Objective:To assess perceived stress and coping capacity of frontline health workers from AIIMS during COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:This cross-sectional study conducted from May to July 2021 enrolled 694 participants.An ...Objective:To assess perceived stress and coping capacity of frontline health workers from AIIMS during COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:This cross-sectional study conducted from May to July 2021 enrolled 694 participants.An online questionnaire based on Google Forms was developed to collect the data.Participants were assessed using the validated Perceived Stress Scale and the Coping Resources Inventory Scale.Results:The age of participants were 27(23-52)years old.The majority of respondents(73.5%)felt moderately stressed.Of the 694 participants,83.0%of the 576 participants had average stress management skills.Sex,marital status,and profession were significantly associated with perceived stress.In addition,marital status and profession were significantly associated with coping capacity.Conclusions:The majority of participants have moderate stress levels and average coping skills.Frontline healthcare workers have to maintain mental and physical health.Achieving this requires early screening and stress management for healthcare workers.展开更多
Introduction: Frontline health workers who work in COVID-19 isolation treatment centers are susceptible to developing mental health issues due to the overwhelming workload and stress associated with their job. Thus un...Introduction: Frontline health workers who work in COVID-19 isolation treatment centers are susceptible to developing mental health issues due to the overwhelming workload and stress associated with their job. Thus understanding their lived experiences provides insights that helps alleviate health worker burnout and improving their quality of life thereby leading to an efficient delivery of health care services during a pandemic. Aim: To understand the lived experiences of front line health workers during the COVID-19 pandemics at Levy Mwanawasa Teaching University Hospital. Design and Methods: A qualitative interpretative phenomenological study design was used. Purposive sampling method was adopted to select the 14 participants who took part in the study. The data were collected through face-to-face, audio-taped interviews using an in-depth interview guide, after which the responses were transcribed verbatim before using NVIVO to generate codes. The data were analyzed using thematic method. Results: The lived experiences of the participants were found to be mainly negative with few positive experiences. Their lived experiences were mainly negative emotional and psychological experiences including fear, anger, depression, frustration, anxiety and sadness. The thoughts that were identified included thoughts of surviving through the pandemic, thoughts of getting infected, and dying. The frontline health workers also experienced some personal and professional changes as they offered health services in the COVID-19 wards. The personal changes reported included;social limitations and collapse of extra income business while the professional changes included a change in the way health services were delivered, a gain in knowledge and skills and shaping of a career path. The main challenges experienced were limited resources (man power, resuscitation equipment, drugs, personal protective equipment), limited literature on the disease and limited social interactions. Conclusion and Recommendations: Relevant stakeholders should come on board in order to offer support during a pandemic or a similar situation so as to better the experience of frontline health workers with particular attention directed towards the provision of adequate resources to enable them deliver their services effectively. Frontline health workers perspectives and opinions should be taken into account by the institution’s administrators and policymakers when planning for and managing a pandemic.展开更多
Background:While quantitative research has determined that emotional distress and psychiatric illness among frontline healthcare workers increased with the COVID-19 pandemic,detailed qualitative data describing their ...Background:While quantitative research has determined that emotional distress and psychiatric illness among frontline healthcare workers increased with the COVID-19 pandemic,detailed qualitative data describing their personal experiences are needed in order to make appropriate plans to address provider mental health in future pandemics.This study aims to further explore the psychological effects of the pandemic on COVID-19 ICU clinicians and administrators through focus groups.Methods:Two separate 2-h focus groups of physicians were conducted,one with frontline faculty clinicians and another with administrators.Qualitative data analysis was conducted.Results:In September and November 2023,volunteer samples were recruited from the pulmonary and critical care medicine division of The University of Texas Southwestern physicians who served during the pandemic primarily as clinicians(N=6)or in major administrative roles(N=5).Perceptions of both administrators’and clinicians’pandemic experiences were coded into the same 7 qualitative themes:planning,sense of community and isolation,disparities and inequalities,communication and listening,leadership,effects of the pandemic,and emotional/psychiatric/coping responses.Effects of the pandemic were the most coded theme in both groups;second was disparities and inequalities for clinicians and pandemic planning for administrators.Thematic content is summarized separately for clinicians and administrators,illustrated with representative quotes.Conclusion:This study adds detailed qualitative findings to enrich existing quantitative knowledge on frontline COVID-19 workers’emotional responses.Both clinicians and administrators identified helpful and non-helpful institutional responses.These findings are consistent with prior studies of disaster worker experiences and may help to inform efforts to address provider mental health in future pandemics.展开更多
An education mogul has found himself at the center of a public backlash after an anniversary letter he sent from Antarctica angered exhausted employees.On November 16,while on vacation in Antarctica,Yu Minhong,founder...An education mogul has found himself at the center of a public backlash after an anniversary letter he sent from Antarctica angered exhausted employees.On November 16,while on vacation in Antarctica,Yu Minhong,founder of Chinese education giant New Oriental,sent an internal memo to all staff marking the company’s 32nd anniversary.Instead of inspiring morale,the note triggered frustration among frontline workers already overwhelmed by long hours.展开更多
文摘Objective:To assess perceived stress and coping capacity of frontline health workers from AIIMS during COVID-19 pandemic.Methods:This cross-sectional study conducted from May to July 2021 enrolled 694 participants.An online questionnaire based on Google Forms was developed to collect the data.Participants were assessed using the validated Perceived Stress Scale and the Coping Resources Inventory Scale.Results:The age of participants were 27(23-52)years old.The majority of respondents(73.5%)felt moderately stressed.Of the 694 participants,83.0%of the 576 participants had average stress management skills.Sex,marital status,and profession were significantly associated with perceived stress.In addition,marital status and profession were significantly associated with coping capacity.Conclusions:The majority of participants have moderate stress levels and average coping skills.Frontline healthcare workers have to maintain mental and physical health.Achieving this requires early screening and stress management for healthcare workers.
文摘Introduction: Frontline health workers who work in COVID-19 isolation treatment centers are susceptible to developing mental health issues due to the overwhelming workload and stress associated with their job. Thus understanding their lived experiences provides insights that helps alleviate health worker burnout and improving their quality of life thereby leading to an efficient delivery of health care services during a pandemic. Aim: To understand the lived experiences of front line health workers during the COVID-19 pandemics at Levy Mwanawasa Teaching University Hospital. Design and Methods: A qualitative interpretative phenomenological study design was used. Purposive sampling method was adopted to select the 14 participants who took part in the study. The data were collected through face-to-face, audio-taped interviews using an in-depth interview guide, after which the responses were transcribed verbatim before using NVIVO to generate codes. The data were analyzed using thematic method. Results: The lived experiences of the participants were found to be mainly negative with few positive experiences. Their lived experiences were mainly negative emotional and psychological experiences including fear, anger, depression, frustration, anxiety and sadness. The thoughts that were identified included thoughts of surviving through the pandemic, thoughts of getting infected, and dying. The frontline health workers also experienced some personal and professional changes as they offered health services in the COVID-19 wards. The personal changes reported included;social limitations and collapse of extra income business while the professional changes included a change in the way health services were delivered, a gain in knowledge and skills and shaping of a career path. The main challenges experienced were limited resources (man power, resuscitation equipment, drugs, personal protective equipment), limited literature on the disease and limited social interactions. Conclusion and Recommendations: Relevant stakeholders should come on board in order to offer support during a pandemic or a similar situation so as to better the experience of frontline health workers with particular attention directed towards the provision of adequate resources to enable them deliver their services effectively. Frontline health workers perspectives and opinions should be taken into account by the institution’s administrators and policymakers when planning for and managing a pandemic.
文摘Background:While quantitative research has determined that emotional distress and psychiatric illness among frontline healthcare workers increased with the COVID-19 pandemic,detailed qualitative data describing their personal experiences are needed in order to make appropriate plans to address provider mental health in future pandemics.This study aims to further explore the psychological effects of the pandemic on COVID-19 ICU clinicians and administrators through focus groups.Methods:Two separate 2-h focus groups of physicians were conducted,one with frontline faculty clinicians and another with administrators.Qualitative data analysis was conducted.Results:In September and November 2023,volunteer samples were recruited from the pulmonary and critical care medicine division of The University of Texas Southwestern physicians who served during the pandemic primarily as clinicians(N=6)or in major administrative roles(N=5).Perceptions of both administrators’and clinicians’pandemic experiences were coded into the same 7 qualitative themes:planning,sense of community and isolation,disparities and inequalities,communication and listening,leadership,effects of the pandemic,and emotional/psychiatric/coping responses.Effects of the pandemic were the most coded theme in both groups;second was disparities and inequalities for clinicians and pandemic planning for administrators.Thematic content is summarized separately for clinicians and administrators,illustrated with representative quotes.Conclusion:This study adds detailed qualitative findings to enrich existing quantitative knowledge on frontline COVID-19 workers’emotional responses.Both clinicians and administrators identified helpful and non-helpful institutional responses.These findings are consistent with prior studies of disaster worker experiences and may help to inform efforts to address provider mental health in future pandemics.
文摘An education mogul has found himself at the center of a public backlash after an anniversary letter he sent from Antarctica angered exhausted employees.On November 16,while on vacation in Antarctica,Yu Minhong,founder of Chinese education giant New Oriental,sent an internal memo to all staff marking the company’s 32nd anniversary.Instead of inspiring morale,the note triggered frustration among frontline workers already overwhelmed by long hours.
