Work conditions and personal protective equipment against COVID-19 in health personnel, Lima-Peru

Abstract

Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre las condiciones laborales y el acceso al equipo de protección personal (EPP) en profesionales de la salud de la ciudad de Lima-Perú. Métodos: Estudio descriptivo, transversal y analítico. La muestra fue de 323 encuestados virtualmente en la ciudad de Lima, que cumplieron los criterios de selección, captados entre el 09/07/2020 al 09/08/2020. El instrumento de recolección de datos fue validado por juicio de expertos con un puntaje >80% (validez de contenido). Se realizó un análisis con el modelo lineal generalizado de familia Poisson, función de enlace log, modelos robustos con ajuste. Se consideró un valor estadísticamente significativo de p 80% (content validity). An analysis was carried out with the generalized linear model of the poisson family, log link function, robust models with fit. A statistically significant value of p <0.05 was considered. Results: 52% of health personnels (HP) worked more than 12 hours and only 55% received one PPE per work day. 50.9% of the HCP almost never received a mask. In the multivariate analysis, the SP with ages <26 years (p=0.00) and from 26 to 55 years (p=0.00) received an incomplete PPE. HP who did not have an employment relationship with the institution (p=0.006) and those who worked in areas with little contact with COVID-19 patients (p=0.022) received a mask on few occasions. Conclusion: Health personnels under 56 years of age rarely received PPE. When they work without an employment relationship and belonged to areas with little contact with COVID-19 patients, they sometimes received a mask

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