Keywords
health care institutions
health professionals
COVID –19
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Abstract
Introduction: Knowledge of all safety factors: teamwork, employee satisfaction, work environment, stress awareness, risk perception and attitude are the basis for improving the safety performance of health care providers - health professionals. The aim of the research is to analyze the risk perception of health professionals on aspects of occupational safety in relation to the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study included health professionals of all profiles from the Sarajevo Canton. It was conducted in the period from November to the end of December 2021. Respondents voluntarily and anonymously filled out a survey questionnaire, distributed electronically in the Google forms form.
Results: The research included 266 health professionals of all profiles employed in health care institutions at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels of health care.
Conclusion: The concept of risk perception of health professionals in a pandemic should be viewed as a group rather than an individual phenomenon.perception
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