Social Media Survey and Web Posting Assessment of the COVID-19 Response in China: Health Worker Attitudes Toward Preparedness and Personal Protective Equipment Shortages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding health worker awareness, attitudes, and self-confidence in the workplace can inform local and global responses toward emerging infectious threats, like the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Availability of accessible personal protective equipment (PPE) is vital to effective care and prevention.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey from February 24 to 28, 2020, to assess COVID-19 preparedness among health workers. In addition, we assessed trends from search engine web crawling and text-mining data trending over the Sina Weibo platform from January 1 to March 3, 2020. Data were abstracted on Chinese outbreak preparedness.

Results

In the survey, we engaged 6350 persons, of whom 1065 agreed to participate, and after an eligibi

SUBMITTER: Huang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499695 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature