Safety Responsiveness and Psychological Distress Among Health Care Workers During COVID-19 (2020–2022) in the Pacific Northwest
David A. Hurtado,
Samuel A. Greenspan,
Lindsey Alley
et al.
Abstract:Objectives. The COVID-19 pandemic imposed unprecedented safety challenges on health care facilities. This study examined whether health care workers who deemed a better safety response to the pandemic by their units or employers experienced lower psychological distress. Methods. Patient care workers at a health care system in the Pacific Northwest were surveyed every 6 to 8 months from May 2020 to May 2022 (n = 3468). Psychological distress was measured with the Well-being Index (range: −2 to 7 points). Safet… Show more
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