Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19

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Autor(a) principal: Tavares, Ana Sofia R.
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Bellém, Fernando, Abreu, Renato, Leitão, Céu, Medeiros, Nuno, Alves, Patrícia, Calmeiro, Luis
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/49626
Resumo: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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spelling Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19COVID-19Biomedical scientistRisk exposureStress appraisal© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).Currently, the main public health concern worldwide is the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, which was recently discovered and described. Due to its high pathogenicity and infectiousness, it is necessary to determine the risk healthcare professionals face every day while dealing with infected patients and contaminated biological samples. The purpose of this study was to assess Portuguese Biomedical Scientists' risk of COVID-19 exposure and related stress appraisals. One hundred and forty participants completed online versions of the WHO's Risk Assessment and Management of Exposure Survey and the Stress Appraisal Measure. Participants worked mainly in outpatient settings (45%), and in emergency services (28%). Twenty three percent of participants were exposed to COVID-19 through community exposure, and 39% through occupational exposure. Although 95% reported using personal protective equipment (PPE), 83.6% were at high risk of infection. However, the use of some types of PPE was related to the risk of exposure. Participants reported moderate perceptions of stress and threat, but also moderate perceptions of control over the situation. These results may contribute to a more efficient risk management of these professionals and prevent disease transmission in hospitals and communities.MDPIRepositório da Universidade de LisboaTavares, Ana Sofia R.Bellém, FernandoAbreu, RenatoLeitão, CéuMedeiros, NunoAlves, PatríciaCalmeiro, Luis2021-09-24T15:25:42Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/49626engInt J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 2;18(13):70971661-782710.3390/ijerph181370971660-4601info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:53:34Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/49626Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:01:16.181746Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
title Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
spellingShingle Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
Tavares, Ana Sofia R.
COVID-19
Biomedical scientist
Risk exposure
Stress appraisal
title_short Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
title_full Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
title_fullStr Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
title_sort Assessment and impact of the risk of exposure of Portuguese biomedical scientists in the context of COVID-19
author Tavares, Ana Sofia R.
author_facet Tavares, Ana Sofia R.
Bellém, Fernando
Abreu, Renato
Leitão, Céu
Medeiros, Nuno
Alves, Patrícia
Calmeiro, Luis
author_role author
author2 Bellém, Fernando
Abreu, Renato
Leitão, Céu
Medeiros, Nuno
Alves, Patrícia
Calmeiro, Luis
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Tavares, Ana Sofia R.
Bellém, Fernando
Abreu, Renato
Leitão, Céu
Medeiros, Nuno
Alves, Patrícia
Calmeiro, Luis
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COVID-19
Biomedical scientist
Risk exposure
Stress appraisal
topic COVID-19
Biomedical scientist
Risk exposure
Stress appraisal
description © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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