Sl

No

Items

Always

Sometimes

Never

f

%

f

%

F

%

Personal Needs

I believe that wearing PPE makes me

1.

Feel difficult to meet basic needs such as

·        Food and fluids

95

70.9

34

25.4

5

3.7

·        Hygienic needs

65

48.5

57

42.5

12

9.0

·        Relaxation

82

61.2

47

35.1

5

3.7

·        Elimination

92

68.7

41

30.6

1

0.7

2.

Feel disconnected with friends and family during working hours.

65

48.5

49

36.6

20

14.9

3.

At risk of contracting infection from patient.

41

30.6

58

43.3

35

26.1

Patient Care

I believe that wearing PPE

1.

Transmit infections from one patient to another.

16

11.9

63

47.0

55

41.0

2.

Affects the quality of patient care.

34

25.4

58

43.3

42

31.3

3.

Interferes with recording and reporting procedure.

33

24.6

55

41.0

46

34.3

4.

Reduces the application of therapeutic touch in patient care.

50

37.3

54

40.3

30

22.4

5.

Reduces communication with patients

30

22.4

68

50.7

36

26.9

Administration

In my unit of work there is

1.

Inadequate supplies of PPE.

12

9.0

38

28.4

83

61.9

2.

No time for appropriate donning and doffing due to long work schedule.

12

9.0

56

41.8

66

49.3

3.

Long work schedules and time consuming nature of doffing procedure hinder the methodological way of doffing.

13

9.7

64

47.8

57

42.5

4.

Failure in reporting the defects in PPE.

11

8.2

56

41.8

67

50.0

5.

Unavailability of good quality PPE.

17

12.7

55

41.0

62

46.3

6.

No separate suite for donning and doffing with adequate space.

19

14.2

24

17.9

91

67.9

7.

No additional training for proper use of PPE.

17

12.7

24

17.9

93

69.4

8.

Shortage of manpower makes me perform COVID duty too frequent.

45

33.6

63

47.0

26

19.4

9.

Lack of proper guidance and supervision from the superior.

16

11.9

83

61.9

35

26.1

10.

No provision of welfare services for the management of consequences related to PPE use.

27

20.1

55

41.0

52

38.8