[en] Testing strategies are crucial to prevent and control the spread of covid-19 but suffer from a lack of investment in understanding the human factors that influence their implementation. The aim of this study was to understand the factors that encourage participation and the level of engagement of nursing homes staff in a routine saliva testing programme for COVID-19 In December 2020, nursing homes (n = 571) in Wallonia (Belgium) were invited to participate in a saliva testing programme for their staff. The directors were questioned by telephone at the end of a 3-week pilot phase. 445 nursing homes took part in the evaluation questionnaire, of which 36(8%) answered that they chose not to participate in the testing programme. The average participation rate of nursing staff was 49(±25)%. Perception of the justification of the efforts required for testing and perception of practicability of the procedure were significantly associated with the adoption of the system by the nursing homes directors (OR(95%CI): 5.96(1.97-18.0), p = 0.0016); OR(95%CI): 5.64(1.94-16.4), p = 0.0015 respectively). Staff support, incentives and meetings increased the level of engagement in testing (p<0.05). While the adoption of the programme confirmed the acceptability of salivary testing as a means of screening, the participation rate confirmed the need for studies to understand the factors that encourage health care staff to take part. The results suggested rethinking strategies to consider staff engagement from a health promotion perspective.
Disciplines :
Public health, health care sciences & services
Author, co-author :
Pétré, Benoît ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique
Paridans, Marine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé
Gillain, Nicolas ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé
Husson, Eddy ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé
Donneau, Anne-Françoise ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé
Dardenne, Nadia ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Santé publique : de la Biostatistique à la Promotion de la Santé
Breuer, Christophe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie
Michel, Fabienne ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'économie > UER Economie : Economie sociale et systèmes économiques
Dandoy, Margaux ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA I3 - Cellular and Molecular Immunology
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