OCCUPATION AND HEALTH ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 1383-1391.

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Qualitative meta integration of real experience and coping with occupational exposure risk in medical staff

MENG Guang-xian1, YANG Xia1, ZHANG Xin2, GAN Yan-ling3   

  1. 1. School of Nursing,Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin 301617,China;
    2. Department of Oncology,First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin 300073,China;
    3. Department of Neurosurgery,Tianjin Huanhu Hospital,Tianjin 300350,China
  • Received:2022-08-11 Revised:2022-09-13 Published:2026-03-13
  • Contact: ZHANG Xin,Associate chief physician,E-mail:xinzh1024@163.com;GAN Yan-ling,Chief nurse,E-mail:ganyanling61@163.com

Abstract: Objective Through the systematic integration and evaluation on the qualitativeresearches with topics of the real experience and coping strategies of occupational exposure risk in medical staff,to providebasis for the effective prevention of occupational exposure and diversified coping strategies after exposure. Methods By searching six English database systems,including PubMed,the Cochrane Library,Web of Science,CINAHL,Embase and Scopus,and four Chinese database systems,including China Knowledge Network(CNKI),Wanfang,Weipu and CBM,the qualitative researches with topics of the real experience and coping strategies of occupational exposure risk in medical staff were retrieved,and the literature search time was from the database establishment to January 2022. The retrieved articles were filtered and analyzed using EndNote X9,the article grades were assessed according to the quality research quality evaluation standards of the quality evaluation criteria for qualitative research at the Australian National Evidence-based Health Care Center Institute(2016 edition),and the results were integrated by meta integration. Results A total of 13 articles were collected,and 56 results were extracted,summarized into nine categories,and finally summarized into three integrated results,which were the physical and mental experience of medical workers experiencing occupational exposure risk,the factors affecting the occurrence of occupational exposure,and the diversified coping strategies of occupational exposure,respectively. Conclusions Under the background of major public health emergencies,with the expanding scope of diagnosis and population,the risk of occupational exposure in medical workers also increases. Therefore,developing scientific and effective preventive measures and response strategies,paying attention to the physical and mental health of medical staff after exposure,establishing and improving training content and systems,and providing reasonable medical resources are important measures to reduce occupational exposure among medical staff and enhance their physical and mental health and sense of professional belonging.

Key words: Medical staff, Occupational exposure, Qualitative research

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