Investigating the Leisure Patterns and the Well-being of Healthcare Workers in High-Risk Environments: Insights from a Pandemic Landscape

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 22, 2024

Language: Английский

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“You close the door, wipe your sadness and put on a smiling face”: a qualitative study of the emotional labour of healthcare professionals providing palliative care in nursing homes in France

BMC Health Services Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Sept. 16, 2024

Palliative care provided to frail and dying older persons in nursing homes results intense emotions for residents their relatives as well healthcare professionals. In France, scant attention has been given how home professionals manage when providing palliative care. This study analysed the emotional demands of context, strategies used by navigate such demands, these affect wellbeing.

Language: Английский

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Promoting Resilience in Healthcare Workers: A Preventative Mental Health Education Program

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 21(10), P. 1365 - 1365

Published: Oct. 16, 2024

Healthcare workers face greater risks for mental health conditions and chronic stress due to the demanding nature of their roles. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges increased vulnerabilities long-term conditions. present study adapts an existing resilience-based educational workshop program address time constraints unique needs healthcare workforce in a post-COVID-19 world. Expanded from its initial focus on resilience, curriculum incorporates psychoeducation common issues. Between July 2022 June 2024, 15 min “huddle” format offered on-site training equip HCWs large urban system with coping strategies prevent, manage, recover stress. Attendance anonymous feedback were collected at each session via brief electronic surveys. Participant responses (n = 1403) obtained immediately post-huddle suggested positive impact management, perceived leadership support, resilience. Findings show potential huddles improve resilience similar workforces. Our findings support efficacy brief, evidence-based enhancing awareness, skills among HCWs. This model holds significant widespread implementation across other high-stress workplaces.

Language: Английский

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Mental health and well‐being of anaesthetists during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a scoping review

Anaesthesia, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 78(2), P. 197 - 206

Published: Oct. 31, 2022

Summary The COVID‐19 pandemic has imposed substantial burdens on clinicians and there is a need to better understand the impact mental health well‐being. This scoping review investigates prevalence of concerns in anaesthetists, risk protective factors for well‐being, anaesthetists' pandemic‐related support. We searched online databases articles published between January 2020 May 2022, using search terms related to: anaesthesia; burnout, or stress; COVID‐19. identified 20 comprising 19 different populations anaesthetists (n = 8680) from 14 countries. Studies following condition anaesthetists: burnout (14–59%); stress (50–71%); anxiety (11–74%); depression (12–67%); post‐traumatic (17–25%); psychological distress (52%); insomnia (17–61%). Significant poorer included: direct COVID‐19‐related issues (fear self family exposure infection; requirement quarantine); practitioner (insomnia; comorbidities); psychosocial (loneliness; isolation; perceived lack support at home work); demographic (female gender; non‐white ethnicity; LGBTQIA+); workplace (redeployment outside area clinical practice; increased work effort; personal equipment shortages). Protective job satisfaction; organisational justice; older age; male sex. Anaesthetists' self‐reported equipment; resource allocation; fear financial loss; workload; effective communication protocols patient treatment. Support family, colleagues hospital management was as an important coping mechanism. Findings this may design interventions enhance during conditions beyond. Future research should include consistent outcome measures rigorous experimental beyond cross‐sectional studies.

Language: Английский

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Health care providers’ perceptions of burnout and moral distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study from Saskatchewan, Canada

Journal of Health Services Research & Policy, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 1, 2024

Objectives This study sought to describe feelings and perceptions of burnout moral distress experienced by health care providers in the Canadian province Saskatchewan during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods was part a larger mixed methods project, we here report on qualitative results relating medical doctors, registered nurses respiratory therapists. We used an exploratory, descriptive design involving one-one-one interviews with 24 providers. Interview data were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis approach. Results identified three overarching themes each for provider distress. Interviews revealed that through (i) increased expectations (ii) unfavourable work environments, which led most them recognise (iii) need step back. Regarding distress, key were: sense compromised care, bumping heads authorities patient families, seeing patients make difficult decisions. Conclusion Our found therapists working pandemic continue experience significant often driven both institution- system-level factors. There is sustained investment build support motivated workforce prepare future pandemics emergencies.

Language: Английский

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Design health care systems to protect resilience in nursing

Nursing Outlook, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 72(1), P. 101999 - 101999

Published: July 20, 2023

Language: Английский

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A novel index for shearer system resilience in underground coal mines based on the operational environment

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part O Journal of Risk and Reliability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 238(3), P. 475 - 501

Published: Feb. 11, 2024

The use of resilience during the mining period by guaranteeing safety and performance systems greatly helps managers engineers with their decision-making designing different systems. During last two decades, various studies have been conducted in this regard. However, analysis underground coal systems’ has rarely addressed these studies. present study aims to provide a quantitative index for environment operations based on risk factors. To do so, case Tabas Mechanized Coal Mine, Failure shearer data stoppages caused it (for 2 years half, from March 2017 June 2019) were studied analyze system’s resilience. Then, experts surveyed. After collecting categorizing data, calculations done indicators reliability, maintainability, supportability, organizational resilience, PHM system efficiency, economic Finally, new named “Shearer System Resilience Index” was introduced. results indicated that is reduced over time. They also shows order improve project should pay more attention indicators, especially Therefore, regarding scope investigated current study, Shearer data-based factors experts’ opinions strongly recommended.

Language: Английский

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Thematic Analysis to Understand the Perspectives and the Level of Support Offered to Healthcare Workers During the Pandemic in Ireland

Deleted Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 1, P. 4 - 28

Published: Feb. 23, 2024

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed exceptional demands on the healthcare workforce around world (Vindrola-Padros et al., 2020). aim of this study was to undertake an exploration experiences workers (HCWs) who worked during and their views about support they were offered in Dublin, Ireland. Understanding HCWs can help identify gaps systems inform efforts strengthen them. This primary qualitative conducted using semi-structured interviews with six professionals. Participants recruited via snowballing sampling technique included nurses assistants. interview discussion guide consisted questions COVID-19-related challenges such as at workplace, level stress uncertainty HCWs, availability quality personal protective equipment (PPE) well coping strategies received, from management handle pandemic. Braun Clarke’s (2021) reflexive thematic analysis generated two themes eight sub-themes. major emotional exhaustion inconsistent guidelines. findings indicated that practising carrying out duties outside usual roles reported very high levels anxiety. second theme discusses lack consistency, which leads a number for while implementing standardised practices. perspectives would facilitate hospital administrations managements Ireland proactively providers future pandemics by ensuring access mental health programs, standardising communication developing plans will address supply availability. In addition this, are key stakeholders public responses pandemics, policies guidelines related infection prevention control, vaccination other interventions, contribute development evidence-based pandemics.

Language: Английский

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Risk and protection factors of mental stress among medical staff in the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic

Frontiers in Psychiatry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: March 22, 2024

Background The COVID-19 pandemic placed an extraordinary burden on health care workers (HCW), who are reported to suffer from great mental stress. current study investigates the of HCW in later phases pandemic. Methods completed following questionnaires online (06/2021-02/2022, N =159): demographics (age, gender, profession, ward), Impact Event Scale (IES-R, posttraumatic stress), State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-S, state anxiety), stress-coping questionnaire (SVF-78), and bespoke corona-specific stress protective-factor questions (5 items each). We used factor analysis test scale properties regression-type methods (t-tests, ANOVA, multiple regression) for hypothesis tests effect-size estimation. Results/discussion Mental is influenced by similar factors as described earlier phases. However, differences were found ward affiliation which no longer a variable concern explaining HCW. Further, even if nurses occupational group with highest prior research, detailed shows that medical specialists close proximity patients high-level responsibility most burdened sub-group. Unlike nurses, they high levels anxiety addition post-traumatic COVID-specific Analyses showed further strongest predictor stress, wherein remain same literature early use still more positive than negative coping strategies. Negative strategies increased expected whereas alleviated only anxiety. Additionally, we doctors benefited many protective while had access fewer like waves. Conclusion Data show third year all hospital wards may be affected need attention measures. Medical subgroup. Detailed analyses other occupation, or appropriate evaluate findings have implications developing specialized protection post-pandemic phase future pandemics.

Language: Английский

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Healthcare Team Resilience During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 14, 2023

Abstract BACKGROUND Resilience has been identified as the ability to maintain safety and performance of healthcare systems is aligned with principles anticipation, monitoring, adaptation, learning. In early 2020, COVID-19 pandemic challenged resilience US due lack equipment, supply interruptions, a shortage personnel. The purpose this qualitative research was describe in team during situated singular cognizant entity defined by its collective identity, purpose, competence, actions. METHODS We developed descriptive model which considered unified entity. This combined elements from Patient Systems Engineering Initiative for Safety (SEIPS) Advanced Team Decision Making (ADTM) models. Using design guided our adapted model, we conducted individual interviews members across United States. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis extracted codes organized within framework. To ensure rigor study, utilized input an expert researcher maintained audit trail throughout process. Additionally, explored factors participants’ described that may have either hindered or enhanced potentials team. RESULTS Five themes acute care professionals (N = 22): working pressure cooker , consistent high stress environment; cohesion applying past lessons present challenges congruent transferring skills current situations; knowledge gaps altruistic behaviors sense duty personal responsibility Participants’ how their adapt environment negatively impacted uncertainty, inconsistent communication information, emotions anxiety, fear, frustration, stress. Cohesion co-workers, transferability skills, behavior performance. CONCLUSION Working extreme unprecedented circumstances affected anticipate rapidly changing environment. Both promoted resilience. useful Our contributes growing understanding importance provides bridge between organizational

Language: Английский

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