The effects of the 2019 coronavirus on the mental health of healthcare workers in nursing home settings

ABSTRACT

The research project utilized an explorative, descriptive method that required the administration of a Pre-COVID Employee Wellness Questionnaire, a Present Employee Wellness Questionnaire to assess the health care workers feelings before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, the Administration Questionnaire measured each facility's challenges from a financial, work environment, and staffing perspective. The use of the Patient Health Questionnaire Depression Scale (PHQ8), the Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and the Generalize Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-7) assessed symptoms of depression, insomnia, and anxiety in health care workers that have treated COVID-19 patients in a nursing home settings. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)