The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health of nurses in British Columbia, Canada using trends analysis across three time points

The Association between Mental Health Symptoms and Quality and Safety of Patient Care before and during COVID-19 among Canadian Nurses

“…With the exception of depersonalization and personal accomplishment, nurses’ reports of other mental health symptoms increased during COVID-19. This finding is in line with other international reports that had similarly suggested an increasing prevalence of mental health problems among healthcare workers, particularly nurses [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ]. The stability of depersonalization and personalization may be attributed to greater levels of acknowledgement that nurses and other providers received from their organizations and the general public during COVID-19.…”

“…This is particularly important as nurses play a major role in contributing to or preventing the 136 million patient adverse events and the associated 2.6 million patient mortalities per year worldwide [ 8 ]. Given the deterioration of nurses’ mental health during COVID-19 [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ] and an increasing shortage of nurses worldwide [ 14 , 15 ], there is an urgent need to re-evaluate and better understand the relationship between nurse reported mental health and perceived quality and safety of patient care. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the association between the severity of specific mental health symptoms, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and three burnout dimensions (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment) and their unique impact on nurses’ reports of quality and safe patient care delivery pre- and during COVID-19.…”

“…Another systematic review of 16 nurse burnout studies during COVID-19 estimated the prevalence ranging from 12.6% (for depersonalization) to 34% (for emotional exhaustion) [ 13 ]. In Canada, a recent study using data from three time points demonstrated an increasing prevalence of anxiety and depression by 10% to 15% among nurses between December 2019 (anxiety = 31%; depression = 20%) and April/May of 2020 (anxiety = 45%, depression = 31%), with levels remaining high when measured again in June/July 2020 (anxiety = 43%, depression = 30%) [ 10 ].…”

The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian critical care nurses

“…Research started to emerge detailing the impact of the pandemic on the well-being of the healthcare staff who have been on the frontlines providing care for patients with SARS CoV-2. Evidence of the burden borne by healthcare providers, particularly nurses, at the outset of the pandemic documented a significant impact to mental health ( AlAteeq et al, 2020 ; Alharbi, Jackson, Usher, 2020; Azoulay et al, 2020 , Gomez et al, 2020 , Greenberg et al, 2021 , Havaei et al, 2021a , Havaei et al, 2021b , Shaukat, Ali, Razzak, 2020; Vizhen et al, 2020; Wahlster et al, 2021 ).…”

Workplace Predictors of Quality and Safe Patient Care Delivery Among Nurses Using Machine Learning Techniques

“… 2 This study is both timely and relevant in light of the rising mental health problems among nursing providers amidst the battle against a global pandemic fought by nurses and other health care providers. 3 …”