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The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic

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The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic

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Aim: Healthcare professionals working in intensive care unit (ICU) have been in the frontline from the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to evaluate the technical and psychological difficulties encountered by medical doctors working in the ICU of the hospitals within XXX University Faculty of Medicine during this pandemic. Material and Methods: A questionnaire consisting of 52 questions was applied to the medical doctors working in the ICUs of Başkent University affiliated centers. Personal protective equipment (PPE) includes; surgical mask, N95: N95 mask, face shield, glove, overalls, overshoe, goggles, intubation cabin. Results: Out of the 73 ICU physicians who were invited to participate, 62 (84.9%) of them completed the survey. Out of 59.7% of the participants stated that they did not feel safe while caring for the patients. The most common reason for their insecurity was the fear of contamination (70.3%). Out of 69.4% ICU physicians stated that their anxiety level was moderate. It was observed that the anxiety level of ICU physicians decreased as the number of patients followed up increased (p = 0.025), the increase in the number of hospital beds was found to be significantly associated with increased anxiety level (p = 0.015). It was found that the presence of anxiety complaint increased the state of having high anxiety related to COVID-19 disease 28.3 times (p = 0.001). Conclusion: We found that more than half of the physicians participating in our study didn’t have any problem of protective personal equipment (PPE) deficiency, which is one of the most important technical difficulties. Regarding psychological difficulties, we found that doctors who had anxiety complaints before had much more difficulties in managing the pandemic process than others.

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Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sağlık Kurumları Yönetimi

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Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

22 Aralık 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

3 Kasım 2021

Kabul Tarihi

15 Kasım 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 12 Sayı: 4

Kaynak Göster

APA
Şahintürk, H., Ulutaş, İ., Gülleroğlu, A., Yeşiler, F. İ., Aitakhanova, M., Gedik, E., & Zeyneloglu, P. (2021). The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory, 12(4), 426-431. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.1018573
AMA
1.Şahintürk H, Ulutaş İ, Gülleroğlu A, vd. The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic. TJCL. 2021;12(4):426-431. doi:10.18663/tjcl.1018573
Chicago
Şahintürk, Helin, İrem Ulutaş, Aykan Gülleroğlu, vd. 2021. “The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 12 (4): 426-31. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.1018573.
EndNote
Şahintürk H, Ulutaş İ, Gülleroğlu A, Yeşiler Fİ, Aitakhanova M, Gedik E, Zeyneloglu P (01 Aralık 2021) The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 12 4 426–431.
IEEE
[1]H. Şahintürk vd., “The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic”, TJCL, c. 12, sy 4, ss. 426–431, Ara. 2021, doi: 10.18663/tjcl.1018573.
ISNAD
Şahintürk, Helin - Ulutaş, İrem - Gülleroğlu, Aykan - Yeşiler, Fatma İrem - Aitakhanova, Manat - Gedik, Ender - Zeyneloglu, Pınar. “The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory 12/4 (01 Aralık 2021): 426-431. https://doi.org/10.18663/tjcl.1018573.
JAMA
1.Şahintürk H, Ulutaş İ, Gülleroğlu A, Yeşiler Fİ, Aitakhanova M, Gedik E, Zeyneloglu P. The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic. TJCL. 2021;12:426–431.
MLA
Şahintürk, Helin, vd. “The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic”. Turkish Journal of Clinics and Laboratory, c. 12, sy 4, Aralık 2021, ss. 426-31, doi:10.18663/tjcl.1018573.
Vancouver
1.Helin Şahintürk, İrem Ulutaş, Aykan Gülleroğlu, Fatma İrem Yeşiler, Manat Aitakhanova, Ender Gedik, Pınar Zeyneloglu. The challenges of the medical doctors working in the intensive care unit during COVID-19 pandemic. TJCL. 01 Aralık 2021;12(4):426-31. doi:10.18663/tjcl.1018573


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