Sl. No.

Items

F

%

Rank

1.

Feel difficult to meet basic needs such as food and fluids.

95

70.9%

1

2.

Feel difficult to meet basic needs such as elimination

92

68.7%

2

3.

Feel difficult to meet basic needs such as relaxation

82

61.2%

3

4.

Feel difficult to meet basic needs such as hygienic needs.

65

48.5%

4

5.

Feel disconnected with friends and family during working hours.

65

48.5%

4

6.

Reduces the application of therapeutic touch in patient care.

50

37.3%

6

7.

Shortage of manpower makes me perform COVID duty too frequent.

45

33.6%

7

8.

At risk of contracting infection from patient

41

30.6%

8

9.

Affects the quality of patient care.

34

25.4%

9

10.

Interferes with recording and reporting procedure

33

24.6%

10

11.

Reduces communication with patients

30

22.4%

11

12.

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

27

20.1%

12

13.

No separate suite for donning and doffing with adequate space.

19

14.2%

13

14.

Unavailability of good quality PPE.

17

12.7%

14

15.

No additional training for proper use of PPE

17

12.7%

14

16.

Transmit infections from one patient to another.

16

11.9%

15

17.

Lack of proper guidance and supervision from superiors

16

11.9%

15

18.

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

13

9.7%

17

19.

Inadequate supplies of PPE

12

9.0%

18

20.

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

12

9.0%

18

21.

Failure in reporting the defects in PPE.

11

8.2%

19