TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Comparative Analysis of Occupational Accidents among Health Workers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
AU  - Aslan, Yasemin
AU  - Arslan, Dilara
AU  - Güler, Sinem
PY  - 2024
DA  - August
Y2  - 2024
DO  - 10.53424/balikesirsbd.1375363
JF  - Balıkesir Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi
JO  - BAUN Health Sci J
PB  - Balıkesir University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-9601
SP  - 426
EP  - 433
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the occupational accidents in pre-pandemic and during the COVID-19 pandemic within hospital. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study consists of occupational accidents in a university hospital between June 11th, 2018, and December 31st, 2021. Sample selection was not made and the entire population was taken into consideration. The data was obtained from the records of the Occupational Safety and Health Department of the hospital. Descriptive statistics and the SPSS program version 25.0 were used to analyze the data. Results: While the occupational group with the highest number of occupational accidents in the pre-pandemic period was cleaning personnel (34.8%), it was determined that the most occupational accidents were seen in nurses (37.5%) during the pandemic. A statistically significant difference was detected between pre- and during-pandemic occupational accidents and the variables of age and working hours (p
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - Health Workers
KW  - Hospital
KW  - Occupational Accident
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