Respiratory Protection Program Compliance in Iranian Hospitals: Application of Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process

Honarbakhsh, Marzieh; Jahangiri, Mehdi; Ghaem, Haleh; Farhadi, Payam

doi:10.1177/2165079917703410

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“…This may impute to the fact that married health practitioners have the desire and willingness to take part in carrying out the preventive measures because they have spouses and children to protect other than themselves and their clients. This finding is in concordance with the study of Honarbakhsh et al [26] which they indicated that marital status is associated with preventive measures regarding respiratory hazards in the workplace. This research finding, however, conflicts with other past studies [15,27] where no significant association between marital status and the inclination to carrying out the preventive measures.…”

Section: Relationship Of Demographic Profiles Tosupporting

confidence: 82%

Knowledge and Perception of Health Practitioners towards MERS-CoV in Hail Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Alshammari¹

2018

AJNR

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Objective: This research determines the level of knowledge and the perceptions of the health practitioners about MERS-CoV to target the needs in addressing the health threat. It also aims to relate the participants' age, gender, civil status and educational attainment between the seriousness, susceptibility and extent of anxiety, efficacy, and self-efficacy, and the intention to carry out the measures. Methods: This research utilized a correlational approach. The participants were the health practitioners in the hospitals of Hail Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A total of 264 health practitioners completed the survey (response rate of 83%) as a result of a convenience sampling. Weighted mean, standard deviation and Chi-square test of independence were used to analyze the data. Results: The health practitioners have high knowledge on MERS-CoV; as an inflammation of the lungs (2.64 ± 0.48); always gives symptoms (2.67± 0.52), and can be prevented by practicing good hygiene (2.62 ±0.64). The MERS-CoV is perceived as a very serious disease (4.24±0.56). Moreover, the susceptibility of MERS-CoV, and extent of anxiety are perceivably contracted in the absence of preventive measures (3.30±1.18), and with no vaccination (2.7±0.90). On efficacy/self-efficacy, the health practitioners are very certain (4.40 ± 0.69) and neutral with their intention to carry out the measures (3.38±0.72). Age (P=0.001), civil status (P=0.026) and educational attainment (P=0.001) yielded significant relationship with the intention to carry-out the measures. Equally, the educational attainment (P=0.031) prove significant to efficacy and self-efficacy. Conclusion: The high level of knowledge and good perception of the health practitioners about MERS-CoV may contribute in anticipating the disease outbreak.

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Section: Relationship Of Demographic Profiles Tosupporting

confidence: 82%

Knowledge and Perception of Health Practitioners towards MERS-CoV in Hail Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Alshammari¹

2018

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“…The recommended OHAS implementations for Respiratory Protection Program (RPP) encompass nine components which are "evaluation of respiratory hazards; selection of respiratory protective equipment (RPE); medical evaluation; fit testing; training; use of RPE; inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of RPE; program evaluation; and recordkeeping." (10). Now the rapid economic growth in developed and developing countries has produced a paradigm shift in occupational health; due to the construction of the vast industrial sector, which introduced a deluge of work-related silica and asbestos (11,13).…”

Section: Respiratorymentioning

confidence: 99%

WITHDRAWN: Employees’ Occupational Health and Safety Awareness in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Alghalyini

Elgazzar

Bajaber

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Background: Occupational hazards are extremely pervasive and preventive community-related incidents occurring in occupations all over the world. In fact, the majority of developed countries impose national policies to provide their employees with Occupational Health and Safety (OHAS) guidelines and recommendations to avoid these hazards. Maintaining and monitoring employee health through following (OHAS) laws in turn has a positive impact on the economic status of the country. Our study was conducted in Riyadh, KSA to fill a research gap on OHAS in the country, and to collect evidence-based OHAS recommendations by focusing on three main occupational health domains: stress, musculoskeletal and respiratory symptoms.Methods: A validated structured questionnaire was administered on a cross-section of 319 randomly selected employees aged 18 - 64 years in Riyadh for two weeks in Oct 2018. The survey was conducted on site of 11 locations for different occupations. Information was sought on their socio-demographic characteristics, first aid training and their awareness of major occupational illnesses; stress, respiratory and musculoskeletal disorders. Factors such as underlying diseases and confounding factors such as smoking were also taken into consideration.Results: A total of 319 employees were surveyed from eleven occupational backgrounds. Among all the involved workplaces only 51.3% of them offered First Aid training for the employees. The prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders was 24.1% for weakness followed by 16% for pain. Around 70% of respondents denied suffering from stress at work, neither experiencing stress- related symptoms such as headache, sleeplessness or anxiety attacks as a result of their work.Conclusion: This student-led community engaging study aimed to evaluate employees’ awareness of illnesses related to their occupations and their practices to prevent them. Under the supervision of College of Medicine faculty members at Alfaisal University,1st and 3rd year medical students visited different worksites including schools, dental clinics, car shops, airport terminals, and others to present a brief presentation to promote occupational health and safety proceeded by the distribution of a brief survey. Although musculoskeletal, respiratory and mental illnesses are commonly observed occupation- related complaints, yet this wasn’t evident in our study. This could be explained by employees’ lack of awareness or fear of reporting their health concerns. This observed gap in our study will help in recommending national guidelines to promote occupational health and safety across different occupations.

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“…Other influential factors in not using respirators—inaccessibility to respirator and no one does it—were related to managerial issues and should be considered by training and administrative measures including full implementation of a respiratory protection program …”

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confidence: 99%

Effective factors on not using the N95 respirators among health care workers: Application of Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP)

Honarbakhsh

Jahangiri

Farhadi

2017

J of Healthc Risk Manag

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Using respiratory protective equipment (RPE) including N95 respirators is one of the most important ways to protect health care workers (HCWs) against respiratory hazards. The aim of this study was to identify and prioritize the problems and obstacles in using N95 respirators among HCWs in Iran. In this cross-sectional study, problems and obstacles in using N95 respirators were identified and ranked by experts, using Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP). Additionally, HCWs were asked to give their opinions about obstacles in using N95 respirators in order to form an opinion. Of 15 important obstacles in using N95 respirators identified by Fuzzy Delphi method, 6 factors were entered into the FAHP model: heat around the face, inaccessibility to respirator, difficulty breathing, pressure on the nose, trouble communicating with patients and colleagues, and no one does it. Identified problems and obstacles in using N95 respirators could be controlled during the selection of respirators, as well as by training and administrative measures.

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Respiratory Protection Program Compliance in Iranian Hospitals: Application of Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Knowledge and Perception of Health Practitioners towards MERS-CoV in Hail Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Knowledge and Perception of Health Practitioners towards MERS-CoV in Hail Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

WITHDRAWN: Employees’ Occupational Health and Safety Awareness in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Effective factors on not using the N95 respirators among health care workers: Application of Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP)

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