Version 1
: Received: 19 October 2023 / Approved: 19 October 2023 / Online: 19 October 2023 (10:55:18 CEST)
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Mhlongo, T.H.; Phalane, E.; Voet, A.K.; Ndaramu, P.; Siyamanyambo, C.; Mabaso, M.M.; Sewpaul, R.; Phaswana-Mafuya, R.N. Individual-Level Factors associated with Perceived COVID-19 Risk among Health Care Workers in South Africa. Preprints2023, 2023101267. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.1267.v1
Mhlongo, T.H.; Phalane, E.; Voet, A.K.; Ndaramu, P.; Siyamanyambo, C.; Mabaso, M.M.; Sewpaul, R.; Phaswana-Mafuya, R.N. Individual-Level Factors associated with Perceived COVID-19 Risk among Health Care Workers in South Africa. Preprints 2023, 2023101267. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.1267.v1
Mhlongo, T.H.; Phalane, E.; Voet, A.K.; Ndaramu, P.; Siyamanyambo, C.; Mabaso, M.M.; Sewpaul, R.; Phaswana-Mafuya, R.N. Individual-Level Factors associated with Perceived COVID-19 Risk among Health Care Workers in South Africa. Preprints2023, 2023101267. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.1267.v1
APA Style
Mhlongo, T.H., Phalane, E., Voet, A.K., Ndaramu, P., Siyamanyambo, C., Mabaso, M.M., Sewpaul, R., & Phaswana-Mafuya, R.N. (2023). Individual-Level Factors associated with Perceived COVID-19 Risk among Health Care Workers in South Africa. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.1267.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Mhlongo, T.H., Ronel Sewpaul and Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya. 2023 "Individual-Level Factors associated with Perceived COVID-19 Risk among Health Care Workers in South Africa" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202310.1267.v1
Abstract
The global SARS-Cov-2 which caused the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant impact over the last 3.5 years, especially among healthcare workers (HCWs) who were constantly in the forefront of the pandemic. Due to the nature of their work, HCWs faced a potential risk of exposure. Therefore, this study investigated the individual-level factors associated with perceived COVID-19 risk among South African HCWs. We used an analytical cross-sectional study design to analyse data from the South African Health Care workers’ response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic online survey conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council across the nine provinces in South Africa, from 11th April to 7th May 2020. In this study, only data (n= 5 579) with non-missing values for COVID-19 risk and individual-level factors (age, gender, educational level, occupational category, and race) was analysed. Univariate and Multivariate binomial logistic regression analyses were conducted. The crude and adjusted odds ratio and p-value ≤ 0.05, were used to describe the association between the individual-level factors and perceived COVID-19 risk, from low-medium to high. The binomial logistic regression was used to assess the factors associated with high perceived risk. Perceived COVID-19 risk among HCWs in South Africa was significantly associated with age, race, educational level and occupational category. Being 60 years and older, being “White”, having a Master’s and Doctorate degrees and being a healthcare worker other than a nurse practitioner and medical practitioner, all had higher odds of having high perceived COVID-19 risk. The findings may be used to guide policies and programs aimed at mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 and other similar pandemics.
Keywords
coronavirus disease; healthcare workers; individual-level; perceived risk; South Africa
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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