Investigation of the Disease Process and Complaints of Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Disease

Şeyma Turan; Leyla Khorshid

Makale detayları

Investigation of the Disease Process and Complaints of Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Disease

Yazarlar:

Şeyma Turan | Leyla Khorshid

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hemşirelik (Diğer)

Dergi:

Etkili Hemşirelik Dergisi Vol.16 Issue 4, pp.524-535

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001301305

pISSN:

2980-3527

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Özet:

 Background: During the pandemic process, healthcare workers are at risk both from their contacts with patients and from community-based contamination. Objectives: This research was conducted to determine the disease process and complaints of healthcare workers who contracted COVID-19 disease in a public hospital. Methods: The sample of the cross-sectional and descriptive study consisted of 82 healthcare professionals who agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected in May-November 2021 with the Survey Form, which was developed in line with the literature and describes the demographic characteristics of the participants and the disease process. Results: The mean age of health workers is 32.47.4 years, 69.5 are women, 81.7 are nurses and 18.3 are physicians. It was determined that 19.5 of the healthcare professionals had a chronic illness, 51.2 had joint-muscle pain as the first symptom of the disease, more than half thought that the disease was transmitted by the patient they cared for, and 11 were hospitalized during the treatment process. 48.8 of the participants had cough reported, 79.3 fever, 25.6 shortness of breath, 70.7 headache, 89 joint-muscle pain, 31.7 insomnia, 41.5 loss of taste and smell, 58.5 loss of smell. Chronic disease among healthcare workers affected hospitalizations p0.05. Conclusion: It was determined that the symptoms of fever, headache, joint-muscle pain, cough and loss of smell were predominantly seen in healthcare workers who had COVID-19 disease.

 Background: During the pandemic process, healthcare workers are at risk both from their contacts with patients and from community-based contamination. Objectives: This research was conducted to determine the disease process and complaints of healthcare workers who contracted COVID-19 disease in a public hospital. Methods: The sample of the cross-sectional and descriptive study consisted of 82 healthcare professionals who agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected in May-November 2021 with the Survey Form, which was developed in line with the literature and describes the demographic characteristics of the participants and the disease process. Results: The mean age of health workers is 32.47.4 years, 69.5 are women, 81.7 are nurses and 18.3 are physicians. It was determined that 19.5 of the healthcare professionals had a chronic illness, 51.2 had joint-muscle pain as the first symptom of the disease, more than half thought that the disease was transmitted by the patient they cared for, and 11 were hospitalized during the treatment process. 48.8 of the participants had cough reported, 79.3 fever, 25.6 shortness of breath, 70.7 headache, 89 joint-muscle pain, 31.7 insomnia, 41.5 loss of taste and smell, 58.5 loss of smell. Chronic disease among healthcare workers affected hospitalizations p0.05. Conclusion: It was determined that the symptoms of fever, headache, joint-muscle pain, cough and loss of smell were predominantly seen in healthcare workers who had COVID-19 disease.

 Background: During the pandemic process, healthcare workers are at risk both from their contacts with patients and from community-based contamination. Objectives: This research was conducted to determine the disease process and complaints of healthcare workers who contracted COVID-19 disease in a public hospital. Methods: The sample of the cross-sectional and descriptive study consisted of 82 healthcare professionals who agreed to participate in the study. The data were collected in May-November 2021 with the Survey Form, which was developed in line with the literature and describes the demographic characteristics of the participants and the disease process. Results: The mean age of health workers is 32.47.4 years, 69.5 are women, 81.7 are nurses and 18.3 are physicians. It was determined that 19.5 of the healthcare professionals had a chronic illness, 51.2 had joint-muscle pain as the first symptom of the disease, more than half thought that the disease was transmitted by the patient they cared for, and 11 were hospitalized during the treatment process. 48.8 of the participants had cough reported, 79.3 fever, 25.6 shortness of breath, 70.7 headache, 89 joint-muscle pain, 31.7 insomnia, 41.5 loss of taste and smell, 58.5 loss of smell. Chronic disease among healthcare workers affected hospitalizations p0.05. Conclusion: It was determined that the symptoms of fever, headache, joint-muscle pain, cough and loss of smell were predominantly seen in healthcare workers who had COVID-19 disease.

 Giriş: Pandemi sürecinde sağlık çalışanları hem hastalarla olan temaslarından hem de toplum kaynaklı bulaşmadan dolayı risk altındadır. Amaç: Bu araştırma, bir devlet hastanesinde COVID-19 hastalığı geçirmiş sağlık çalışanlarının hastalık süreci ve yakınmalarını belirlemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Yöntem: Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı tipte yapılan araştırmanın örneklemini araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 82 sağlık çalışanı oluşturmuştur. Veriler, literatür doğrultusunda geliştirilen katılımcıların demografik özelliklerini ve hastalık sürecini tanımlayan Anket Formu ile Mayıs - Kasım 2021 tarihlerinde toplanmıştır. Bulgular: Sağlık çalışanlarının yaş ortalaması 32.47.4 yıl, 69.5i kadın, 81.7si hemşire ve 18,3ü hekimdir. Sağlık çalışanlarının 19.5inin kronik bir rahatsızlığa sahip olduğu, 51,2sinde hastalığın ilk belirtisinin eklem-kas ağrısı olduğu, yarısından fazlasının bakım verdiği hastadan hastalığın bulaştığını düşündüğü, 11inin hastalığın tedavi sürecinde hastaneye yatışı olduğu belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların 48.8i öksürük, 79.3ü ateş, 25.6sı nefes darlığı 70.7si baş ağrısı, 89u eklem- kas ağrısı, 31.7si uykusuzluk, 41.5i tat kaybı, 58.5i koku kaybı yakınması olduğunu bildirmiştir. Sağlık çalışanlarında kronik bir hastalığa sahip olma hastaneye yatışı etkilemiştir p0.05. Sonuç: COVID-19 hastalığı geçirmiş sağlık çalışanlarında ağırlıklı olarak ateş, baş ağrısı, eklem-kas ağrısı, öksürük ve koku kaybı belirtilerinin görüldüğü saptanmıştır.

Makale detayları

Investigation of the Disease Process and Complaints of Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Disease

Yazarlar:

Şeyma Turan | Leyla Khorshid

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hemşirelik (Diğer)

Dergi:

Etkili Hemşirelik Dergisi Vol.16 Issue 4, pp.524-535

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001301305

pISSN:

2980-3527

Signs and Symptoms

COVID-19

Healthcare WorkersBelirti ve Bulgular

COVID-19

Sağlık Çalışanları

Sayı

Makale detayları

Investigation of the Disease Process and Complaints of Healthcare Professionals with COVID-19 Disease

Yazarlar: Şeyma Turan | Leyla Khorshid

Yayıncı: Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar: Hemşirelik (Diğer)

Dergi: Etkili Hemşirelik Dergisi Vol.16 Issue 4, pp.524-535

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001301305

pISSN: 2980-3527

Signs and Symptoms

COVID-19

Healthcare WorkersBelirti ve Bulgular

COVID-19

Sağlık Çalışanları

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Şeyma Turan | Leyla Khorshid

Yayıncı:

Dokuz Eylul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hemşirelik (Diğer)

Dergi:

Etkili Hemşirelik Dergisi Vol.16 Issue 4, pp.524-535

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001301305

pISSN:

2980-3527