Staff Morale and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Yahya, Ahmed Saeed; Khawaja, Shakil; Chukwuma, Jude

doi:10.4088/pcc.20com02645

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“…The mean results in the subgroup of physicians (7 sten on the PSS-10 questionnaire sten scale) may also be considered elevated, but they were significantly lower than in nurses and paramedics . These results appear to be consistent with the outcomes reported in the literature [ 23 ] and current investigations [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ], demonstrating that nurses working amidst the wave of viral diseases encounter severe psychological strain. Schechter's team [ 24 ] observed that nurses working in the wake of COVID-19 were significantly more likely than attending physicians to manifest symptoms of acute stress.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…There exists a considerable body of literature on specific psychological stressors affecting health-care workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. First, HCWs experience significant distress because COVID-19 is a possibly fatal communicable disease whose transmission routes are not fully understood and recommended treatments options are sparse.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Researchers believe the current pandemic may have a lasting influence on mental health of medical staff. Yahya et al [ 6 ] emphasized that prolonged job distress may result in adverse health consequences such as professional burnout leading to increased staff turnover and compromised quality of care. The ongoing outbreak of COVID-19 was shown to affect the well-being of all medical workers, a significant proportion of whom manifested psychosomatic symptoms of vicarious traumatization such as physical decline, inability to focus and sustain attention, sleep disturbances, or despair [ 3 ].…”

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Dysfunctional Coping Mediates the Relationship between Stress and Mental Health in Health-Care Staff Working amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Objective: The cross-sectional study aimed to assess the stress outcomes in health care staff working during the Covid-19 pandemic and to explore the role of coping in the relationship between stress outcomes and mental health dimensions with Preacher & Hayes's mediation analysis. Subjects and methods: 170 participants including physicians (n=41; 24.1%), nurses (n=114, 67.1%) and paramedics (n = 15, 8.8%) with a mean age of 37.69 ± 12,23 years and an average seniority of 14.40 ±12.32 years. were administered The Toronto Alexithymia Scale– 20 (TAS – 20), Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10), the Emotional Processing Scale (EPS) and Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). The data were analyzed by estimation of simple correlation coefficients and a Preacher and Hayes's mediation procedure. Results: Participants reported elevated levels of stress (7-8 sten on the sten scale developed for the PSS-10 questionnaire). Statistically significant differences in the stress levels between nurses, paramedics and physicians could not determined. In contrast, significant association between mental health outcomes and occupational category could not be found. Coping mediated the relationship between coping strategies and mental health outcomes. A positive and significant relationship was observed between stress, dysfunctional coping strategies and mental health. Conclusion: Our observations support the assumption about a controlling role of coping in the relationship between work-related stress and mental health outcomes in the medical staff working amid pandemic.

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“…On the other hand, feeling safe with the available personal equipment seems to play a protective role against depressive symptoms as well. Certainly, facing a potentially fatal disease, HCWs have to deal with the uncertainty of encountering an undiagnosed COVID-19 patient, especially considering constrained protective material resources ( Yahya et al, 2020 ). Conversely, we did not find any excess load of depressive symptoms among frontline HCWs.…”

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Some of us are most at risk: Systematic review and meta-analysis of correlates of depressive symptoms among healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak

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Bachi

Calabrese

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Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a severe psychosocial impact on healthcare workers (HCWs). This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at evaluating the association between individual features and depressive symptoms reported by HCWs during the pandemic. We searched Medline, Embase, and PsycInfo up to 23 June 2020. We included cross-sectional studies testing the association between individual correlates and depressive symptoms in HCWs during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. Fourteen studies met inclusion criteria, involving 14,173 HCWs (3,070 with depressive symptoms). Women (OR = 1.50; 95%CI: 1.28–1.76; I 2 = 40.0%), individuals with suspected/confirmed COVID-19 (OR = 2.10; 95%CI: 1.64–2.69; I 2 = 0%), and those with an infected family member or friend (OR = 1.67; 95%CI: 1.37–2.04; I 2 = 0%) were more likely to report depressive features, which, instead, were less frequent among doctors (compared with nurses) (OR = 0.80; 95%CI: 0.66–0.98; I 2 = 48.2%) and HCWs who felt adequately protected (OR = 0.48; 95%CI: 0.32–0.72; I 2 = 36.3%). Our study provides timely evidence on the correlates of depressive symptoms among HCWs during the pandemic. Early screening is crucial to develop tailored health interventions, redesigning the response to COVID-19.

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“…Sociodemographic variables like gender, profession, age, place of work, department of work and psychological variables like poor social support and lack of self-sufficiency have also been identified as significant causes for mental ill-health in HCWs [ 24 , 25 ].…”

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Staying (Mentally) Healthy: The Impact of COVID-19 on Personal and Professional Lives

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Law

Alhashmi

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Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

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Staff Morale and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Dysfunctional Coping Mediates the Relationship between Stress and Mental Health in Health-Care Staff Working amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Dysfunctional Coping Mediates the Relationship between Stress and Mental Health in Health-Care Staff Working amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

Some of us are most at risk: Systematic review and meta-analysis of correlates of depressive symptoms among healthcare workers during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak

Staying (Mentally) Healthy: The Impact of COVID-19 on Personal and Professional Lives

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