EMOTIONAL IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN UKRAINE.
Wiad Lek
; 75(5 pt 2): 1261-1267, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1912740
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Theaim:
To study the emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare workers in Ukraine. PATIENTS ANDMETHODS:
Materials andmethods:
1087 healthcare workers across all regions of Ukraine completed an online questionnaire. Respondents were divided into two groups A - 863 (79.4%), Ð - 224 (20.6%), according to whether or not they experienced anxiety/fear related to COVID-19.RESULTS:
Results:
Such factors as risk of contracting COVID-19, news of new cases, insufficient staff in healthcare facilities, risk of transmission of COVID-19 to family or friends, risk of death from COVID-19, the threat of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with high level of anxiety/fear among healthcare workers. Factors that facilitate coping with stress included absence of Covid-19 cases among staff, recovering patients, availability of gear and protective equipment and absence of COVID-19 infected among loved ones, relieving stress (relaxation, going info sports and so on), communication with family and friends to relieve stress and get support, avoidance of COVID-19 media reports in particular on deaths connected cases, getting information about the spread of Covid-19 only from legitimate sources.CONCLUSION:
Conclusions:
The data obtained in this study indicate an urgent need for the development and implementation of preventive and rehabilitation measures aimed at stabilizing the psycho-emotional state of health workers and improving the quality of care in the special conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Achieving these goals will be facilitated by taking into account the specifics of the response to COVID-19 and measures to reduce the effects of stress while enhancing the effects of stressors among health care workers.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Wiad Lek
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
WLek202205206
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