the present and future healthcare crisis
UR  - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-sante-publique-2021-6-page-853?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
ER  -