Impacts of personal protective equipment utilisation on prevention of coronavirus among healthcare workers in Kwara State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorKperogi, I. I.
dc.contributor.authorBaba, D. A
dc.contributor.authorJamiu, A. T,
dc.contributor.authorOlogele, I.
dc.contributor.authorAbdulrasaq, Q. O.
dc.contributor.authorAbdullahi, M. B.
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-29T10:26:01Z
dc.date.available2025-04-29T10:26:01Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) utilisation on the prevention of the coronavirus (COVID-19) among healthcare workers (HCWs) in Kwara State, Nigeria. Personal protective equipment (PPE) means personal protective equipment, which are devices designed to protect healthcare workers from contracting infectious diseases during the treatment of patients with the threaded pandemic COVID-19 infection. These instruments can be hand gloves, nose masks, and protective footwear, among others. However, the effect of the non-utilisation of these devices can be devastating, particularly among HCWs treating coronavirus patients because of its volatile nature of transmission through airborne and contacts. This study aims at determining if HCWs perceive that utilisation of PPE has effects on the prevention of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kwara State, Nigeria. A descriptive research design of the survey type was used for this study. The instrument used was a researchers’ structured questionnaire, which was validated by three experts in health education. A multistage sampling procedure to sample 230 HCWs from Kwara State government-owned hospitals was used for this study. The instrument was then subjected to a test re-test reliability method and analysed by Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC), which yielded 0.81r, showing that the instrument was reliable enough for the study. The data collected was analysed using descriptive statistics of frequency count, simple percentage and inferential statistics of Chi-square (χ2) at 0.05 alpha level. Results revealed that HCWs significantly perceived that utilisation of PPE has an impact on the prevention of COVID-19 in Kwara State, Nigeria, with a calculated χ2 value of 146.174, which is greater than the critical table value of 43.773. It was concluded that HCWs perceived that the utilisation of PPE has an impact on the prevention of COVID-19 in Kwara State, Nigeria. It was, however, recommended that the government should increase the training of HCWs through seminars and workshops. More so, the government should provide and enforce the adequate use of PPE to be used by HCWs against COVID-19 infection in Kwara State, Nigeria.
dc.identifier.urihttps://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/15649
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDirectorate of Research, Innovation and Development, the University of Zambia
dc.relation.ispartofseries6(4); 1-10
dc.subjectAttitude
dc.subjectCorona Virus
dc.subjectImpacts
dc.subjectHealthcare Workers
dc.titleImpacts of personal protective equipment utilisation on prevention of coronavirus among healthcare workers in Kwara State, Nigeria
dc.typeArticle

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