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  • Inventi:hns/32461/20
    Preparedness of Frontline Doctors in Jordan\nHealthcare Facilities to COVID-19 Outbreak
    Research 2020 : October - December
    Aiman Suleiman, Isam Bsisu, Hasan Guzu, Abeer Santarisi, Murad Alsatari, Alaâ?? Abbad, Ahmad Jaber, Taimaâ??a Harb, Ahmad Abuhejleh, Nisreen Nadi, Abdelkarim Aloweidi, Mahmoud Almustafa

    The number of COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease of 2019) cases in Jordan is rising rapidly.\nA serious threat to the healthcare system appears on the horizon. Our study aims to evaluate\npreparedness of Jordanian frontline doctors to the worsening scenario. It has a questionnaire-based\ncross-sectional structure. The questionnaire was designed to evaluate preparedness according to\nknowledge about virus transmission and protective measures, adherence to protection guidelines,\nand psychological impacts affecting doctors. Institutional factors affecting doctorsâ?? readiness like\nadopting approach protocols and making protection equipment available were investigated; 308\ndoctors from different healthcare facilities participated (response rate: 53.9%). Approximately 25%\nof doctors (n = 77) previously took care of COVID-19 patients, and 173 (56.2%) have institutional\nCOVID-19 approach protocols. Only 57 doctors (18.5%) reported all PPE (Personal Protective...................

    How to Cite this Article
    Attribution/ CC Compliant Citation: Suleiman, Aiman, et al. \"Preparedness of Frontline Doctors in Jordan Healthcare\nFacilities to COVID-19 Outbreak.\" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17.9 (2020): 3181.\nhttps://doi:10.3390/ijerph17093181\nhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/\nSome formatting elements, header, footer, logos, dates and pagination were modified while adapting this article.
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