Work conditions and personal protective equipment against COVID-19 in health personnel, Lima-Peru: Condiciones laborales y equipos de protección personal contra el COVID-19 en personal de salud, Lima-Perú

• Autores: Raraz Vidal, Jarvis Giusseppe, Gomez, Henry Lowell Allpas, Torres Salome, Flor Karina, Cabrera Patiño, Wenner Manuel, Ramos Gómez, Rafael Paolo, Alcántara Leyva, Lilian Maria, Aldea Chihuantito, Flor Karina, Colona Risco, Viviana, Raraz Vidal, Omar Baldomero
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Ricardo Palma
• Lenguaje: español; inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:oai.revistas.urp.edu.pe:article/3608
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/3608
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Equipo de protección personal; COVID-19; personal de salud; condiciones laborales y salud ocupacional; Personal protective equipment; Health personnel; Organization at work and occupational health

Objective: To determine the association between working conditions and access to personal protective equipment (PPE) in health personnel in the city of Lima-Perú. Methods: Descriptive, cross-sectional and analytical study. The sample was of 323 respondents virtually in the city of Lima, who met the selection criteria, captured between 07/09/2020 to 08/09/2020. The data collection instrument was validated by expert judgment with a score> 80% (content validity). An analysis was carried out with the generalized linear model of the poisson family, log link function, robust models with fit. A statistically significant value of p <0.05 was considered. Results: 52% of health personnels (HP) worked more than 12 hours and only 55% received one PPE per work day. 50.9% of the HCP almost never received a mask. In the multivariate analysis, the SP with ages <26 years (p=0.00) and from 26 to 55 years (p=0.00) received an incomplete PPE. HP who did not have an employment relationship with the institution (p=0.006) and those who worked in areas with little contact with COVID-19 patients (p=0.022) received a mask on few occasions. Conclusion: Health personnels under 56 years of age rarely received PPE. When they work without an employment relationship and belonged to areas with little contact with COVID-19 patients, they sometimes received a mask.