Intervenção educativa: prevenção da covid 19 em profissionais de saúde por meio de ambiente virtual de aprendizado

Abstract

Analyze the impact of an educational intervention on COVID-19 prevention among health professionals who work in a Primary Health Care Unit, a reference in symptomatic respiratory care. Methodology: We conducted a quasi-experimental epidemiological study with a pre-test and post-test application. We also used a quantitative approach of analytical type with a correlation between variables. Data were collected at the Health Center II in Mirassol, São Paulo State, from April 2020 to May 2022. The study population was 30 professionals working in this Health Center. We divided the study into four stages: 1- Application of the pre-test, 2- Training of the Health Center II team, 3- Periodic biweekly testing to detect antibodies against COVID-19, and 4- Application of the post-test. Results: Of the total sample, 83.33% are female, and 36.6% are nursing. The most prevalent age is that of people 60 or older, representing 30% of the sample; 80% reported not having any risk condition. Regarding education, 50% have a high school degree. Regarding the function/occupation, in the group composed of administrative, attendants, and support/cleaning services, we observed that the variables have a statistical significance trend, i.e., the result of one influence the outcome of the other in a possible variation, since the value of p=0.02 and 0.008, respectively, in the pre-test, and p=0.01 and 0.004, in the post-tests. Comparing the values of the independent variables (Knowledge against coronavirus, Prevention against coronavirus, and Work environment), without grouping, before and after the intervention, regarding the values of mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and standard error, it is possible to notice an expressive increase in the values of mean, median, and mode, and a reduction in the importance of standard deviation and error. When comparing the results obtained between the professionals who took part in the research and those who did not participate in the educational intervention, we noticed that the positivity rate of the research participants was 14.94% when compared to the professionals who did not take part in the study, which was 34.52%. Conclusion: The results reinforce the importance of the application of health education in the prevention of contamination against COVID-19, as well as the illness of the professionals who took part in the study.