Identifying weaknesses in national health emergency response skills and techniques with emergency responders: A cross-sectional study from China

Ren, Jiaojiao; Wu, Qunhong; Hao, Yanhua; Ferrier, Adamm; Sun, Haiyan; Ding, Ding; Ning, Ning

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.10.001

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“…This may be due to the fact that since the outbreak of SARS in 2003, Chinese medical personnel has paid more attention to their ability to respond to public health emergencies and the similarities between COVID-19 and SARS. Consistent with previous studies, age, education and whether trust in uno cial information were the main in uencing factors on medical workers' coping ability [10,25]. Older age represents a higher title and more experienced, and some of them have even participated in SARS-epidemic control in 2003 [25].…”

Section: In Uencing Factors For Coping Ability and Mental Health Statussupporting

confidence: 79%

“…Consistent with previous studies, age, education and whether trust in uno cial information were the main in uencing factors on medical workers' coping ability [10,25]. Older age represents a higher title and more experienced, and some of them have even participated in SARS-epidemic control in 2003 [25]. A higher degree also means more medical knowledge, experience and skills [10,25].…”

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confidence: 75%

“…The uneven information in the external media could affect medical workers, but also seriously affect the knowledge and psychological state of the general population, even causing panic and damages [19][20][21][22][23][24]. In this way, the re-education about COVID-19 should be strengthened under the situation that the information from the outside public is mixed and incorrect information needs to be controlled in a timely manner [25,26].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Older age represents a higher title and more experienced, and some of them have even participated in SARS-epidemic control in 2003 [25]. A higher degree also means more medical knowledge, experience and skills [10,25]. Extensive clinical experience, knowledge and skills would become a strong guarantee in the face of the epidemic.…”

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Analysis of Coping Ability and Mental Health of Medical Staff on COVID-19 in Henan, China

Cui

Yin²,

Shi

et al. 2020

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Backgrounds Outbreak of COVID-19 imposed great pressure on the professional work and psychological health of medical staff, especially in the early stage. This study aims to assess the coping ability and mental health status of medical workers and find influencing factors on them during the early stage of the COVID-19 outbreak. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among medical staff in Henan from January 29th to February 4th with a total of 1739 participates. A self-made questionnaire was used to evaluate their coping ability and mental health status (Both total score 110). Chi-square analysis and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to identify influencing factors on them. Results The majority of the participants (96.8%) had coping ability scores (Median, 81; IQR, 75~87) above the passing line, most (65.0%) were in normal mental health (median, 58; IQR, 44~68). Analyses showed that older age, higher education level, and distrust in unofficial information were facilitating factors for better copying ability among medical workers. For mental health status, medical workers had 3 promoting factors: older age, distrust of unofficial information, and non-participation in epidemic prevention and control. On the other hand, poor physical health was a risk factor. (P<0.05) Conclusions In early stage of the epidemic, medical staff in Henan performed well in coping ability and mental health, but the government still needs to pay more attention to the coping capacity and mental health of medical workers who are younger, less educated, blind to unofficial information and in poor physical condition who may have worse coping ability and mental health status. And other studies are needed to determine the follow-up status.

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Section: In Uencing Factors For Coping Ability and Mental Health Statussupporting

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Analysis of Coping Ability and Mental Health of Medical Staff on COVID-19 in Henan, China

Cui

Yin²,

Shi

et al. 2020

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“…Field epidemiological investigation skill has been identified as one of the five top weaknesses in national health emergency response skills and techniques. [ 2 ] Traditional epidemiological methods do not consistently provide reliable evidence on how to objectively identify the correct patients, how to select correct sampling objects for laboratory tests, and how to understand and describe outbreak characteristics. [ 3 , 4 ] Social network analysis (SNA) and global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses (GSUA) are relatively new tools that can be used to address these problems.…”

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Use of social network analysis and global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses to better understand an influenza outbreak

Liu

Jiang

Zhang³

et al. 2017

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In the summer of 2014, an influenza A(H3N2) outbreak occurred in Yichang city, Hubei province, China. A retrospective study was conducted to collect and interpret hospital and epidemiological data on it using social network analysis and global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses. Results for degree (χ2=17.6619, P<0.0001) and betweenness(χ2=21.4186, P<0.0001) centrality suggested that the selection of sampling objects were different between traditional epidemiological methods and newer statistical approaches. Clique and network diagrams demonstrated that the outbreak actually consisted of two independent transmission networks. Sensitivity analysis showed that the contact coefficient (k) was the most important factor in the dynamic model. Using uncertainty analysis, we were able to better understand the properties and variations over space and time on the outbreak. We concluded that use of newer approaches were significantly more efficient for managing and controlling infectious diseases outbreaks, as well as saving time and public health resources, and could be widely applied on similar local outbreaks.

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Hospital disaster and emergency preparedness (HDEP) in Lebanon: A national comprehensive assessment

Al-Hajj

Khalil

Kaafarani

et al. 2020

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Identifying weaknesses in national health emergency response skills and techniques with emergency responders: A cross-sectional study from China

Cited by 9 publications

References 25 publications

Analysis of Coping Ability and Mental Health of Medical Staff on COVID-19 in Henan, China

Analysis of Coping Ability and Mental Health of Medical Staff on COVID-19 in Henan, China

Use of social network analysis and global sensitivity and uncertainty analyses to better understand an influenza outbreak

Hospital disaster and emergency preparedness (HDEP) in Lebanon: A national comprehensive assessment

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