Trajectories of Canadian Workers’ Well-Being During the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Applied Research in Quality of Life, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

Abstract Research regarding workers’ well-being over time during COVID-19 has primarily used variable-centered approaches (e.g., ANOVA) to explore changes in negative well-being. However, provide insufficient information on the different experiences that diverse workers may have experienced COVID-19. Furthermore, researchers understudied positive general lives and work We latent trajectory analysis, a person-centered trajectories Canadian first few months of across distress, flourishing, presenteeism, thriving at measures. hypothesized that: H1) Intragroup differences would be present each indicator study onset; H2) Different longitudinal emerge for (i.e., some scores get better, worse, remain same); H3) Factors ecological levels (self, social, workplace, pandemic) predict membership trajectories. ( N = 648) were surveyed March 20-27th, April 3rd-10th, May 20-27th 2020. Depending indicator, supporting H1, three five identified. Providing support H2, distress presenteeism improved or stayed stagnant; flourishing worsened stagnant. H3, self- (gender, age, disability status, trait resilience), social- (family functioning), workplace- (employment financial strain, sense job security), pandemic-related (perceived vulnerability COVID-19) factors significantly predicted membership. Recommendations stakeholders employers, mental health organizations) are discussed.

Language: Английский

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Coping Strategies Among Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emotional Responses, Challenges, and Adaptive Practices

Medicina, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 61(2), P. 311 - 311

Published: Feb. 11, 2025

Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to healthcare workers, leading significant psychological distress, altered health-related behaviors, reliance on various coping mechanisms. Understanding these impacts is critical for developing targeted interventions support professionals. This study aimed evaluate the stressors, emotional responses, changes in healthy mechanisms employed by workers during pandemic. further examined differences across demographic professional groups explored correlations between strategies, outcomes. Materials Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 338 including physicians nurses, urban rural settings Data were collected using validated instruments measure responses (anxiety anger), lifestyle behaviors (dietary habits, sleep patterns, physical activity, smoking), strategies. Statistical analyses included descriptive, inferential, correlation techniques assess relationships variables. Results: Fear of infecting family members (M = 3.36, SD 0.86) concerns about inadequate protective equipment 2.80, 0.95) most strongly associated with heightened anxiety anger. Changes observed: 69.2% maintained a meal schedule, 56.5% reported disrupted only 39.6% engaged regular activity. Among smokers (27.5%), 31.1% increased smoking as maladaptive strategy, while 21.1% reduced smoking. Nurses predominantly relied emotion-focused such religious venting, whereas favored problem-focused strategies like planning active coping. Social emerged factor, mitigating stress facilitating adaptive Conclusions: revealed behavioral Key stressors fear members, measures, prolonged uncertainty pandemic, which contributed levels decreased mechanisms, underscored multifaceted faced Although acute phase passed, long-term consequences mental health well-being remain concerns. Further research essential develop effective monitoring, preventing, addressing distress professionals, ensuring their preparedness future public crises.

Language: Английский

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Dynamics of COVID-19 crisis management in hospitals and its long-term effects: An analysis using organizational resilience

Applied Ergonomics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 126, P. 104486 - 104486

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Relationship between three aspects of resilience—adaptive characteristics, withstanding stress, and bouncing back—in hospital workers exposed to prolonged occupational stress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study

BMC Health Services Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(1)

Published: June 28, 2023

The term resilience is used to refer multiple related phenomena, including: (i) characteristics that promote adaptation stressful circumstances, (ii) withstanding stress, and (iii) bouncing back quickly. There little evidence understand how these components of are one another. Skills-based adaptive can respond training (as opposed personality traits) have been proposed include living authentically, finding work aligns with purpose values, maintaining perspective in the face adversity, managing interacting cooperatively, staying healthy, building supportive networks. While be measured at a single time-point, observing responses stress (withstanding back) require multiple, longitudinal observations. This study's aim determine relationship between three aspects hospital workers during prolonged, severe COVID-19 pandemic.We conducted survey cohort 538 seven time-points fall 2020 spring 2022. included baseline measurement skills-based repeated measures adverse outcomes (burnout, psychological distress, posttraumatic symptoms). Mixed effects linear regression assessed subsequent course outcomes.The results showed significant main time on each outcome (all p < .001). size effect was clinically significant. no rate change over (i.e., contribution back).We conclude aimed improving skills may help individuals withstand extreme occupational stress. However, speed recovery from depends other factors, which organizational or environmental.

Language: Английский

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Comparing the effectiveness of mind–body practices (MBPs) and various psychological methods on occupational stress among healthcare workers: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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

Published: Aug. 21, 2024

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy mind-body practices (MBPs) and multiple psychological methods, identify optimal method for relieving work-related stress among healthcare workers (HCWs) by network meta-analysis (NMA).

Language: Английский

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Changes in hospital staff’ mental health during the Covid‑19 pandemic: Longitudinal results from the international COPE-CORONA study

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(11), P. e0285296 - e0285296

Published: Nov. 16, 2023

This longitudinal study aimed to explore anxiety and depressive symptoms, individual resources, job demands in a multi-country sample of 612 healthcare workers (HCWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two online surveys were distributed HCWs seven countries (Germany, Andorra, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Romania, Iran) first (May-October 2020, T1) second (February-April 2021, T2) phase pandemic, assessing sociodemographic characteristics, contact with patients, self-compassion, sense coherence, social support, risk perception, health safety at workplace. reported significant increase symptoms. high or symptoms T1 T2 history mental illness lower self-compassion coherence over time. Risk support strong independent predictors T2, even after controlling for baseline variables. These findings pointed out that outbreak experienced burden psychological distress. The resilience should be supported disease outbreaks by instituting workplace interventions support.

Language: Английский

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Healthcare workers’ experience of a coach-led digital platform for better well-being

Coaching An International Journal of Theory Research and Practice, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 207 - 225

Published: Jan. 24, 2024

This study aimed to use a coach-led digital health platform mitigate burnout and enhance wellbeing among hospital workers. Individual interviews were conducted with 11 healthcare workers explore their experiences of working coach through text-based communication on support platform. Interviews analysed using thematic analysis. Three overarching themes identified: (1) Human-centred Conversation, Facilitated Awareness, (2) Learning Growth, (3) Forward Momentum in the pillars Lifestyle Medicine. Participants had positive human-centered connection felt safe communicate openly her via online chat messages. The facilitated participants' awareness, learning growth by helping them identify goals they wanted achieve. experienced forward momentum Medicine, including sleep, relationships, meaning purpose life, exercise, eating well, along reduced loneliness burnout. found that participants can experience an inherently human-centred coach. There some limits this connection, individual preferences beliefs relation means communication. connected benefits extended beyond achieving improving lifestyle wellbeing.

Language: Английский

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Sense of coherence and its components under COVID-19: relative associations with personality and psychosocial variables

Global Health Promotion, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 1, 2024

Sense of Coherence (SOC) is conceptualized as promoting resistance to stress. The study aimed assess the impact Big Five personality traits and Social Capital (SC) on SOC levels during COVID-19, comparing associations with pre-pandemic period. Another aim was explore how SC relate differently domains: Comprehensibility, Manageability, Meaningfulness, reflecting perceptions order, resource adequacy, life’s significance, respectively. SOC, traits, (using by 13 items scale, NEO-FFI PSCS inventories, respectively) demographic data were obtained from 2717 Israeli participants heights third COVID-19 wave (November 2020–March 2021). Strong relationships between have been found through regression analysis, but these differed domains. demonstrated comparable association Comprehensibly different those particularly in Neuroticism, Openness Extraversion. Significant SC–SOC observed, though weaker than reported Age female sex also associated stronger SOC. Overall, effect sizes for domains medium large small variables. a negligible size. interactions demographic, observed. highlights SOC’s strong links demographics, ties psychosocial factors. Variations across may explain diverse crisis effects.

Language: Английский

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Association of depressive symptoms with incidence and mortality rates of COVID-19 over 2 years among healthcare workers in 20 countries: multi-country serial cross-sectional study

BMC Medicine, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(1)

Published: Sept. 12, 2024

Long-term deterioration in the mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs) has been reported during and after COVID-19 pandemic. Determining impact incidence mortality rates on HCWs is essential to prepare for potential new pandemics. This study aimed investigate association with depressive symptoms over 2 years among 20 countries

Language: Английский

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Interconnected mental health symptoms: network analysis of depression, anxiety, stress, and burnout among psychiatric nurses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic

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

Published: Oct. 28, 2024

Background Mental health symptoms such as anxiety, depression, stress, and burnout are common among healthcare workers. However, the interconnections them remain under-explored. This study aimed to address interrelationships these in psychiatric nurses. Methods We conducted a nationwide survey early stage of COVID-19 pandemic (January March 2021) investigate interconnectedness Using network analysis, we identified central symptoms, important bridge correlations symptoms. Results Of 9,224 nurses (79.2% female) included statistical analyses, 27.6% reported clinically significant 31.2% 14.5% 23.8% burnout. Network analysis revealed that stress had highest expected influence (EI) value (0.920) strength all nodes. The node for depression scored both closeness betweenness. Emotional exhaustion (EE) (BEI) 0.340, with strongest intergroup association between EE depression. No differences were found gender or frontline work experience (all p &gt; 0.05). Conclusions Burnout, relatively context pandemic. While anxiety was most prevalent, emerged core symptom, an bridging node. Interventions targeting nodes may improve mental

Language: Английский

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