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Yang, Hsiao-Yu (57201110608); Chou, Hsiu-Ling (23767198900); Leow, Clarence Hong Wei (57219804183); Kao, Ching-Chiu (7403683386); Daniel, D. (57208424232); Jaladara, Vena (58770080100); Khoe, Levina Chandra (56586245200); Latha, P.K. (57210663782); Mahendradhata, Yodi (6602000972); Nguyen, Phuong Minh (58918229300); Sirijatuphat, Rujipas (55871911200); Soemarko, Dewi Sumaryani (57192889490); Venugopal, Vidhya (7102019763); Zhang, Kai (58918448100); Lee, Jason Kai Wei (56612609900)
Poor personal protective equipment practices were associated with heat-related symptoms among Asian healthcare workers: a large-scale multi-national questionnaire survey
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Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, 10055, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University College of Public Health, Taipei, 10055, Taiwan; Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, 100225, Taiwan; Population Health Research Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, 10617, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, New Taipei City, 220303, Taiwan; Department of Nursing, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, 220216, Taiwan; Human Potential Translational Research Programme, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117593, Singapore; Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 138602, Singapore; Department of Nursing, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 116079, Taiwan; School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, 110301, Taiwan; Department of Health Behaviour, Environment and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia; Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, 10430, Indonesia; Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education & Research, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, 600116, India; Center for Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia; Department of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia; Department of Military Occupational Medicine, Vietnam Military Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, 10700, Thailand; Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, State University of New York, Rensselaer, 12144, NY, United States; Department of Physiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117593, Singapore; Heat Resilience and Performance Centre, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Block MD9, 2 Medical Drive Level 4, Singapore, 117593, Singapore
Background: It is pertinent to understand the perceptions of healthcare workers (HCWs) with their associated personal protective equipment (PPE) usage and heat strain symptoms experienced to effectively combat the negative effects of heat stress during treatment and care activities. Methods: We evaluated the associated heat stress perceived by HCWs across Asia and validated a questionnaire on perceptions of heat stress, associated PPE usage, and heat strain symptoms experienced. The questionnaire was administered to 3,082 HCWs in six Asian regions. Factor analyses, including Cronbach’s alpha, assessed the questionnaire’s validity and reliability. Structural equation modelling analysed the effects of knowledge, attitudes and practices, and heat strain symptoms. Results: The questionnaire was found to be reliable in assessing HCWs’ knowledge, and attitudes and practices towards heat stress and PPE usage (both Cronbach’s alpha = 0.9), but not heat strain symptoms (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.6). Despite knowledge of heat stress, HCWs had negative attitudes and practices regarding PPE usage (β1 = 0.6, p < 0.001). Knowledge (path coefficient = 0.2, p < 0.001), and negative attitudes and practices (path coefficient = 0.2, p < 0.001) of HCWs towards heat stress and PPE usage adversely affected symptoms experienced. Conclusions: The questionnaire was not reliable in assessing symptoms. HCWs should, nevertheless, still self-assess their symptoms for early detection of heat strain. To effectively attenuate heat strain, understanding HCWs’ attitudes and practices towards PPE usage should guide policymakers in implementing targeted heat management strategies. © The Author(s) 2024.
Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Universitas Gadjah Mada; National Research Foundation Singapore, NRF; Ministry of Education - Singapore, MOE, (NTU-112L9004); Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, MOST, (109-2314-B-002-166-MY3); Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, MOST
This study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan (grant number MOST 109-2314-B-002-166-MY3), the Population Health Research Center from the Featured Areas Research Center Program within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan (grant number NTU-112L9004), the National Research Foundation, Prime Minister’s Office,
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