Awareness and readiness of health care workers in implementing Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in a tertiary care hospital at Rishikesh

Abstract

<jats:p>Background: Right to health is one among the important components of basic human rights. The Government of India had announced “Ayushman Bharat for a new India-2022”, during 2018-19 parliament budget sessions with two components namely, Health and wellness centers for strengthening primary care and national health protection scheme now known as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) for enabling access to secondary and tertiary health care by giving health (6). Current study was conducted to assess awareness and readiness of the health care workers in implementation of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in tertiary care hospital, in Rishikesh. Material and Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study was conducted with estimated sample size calculated of 236, with treating consultants and residents as study participants. Participants filled a self-administered pretested semi structured questionnaire by which their awareness and readiness in implementing PMJAY was assessed. Data was entered and analyzed using EPI Info 7 software. Result: Total number of respondents was 181. Mean awareness score was 4.5±1.96 and mean readiness score was 16±5. Mean awareness and readiness score among medical and surgical branches was not statistically significant. There was significantly high awareness score among faculty compared to senior residents. Relation between awareness and readiness was found to be correlated with Pearson’s correlation of 0.206 and was statistically significant. Linear regression model demonstrated an increase of 0.531 units in readiness for every unit increase in awareness score. Conclusion: Mean awareness score of the doctors was just around half of maximum possible score. Awareness is more among the faculty members than residents. With increase in awareness there is an increase in readiness among the study population. There is a need to organize workshops on PMJAY for stakeholders. </jats:p>

Awareness and Readiness To Implement the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Healthcare Workers of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern India

“…Faculty had a much higher awareness score than senior residents, in contrast to our study, which found no significant difference, even though faculty had a slightly higher mean awareness score than resident doctors. Similar to our study, they found that the relationship between awareness and readiness was correlated with Pearson's correlation of 0.206 and was statistically significant [ 11 ].…”

“…This indicates how much better awareness can be achieved by doing training and awareness workshops before the program's launch. The mean awareness and readiness scores among medical and surgical branches were not statistically significant, according to a study conducted by Reddy NK et al [ 11 ]. Faculty had a much higher awareness score than senior residents, in contrast to our study, which found no significant difference, even though faculty had a slightly higher mean awareness score than resident doctors.…”

“…We used a pre-designed, pre-tested, and validated questionnaire by Reddy NK et al [ 11 ] based on the "Operational Guidelines for Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM)" [ 6 ] with minor modifications.…”

“…The maximum attainable score for readiness was 25. The average content validity index (I-CVI) and average expert proportion of the tool items were 0.98 each, respectively [ 11 ].…”