Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Coco, Marinella; Guerrera, Claudia Savia; Santisi, Giuseppe; Riggio, Febronia; Grasso, Roberta; Corrado, Donatella Di; Nuovo, Santo Di; Ramaci, Tiziana

doi:10.3390/su13137096

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“…In addition, the current findings have revealed an association between female sex and more risk for burnout. Based on literature, females have a tendency to be more susceptible to experiencing the signs of stress particularly, nurses (43,44). Given that nurses with direct contact with COVID-19 patients; they had to have less contact with their own families.…”

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Nurses Burnout, Resilience, and Its Association With Socio-Demographic Factors During COVID-19 Pandemic

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BackgroundIn the recent pandemic, nurses have faced workload and being exposed to burnout. Resilience helps address work-related psychological problems such as stressful events and burnout. According to the roles of nurses in the healthcare system, we investigated the relationship between resiliency and burnout in nurses.Material and MethodsIn this descriptive analytical cross-sectional study, 364 nurses participated from April to June 2021. Census sampling was used to recruit participants. Maslach burnout inventory (MBI), Connor-Davidson Resiliency Scale (CDRISC), and a demographic check-list were utilized to collect data. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 22. Shapiro-Wilk, Kruskal–Wallis test, Mann–Whitney U-test, correlation analysis, and generalized linear model were applied accordingly.ResultsOverall, the findings showed that nurses had severe symptoms of burnout and a moderate level of resilience. The two domains of burnout, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment had a significantly negative correlation with resilience (r = −0.442, p < 0.001 and r = −0.351, p = 0.03, respectively). Linear regression showed that demographic characteristics (Hospital type, ward type, gender, and overtime) were the major predictors of the 3 sub-categories of burnout. A significant negative correlation was observed between burnout and resilience highlighting the role of resilience in reducing burnout (P < 0.05).ConclusionIn order to help nurses to tackle and endure burnout in pandemic times, there is a need to implement national and local policies to help them accordingly.

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Nurses Burnout, Resilience, and Its Association With Socio-Demographic Factors During COVID-19 Pandemic

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“…Workload, long periods of isolation and uncertainty of the future represent psychosocial risk factors that negatively impact the emotional adjustment of healthcare workers, worsening their mental health condition. 9 , 34 , 35 , 36 Although the healthcare workers’ reaction to a prolonged emergency situation could became chronic stress lowering quality of life and psycho-physical well-being, 37 , 38 , 39 our results are encouraging and likely reflect the adjustment of healthcare workers, largely related to work re-organization and successful individual self-care also considering that the workload for the PCPs remained substantially stable between the first semester of 2020 and 2021, in terms of number and functional status of patients entering in the home assistance program as well as regarding the number of home visits/phone calls.…”

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“…Although health services have partially stabilized, one year after the beginning of the pandemic PCPs have still to deal with many uncertainties about the general health situation and work organization challenging their ability to adapt and overcome a prolonged stress condition. 9 …”

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Tackling the Pandemic a Year Later: Burnout Among Home Palliative Care Clinicians

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Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

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CONTEXT: The COVID-19 pandemic strongly challenged healthcare workers, disrupting their work routine and impacting on their professional life. A previous investigation explored levels of burnout and psychological morbidity among palliative care professionals (PCPs) during COVID-19 first wave. OBJECTIVE: To update data about burnout and psychological morbidity among PCPs after a year of COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The same questionnaires on burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI) and psychological morbidity (General Health Questionnaire 12 items, GHQ-12) were administered a year after. Differences in MBI and GHQ-12 scores obtained in the two studies (COVID2020 and COVID2021), as well as distributions of PCPs showing burnout symptoms and psychological morbidity were analyzed and compared. We also explored the association between the three dimensions of burnout and socio-demographic and professional characteristics. RESULTS: The sample consisted of 145 PCPs (59% physicians and 41% nurses). Response rate (70.4%) was quite similar to the previous study (73.2%). No differences were observed in the frequency of burnout between COVID2021 and COVID2020; the PCPs in COVID2021 reported marginally higher level of EE (p=.049) and this result is confirmed in physicians (p=.010) while no difference was observed in nurses (p=.326). In addition, the percentage of cases showing psychological morbidity significantly decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show stable levels of burnout and decreasing levels of psychological morbidity among PCPs one year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, more research is needed to detail the significance of emotional exhaustion dimension, a variable influenced by the survey.

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“…This ability causes hospital staff to adapt better to the anxious conditions (such as hospital overcrowding, equipment shortages, and medication) created by the COVID-19 pandemic [3]. In other words, the dimensions of resilience, such as personal competence, trust in instincts, positive acceptance of change, self-confidence, control, and spiritual impact when in stressful and difficult situations, help people to show the necessary flexibility, adapt to the current situation and use effective coping strategies better [14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

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“…The concept of resilience among the medical staff of hospitals facing natural disasters has drawn the attention of many researchers [18]. During the COVID-19 pandemic, resilience was also found to improve mental health [19] and reduce anxiety, stress, and burnout in hospital staff [20].…”

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The Role of Resilience and Emotion Regulation in Psychological Distress of Hospital Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review Study

2021

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Background: During the COVID-2019 pandemic, the hospital staff was among the first to deal with this problem. Because of the high workload, the medical staff may experience psychological distress. In this regard, the present study was conducted to investigate the role of resilience and emotion regulation in managing the psychological distress of hospital staff during the COVID-2019 pandemic. Methods: In the present study, we searched English databases, such as Google Scholar, PubMed, Scopus, ScienceDirect, and Iranian databases, such as Iranian databases of Scientific Information Database (SID), Iranian Publications (Magiran), and Iranian Medical Sciences Articles from February 2020 to July 2021 with using the keywords of “coronavirus 2019”, “COVID-19”, “depression”, “anxiety”, “stress”, “resilience”, “emotion regulation”, “mental health”, “medical staff”, and “psychological distress”. We also used the PRISMA (The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis) checklist to review and control the quality of the articles. Results: Studies have shown that resilience and emotion regulation strategies positively affect nurses, physicians, hospital staff, and medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Good resilience and using adaptive emotion regulation strategies have reduced their anxiety, depression, insomnia, and fear, which results in increased psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion: Based on the reviewed articles, we found that COVID-19 can affect various aspects of the mental health of hospital staff. Given that COVID-19 is still mutating and it is impossible to predict a specific time for the end of this deadly virus, medical staff must receive the necessary training to improve resilience and emotion regulation strategies.

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Psychosocial Impact and Role of Resilience on Healthcare Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic

Cited by 28 publications

References 44 publications

Nurses Burnout, Resilience, and Its Association With Socio-Demographic Factors During COVID-19 Pandemic

Nurses Burnout, Resilience, and Its Association With Socio-Demographic Factors During COVID-19 Pandemic

Tackling the Pandemic a Year Later: Burnout Among Home Palliative Care Clinicians

The Role of Resilience and Emotion Regulation in Psychological Distress of Hospital Staff During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review Study

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