Encuesta de seguimiento a la covid-19:los profesionales ante el paso a la gestión de casos en atención primaria

Resumo

Objectives. After the first months of evolution of the pandemic, the data of infections of the health care professionals in our country are dramatic. These professionals make up the group having the most cases of COVID-19. The disproportion of those affected in our country is not justified when it is compared with that of the countries of our setting. In this second survey, the SEMG contemplates the objective of knowing the situation of the primary health care (PC) professionals regarding availability of resources and access to tests to cope with the cases from this care level and, also, to analyze the evolution of both aspects. Material and methods. An observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study has been designed, using a self-completion survey format, with an online form basically distributed through social networks, which reached a representative distribution of the entire national territory. A total of 1210 professionals answered this survey between 24 April and 6 May 2020, moment in when the management of the cases was transferred to Primary Care. Results. The availability of individual protection equipments (IPE) by the professionals was insufficient, since only 17.9% had the necessary complete equipment and 30.5% did not have it. Of the professionals, 11.3% had complete access whenever necessary to request PCR, 6.9% to the request for rapid test of antibodies, 40.5% to request for complete analysis, 61.8% to request an X-ray and 16.9% to CT scan request. The level of protection that the professionals stated they felt in their work site was a mean of 5.42 and level of concern 8.68, both of which were on a ratio of 1 to 10. Conclusions. Urgent corrective measures of this situation must be adopted in order to be able to continue coping with this pandemic and to manage the cases on the community level by PC.