A survey of grief counseling of clinicians from coronavirus disease 2019 designated hospitals / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the current status of grief counseling of clinicians from five coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) designated hospitals in Wuhan and to provide reference for hospital management. Methods A total of 223 clinicians from designated hospitals were investigated with a basic information questionnaire and attitudes and skills of grief counseling scales. Results A total of 208 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective rate of 93.3%. The score of grief counseling skills of clinicians from COVID-19 designated hospitals was 19.35±4.75, which was in the middle and lower level. Responsibilities and roles, and frequency of contacting bereaved family members had significant effects on the grief counseling skills (P0.01). While the score of grief counseling attitudes of clinicians was 33.21±9.23, which was in the middle level. Whether they had received relevant training, the communication ability, and other grief counseling skills had significant impacts on their grief counseling attitudes (P0.01). Conclusion The skills and attitudes of grief counseling of clinicians from COVID-19 designated hospitals in Wuhan still need to be improved. The hospital should set up a grief counseling committee, establish a complete grief guidance system and build a long-term training mechanism.