The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on UK Older People’s Social Workers: A Mixed-Methods Study

The British Journal of Social Work, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 53(8), С. 3838 - 3859

Опубликована: Май 30, 2023

Abstract The social work profession was heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we examined well-being, working conditions and intentions to leave among a sample of UK older people’s workers. This cross-sectional mixed methods study analysing data from 426 workers who worked in services at five time points pandemic spanning 2020–2022. Data were collected using anonymous online surveys which included both quantitative qualitative questions. mental well-being participants decreased as progressed decline associated with profession. Thematic analysis revealed two major themes: Practice challenges Staff well-being. findings highlight nature stressors related internal practice demands, external health care service encountered during have implications for policy, research work.

Язык: Английский

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Enhancing Nurses' Professional Quality of Life: A Psycho-Educational Intervention Study

Pakistan BioMedical Journal, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 13 - 17

Опубликована: Март 31, 2025

The nursing staff's professional quality of life is significantly impacted by their exposure to other people's trauma and anguish on the job. By reducing secondary trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, project intends develop a psycho-education-based solution that will enhance nurses' life. Objective: To assess impact intervention life, stress, anxiety, depression, resilience. Methods: This quasi-experimental study assessed resilience through pre- post-testing. Purposive sampling was used, participants were assigned or control groups without randomization. ProQOL, BRS, DASS scales measured outcomes. Data analysis included repeated measures ANOVA for group differences bivariate correlation analysis. Results: results showed doesn’t have an effect satisfaction stress while it decreases depression. current also found out increase in levels anxiety at assessment after intervention. increased, depression decreased significantly. Furthermore, burnout be negatively correlated with resilience, not Compassion fatigue positively Conclusion: research concludes interventions based psycho-education are significant utilized healthcare sector.

Язык: Английский

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Ready and steady? – A cross-sectional study of Norwegian social workers’ resilience and job satisfaction during COVID-19

European Journal of Social Work, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 15

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Shared Traumatic Reality During the Continuous War in Ukraine and the Protective Role of Transgenerational Transfer: Voices of Mental Health Professionals

Journal of Community Psychology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 53(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 22, 2024

Shared traumatic reality has nagative professional effects on mental health providers. The study explores the of prolonged shared reality, and protective role intergenerational transfer, among Ukrainian psychotherapists during war with Russia, in context their national history events. We conducted focus group interviews 20 therapists who lived worked zones. recorded transcriptions were analyzed, applying two stages inductive thematic analysis, identifying common themes sub-themes. main reported negative effect was compassion fatigue, secondary traumatization lack interpersonal support as dominant risk factors. Positive included satisfaction growth. leading factors active coping social support, while transgenerational transfer empowering messages increased resources. concluded that could promote positive effects, especially chronic suggested a new construct. Further studies are suggested.

Язык: Английский

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Tele-Drama Therapy with Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Field Training Project

Clinical Gerontologist, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 46(3), С. 400 - 412

Опубликована: Фев. 15, 2023

This paper explores a field training project of tele-drama therapy with community-dwelling older adults during COVID19. It merges three perspectives: the participants' perspective, students engaged in training, who conducted this remote therapy, and social workers.Interviews were 19 adults. Focus groups 10 drama 4 workers. The data thematically analyzed.Three themes emerged: role methods therapeutic process, attitudes toward psychotherapy for adults, phone as setting. These coalesced into triangular model associating dramatherapy, tele-psychotherapy population. A number obstacles identified.The made dual contribution to participants students. In addition, it promoted more positive among population.Tele-drama appear promote process However, session should be planned advance terms time place ensure privacy. Field mental health can working

Язык: Английский

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Deprem Sonrası Psikososyal Destek Uygulamalarında Merhamet Yorgunluğunun Psikolojik Sağlamlığa Etkisi: Sosyal Hizmet Uzmanları Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Uluslararası Sosyal Hizmet Araştırmaları Dergisi, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 3(2), С. 81 - 91

Опубликована: Июль 3, 2023

Bu araştırma 2023 yılının Şubat ayında meydana gelen Kahramanmaraş ve Hatay merkezli depremler sonrasında psikososyal destek profesyoneli olarak afet bölgesinde uygulama yapan sosyal hizmet uzmanlarının merhamet yorgunluğunun psikolojik sağlamlıklarına etkisini incelenmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmada ilişkisel tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Yaş ortalaması x̄=31,88±8,29 olan 141’i (%56,6) kadın 108’i (%43,4) erkektir. veriler Merhamet Yorgunluğu Kısa Ölçeği ile Psikolojik Sağlamlık kullanılarak çevrimiçi anket tekniğiyle toplanmıştır. Verilerin analizinde Pearson korelasyon çoklu doğrusal regresyon analizleri Bulgular, düşük düzeyde ikincil travma, orta yorgunluğu, mesleki tükenmişlik sağlamlık yaşadığını göstermektedir. Sonuçta sağlamlıkları travma düzeyleri arasında negatif yönlü bir ilişki olduğu, travmanın sağlamlığın anlamlı yordayıcısı olduğu saptanmıştır.

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‘Caring for the helpers’: factors associated with professional quality of life among Hong Kong nurses during the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

European journal of psychotraumatology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Март 17, 2023

Background: Western studies have found that nurses are likely to experience both positive and negative emotions in their job, as a helping profession [professional quality of life (ProQoL)] during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, psychosocial work-related variables (e.g. pandemic-related stressors, interpersonal organizational support, coping strategies) associated with such outcomes. However, relevant on Asian context limited.Objective: This study examined correlates three indicators ProQoL, i.e. compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress (STS), burnout, among fifth wave COVID-19 pandemic Hong Kong.Method: Nurses Kong (N = 220) working hospitals community settings were recruited between 24 May 27 June 2022 through nursing associations complete an online survey measuring aforementioned variables.Results: Hierarchical regression results stressors from clinical work environments, insufficient emotional less reframing poorer ProQoL (i.e. lower satisfaction; higher STS burnout) (β 0.16, p > .05, 0.44, .001). In addition, COVID-19-related worries/uncertainties processing 0.21 0.23, < .01), whereas support for communication healthcare system was burnout 0.12, .05).Conclusions: Our findings identified important determinants provide recommendations services supporting mental health these nurses. Providing workshops train skills uncertainties, worries, environment, using adaptive strategies reframing), soliciting others could facilitate ProQoL. Moreover, provision timely transparent reduce

Язык: Английский

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“I Don’t Want to Go to Work”: A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Healthcare Worker Experiences from the Front- and Side-Lines of COVID-19

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 20(11), С. 5953 - 5953

Опубликована: Май 25, 2023

During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers (HCW) were categorized as "essential" and "non-essential", creating a division where some "locked-in" system with little ability to prepare for or control oncoming crisis. Others "locked-out" regardless of whether their skills might be useful. The purpose this study was systematically gather data over course pandemic from HCW through an interprofessional lens examine experiences locked-out HCW. This convergent parallel mixed-methods captured perspectives representing nearly two dozen professions survey, administered via social media, video blogs. Analysis included logistic regression models differences in outcome measures by professional category Rapid Identification Themes Audio recordings (RITA) We collected 1299 baseline responses 15 April 2020 16 March 2021. Of those responses, 12.1% reported no signs burnout, while 21.9% four more signs. Qualitative analysis identified themes: (1) identity, (2) intrinsic stressors, (3) extrinsic factors, (4) coping strategies. There are locked-in did not always lead differing reports moral distress both groups struggled cope realities pandemic.

Язык: Английский

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Explaining Psychological Distress among Men in the Helping Professions: A Serial Mediation Model

Australian Social Work, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 16

Опубликована: Янв. 2, 2024

Men in the helping professions face many challenges, including stressors related to nature of work itself and environments typically considered "feminine", which may be psychological distress. The current study used a serial-parallel mediation model explore whether selected work-related indices are associated with distress among men professions. Specifically, examined role self-reported empathy (the ability feel or act empathetically towards clients), self-efficacy, job satisfaction, association between burnout Structured questionnaires were administered sample 343 male nurses social workers Israel. results indicated significant mediating effect relationship self-defined Additionally, self-efficacy was detected Furthermore, indirect on sequentially mediated by satisfaction. These highly relevant for reducing professions, considering their specific needs characteristics.

Язык: Английский

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Exploring Social Work Practitioners’ Perspectives on the Contributors to Burnout since the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Work, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 69(2), С. 142 - 150

Опубликована: Фев. 14, 2024

Abstract Burnout has a historic and disproportionate impact on social workers is one important contributor to the ongoing health behavioral workforce crisis in United States. Little known, however, about workers’ experiences of burnout their perceptions factors that contribute since COVID-19 pandemic. This study sought explore this by answering following research questions: (a) To what extent are South Carolina experiencing burnout? (b) What do view as top reasons for professional role? Seventy work practitioners leaders from completed an online survey during Fall 2022 included Copenhagen Inventory open-ended question focused identifying three profession. Findings suggest moderate levels pandemic report primarily organizational (83 percent) contributors burnout. They also identified individual (36 percent), systemic (29 interpersonal (27 Implications discussed related policy practice responses prevent address among workers.

Язык: Английский

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