COVID-19 pandemisi süresince huzurevinde kalan yaşlıların hijyen alışkanlıkları üzerine bir inceleme

Year 2023, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 18 - 28, 29.07.2023

Mehmet Efe , Yalçın Dicle , Deniz Pamuk

Abstract

Amaç: Bu tanımlayıcı çalışmanın amacı huzurevlerinde ikamet eden yaşlıların COVID-19 Pandemisi süresince hijyen alışkanlıklarını değerlendirmek üzere veriler sunmaktır.
Yöntem: Çalışma birisi şehir ve diğeri büyükşehir statüsünde olmak üzere Doğu Anadolu Bölgesi sınırları içerisindeki iki şehirde bulunan huzurevlerinde ikamet eden 100 yaşlı birey ile yüz yüze görüşmeler yolu gerçekleştirilmiştir.
Bulgular: Yaşlıların COVID-19 sonrası iyileşme durumu ve huzurevi içerisinde maske kullanma davranışları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğu görülmüştür. Bununla beraber, bulaş düzeyi ve el dezenfektanı kullanma davranışı arasında da anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmaktadır. Bir diğer anlamlı bulgu ise, yaşlıların odalarına yapılan ziyaret sıklığı ve COVID-19 varlığı arasındaki anlamlı ilişkidir.
Sonuç: Pandemi süresince bulaşı önlemek ve azaltmak amacıyla kazanılan hijyen davranışlarında ideal düzeye yaklaşmakla beraber, maske kullanımı ve sosyal mesafe konusunda daha çok dikkat edilmesi gerektiği anlaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Residential Home, Older people, COVID-19, Pandemic, Hygiene

An evaluation on hygiene habits of individuals residing in residential homes during the COVID-19 pandemic process

Abstract

Objective: Because the number of aging population is rising gradually this descriptive study is to evaluate the behaviors of individuals hygiene residing in residential homes during COVID-19 Pandemic.
Method: The study was conducted with 100 older individuals living in a two residential homes within the borders of two centers with the status of a city and a metropolitan city in the Eastern Anatolia Region.
Results: A statistically significant relationship was found between the variable of the participants' COVID-19 recovery status and the use of masks indoors. It was determined that there was a statistically significant relationship between the variable of COVID-19 transmission status of residential home residents and the use of hand sanitizer also there was a statistically significant relationship between the variable of the participants' status of having COVID-19 and the frequency of visitors to their rooms.
Conclusions: Although the hygiene behaviors gained in order to prevent and reduce transmission during the pandemic are approaching the ideal level, it has been understood that more attention should be paid to the use of masks and social distance.

Keywords

Residential Home, Older people, COVID-19, Pandemic, Hygiene

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