ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 214
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Factors affecting willingness to report to work during
COVID-19 pandemic among healthcare workers in a tertiary
government hospital
Dr Abigaille Chua, Peter Julian Francisco
University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital
Healthcare workers (HCWs) have been at the forefront since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their willingness to report to work is a critical element for hospital preparedness and sustainability. It is
a requisite to withstand immense challenges such as increasing capacity to handle surges, expanding
bed capacities, infection control and delay of non-emergency procedures. It is often expected that
HCWs have the duty to report to work even when faced with personal risk. Society tends to have
expectations from HCWs to carry on with clinical duties at the expense of their rights.
HCWs’ willingness to respond in a disease outbreak could be affected by the following: availability of
personal protective equipment, vaccine, level of training, professional ethics, personal, family health,
safety and worker support systems. Conversely, barriers to willingness to respond can be categorised
as: perceived risk, interpersonal factors, job-level factors and outbreak characteristics.
There are no local studies that have examined the factors affecting willingness to respond in a
pandemic. Moreover, there are no studies that have explored the death of a family member due
to COVID, and the number of times the HCW has been infected with this virus, in relation to their
willingness to report to work. There are no data regarding sociodemographic factors, such as financial
status of the HCW’s family as well as the years in service at the hospital, that may also contribute to
the HCW’s willingness to respond.
The objective of this study was to determine the factors associated with willingness to report to work
during the COVID-19 pandemic among HCWs in a tertiary government hospital.
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