Estimation of sample size
The population of this cross-sectional descriptive study consists of two
pandemic hospitals (2nd level state hospital and 3rd level university
hospital) determined in Kahramanmaraş province. Specialist physicians,
assistant physicians and assistant health personnel (nurse, health
officer, health technician, laboratory technician, radiology technician,
medical secretary) were included in the scope of the research. 106
specialist physicians, 602 assistant health personnel, 237 assistant
physicians and approximately 550 assistant health personnel work in the
Medical Faculty Hospital in the 2nd step state hospital. In total, the
number of physicians is 343 and the number of auxiliary health personnel
is 1152. It is aimed to reach at least half of the health workers. Those
who did not accept the questionnaire and gave incomplete answers to the
questions were not evaluated and 740 participants were included in the
study.