Risk Perception and Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) on Work and Personal Lives of Healthcare Workers in Singapore

Koh, David; Lim, Meng-Kin; Chia, Sin-Eng; Ko, Soo Meng; Qian, Feng; Ng, V; Tan, Ban Hock; Wong, Kok‐Seng; Chew, Wuen Ming; Tang, Hui Kheng; Ng, Winston; Muttakin, Zainal; Emmanuel, S C; Fong, Ngan Phoon; Koh, Gerald; Kwa, Chong Teck; Tan, Kong-Bing; Fones, Calvin

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“…Our results are also consistent with other studies that found that most HCWs have greater stress and workload, work overtime and do work normally done by others during an infectious disease outbreak 1,4) . A higher percentage of TH HCWs felt that there would be more conflict amongst colleagues at work and the need to work overtime.…”

Section: Perceived Impact On Personal Life and Worksupporting

confidence: 93%

“…The questionnaire was developed from an earlier survey used in a study of SARS and HCWs 1) . Participation was voluntary and ethics approval was provided by each hospital's Institutional Review Board.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A possible reason is that respondents in Ottawa have had no first-hand experience of a respiratory infectious disease outbreak as the SARS epidemic in Canada mainly affected the city of Toronto. Singapore, on the other hand, has had first-hand experience of SARS in 2003, with our country having 238 cases and 33 deaths, out of which 5 were HCWs 1) . Greater psychosocial support of HCWs may be required, as suggested by other studies which have concluded that more appropriate psychosocial support is needed to prevent HCWs burning out from overwork and high stress during an infectious disease outbreak 6,15) .…”

Section: Preparedness For a Bird Flu Pandemicmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Despite significant medical gains of the last century, the danger posed by emerging infectious diseases has become even greater in our increasingly interconnected world 1) . Singapore, an island republic with high standards of environmental hygiene, a comprehensive childhood immunization program, and strict control of imported food and livestock, has not been spared either.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Concerns and Preparedness for an Avian Influenza Pandemic: A Comparison between Community Hospital and Tertiary Hospital Healthcare Workers

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Little is known about differences in levels of concerns or preparedness for an avian influenza (AI) pandemic among healthcare workers (HCWs) in different types of hospitals. We compared these concerns and preparedness between 326 HCWs of two community hospitals (CHs) and 908 HCWs from a tertiary hospital (TH) using a self-administered questionnaire between March-June 2006. Response rates were 84.2% and 80.0% from the CHs and TH. Most HCWs (71.6%) felt prepared for an AI outbreak and had significant concerns. They perceive an AI pandemic having adverse impacts on their personal life and work, such as people avoiding them (57.1%). A greater percentage of TH compared to CH HCWs expressed concerns such as feeling their jobs put them at great AI exposure (78.3% vs 67.5%, p=0.012). TH HCWs were more likely to report participating in readiness preparation activities, such as training for infection control (90.0% vs 82.2%, p=0.014) and feel that they (74.1% vs 64.7%, p=0.045) and their hospital (86.8% vs 71.8%, p=0.000) were prepared for an outbreak. Healthcare institutions need to include personal, psychological and family concerns on the agenda and increase participation in readiness preparation activities among HCWs to help prepare for such future crises.

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Section: Perceived Impact On Personal Life and Worksupporting

confidence: 93%

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…During the earlier epidemic waves, HCWs experienced extreme stress, lifestyle effects, and, to a long extent, psychological sequelae (6) , which were apparent in the most recent outbreaks of MERS-CoV, Ebola, and SARS (7)(8)(9) . Furthermore, social consequences could result, such as social avoidance, anxiety of family members, and loss of support from the employer.…”

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Epidemic and Pandemic Events Preparedness in Ministry of Health Hospitals, Jeddah, 2017, a Cross Sectional Study.

Algarni¹,

Almalki²,

Raddadi³

2017

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Health Care Workers' Ability and Willingness to Report to Work During Public Health Emergencies

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ABSTRACTObjectives: We conducted a county-wide survey to assess the ability and willingness of health care workers to report to work during a pandemic influenza and a severe earthquake and to identify barriers and strategies that would help them report to work.Methods: A stratified random sample of 9211 health care workers was selected from the Washington state licensure database and from health care agencies. We assessed correlates between self-reported ability and willingness to report to work and demographic and employer-related variables under two scenarios, influenza pandemic and a severe earthquake.Results: For the influenza pandemic scenario, 95% of respondents reported that they would be able and 89% reported that they would be willing to report to their usual place of work. Seventy-four percent of respondents reported that they would be able and 88% would be willing to report to their usual place of work following a severe earthquake. The most frequently cited strategies that would help respondents report to work during an influenza pandemic were the availability of anti-viral influenza treatment and the ability to work from home. For persons with children at home, the strategy to increase ability to report to work during an earthquake was the availability of child care.Conclusions: The majority of the King County health care workforce is willing and able to respond to an influenza pandemic or a severe earthquake.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2011;5:300–308)

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Risk Perception and Impact of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) on Work and Personal Lives of Healthcare Workers in Singapore

Cited by 452 publications

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Concerns and Preparedness for an Avian Influenza Pandemic: A Comparison between Community Hospital and Tertiary Hospital Healthcare Workers

Concerns and Preparedness for an Avian Influenza Pandemic: A Comparison between Community Hospital and Tertiary Hospital Healthcare Workers

Epidemic and Pandemic Events Preparedness in Ministry of Health Hospitals, Jeddah, 2017, a Cross Sectional Study.

Health Care Workers' Ability and Willingness to Report to Work During Public Health Emergencies

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