Revista de Enfermagem da UFPI (May 2024)

Physicians' knowledge, attitude and practice about reporting work-related accidents in primary care

  • Otenberg Nogueira de Souza Júnior,
  • Bruno Souza Benevides,
  • Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo,
  • Sharmênia de Araújo Soares Nuto,
  • Lívia Moreira Barros,
  • Samuel Carvalho Guimarães,
  • Roberto Wagner Júnior Freire de Freitas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26694/reufpi.v13i1.4160
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1

Abstract

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Objective: To evaluate physicians' knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) on Work-related Accident Reports (Comunicações de Acidentes de Trabalho, CATs) in Primary Care. Methods: A cross-sectional study carried out from November 2020 to January 2021, with application of the Survey to 229 physicians from Fortaleza, Ceará. The instrument was sent electronically with questions about knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to the CAT. The project was approved by a Research Ethics Committee under opinion No. 4.263.48. Results: The highest inadequacy rate was related to practice (85.59%). Inadequate knowledge was associated with the existence of different forms of medical employment (p=0.04), inadequate practice (p<0.001) and inadequate attitude (p=0.009). Inadequate attitude was associated with inadequate practice (p=0.026) and inadequate knowledge (p=0.009). Furthermore, 88.21% of the participants (n=202) stated that they had never filled in the CAT. Inadequate practices were associated with inadequate knowledge (p<0.001) and inadequate attitude (p=0.026). Conclusion: The physicians' knowledge, attitude and practice in relation to the CAT need to be improved.

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