Psychological stress and coping strategies among frontline healthcare workers supporting patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective study and literature review.
Ther Adv Respir Dis
; 16: 17534666221130215, 2022.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2153467
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak might have a psychological impact on frontline healthcare workers. However, the effectiveness of coping strategies was less reported.OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to investigate the sources of stress and coping strategies among frontline healthcare workers fighting against COVID-19. We also performed a literature review regarding the effects of coping methods on psychological health in this population.METHODS:
We included frontline healthcare workers who completed an online survey using self-made psychological stress questionnaires in a cross-sectional study. We evaluated the association between potential factors and high-stressed status using a logistic regression model. We performed the principal component analysis with varimax rotation for factor analysis. We also performed a systematic review of published randomized controlled studies that reported the effects of coping methods on psychological health in COVID-19 healthcare workers.RESULTS:
We included 107 [32 (29-36) years] respondents in the final analysis, with a response rate of 80.5%. A total of 41 (38.3%) respondents were high-stressed. Compared with the low-stressed respondents, those with high-stress were less likely to be male (46.3% versus 72.7%, pâ=â0.006), nurses (36.6% versus 80.3%, pâ<â0.001), and more likely to have higher professional titles (pâ=â0.008). The sources of high-stress in frontline healthcare workers were categorized into 'work factor', 'personal factor', and 'role factor'. A narrative synthesis of the randomized controlled studies revealed that most of the coping methods could improve the psychological stress in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.CONCLUSION:
Our findings suggest that some frontline healthcare workers experienced psychological stress during the early pandemic. Effective coping strategies are required to help relieve the stress in this population.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
COVID-19
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Randomized controlled trials
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Ther Adv Respir Dis
Journal subject:
Pulmonary Disease (Specialty)
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Therapeutics
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
17534666221130215
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