scholarly journals Secondary traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression among emergency healthcare workers in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak: A cross-sectional study

2022 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 99-104
Author(s):  
Buğra İlhan ◽  
İlke Küpeli
Nursing Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 354-363
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Zakeri ◽  
Gholamreza Bazmandegan ◽  
Hamid Ganjeh ◽  
Maryam Zakeri ◽  
Sekineh Mollaahmadi ◽  
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Author(s):  
Hyoung Ju Lee ◽  
Miyoung Lee ◽  
Sun Joo Jang

Due to the nature of their work, trauma nurses are exposed to traumatic situations and often experience burnout. We conducted a cross-sectional study examining compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout among trauma nurses to identify the predictors of burnout. Data were collected from 219 nurses in four trauma centers in South Korea from July to August 2019. We used the Traumatic Events Inventory to measure nurses’ traumatic experience and three Professional Quality of Life subscales to measure compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress, and burnout. Multiple regression analysis confirmed that compassion satisfaction and secondary traumatic stress significantly predicted nurses’ burnout, with compassion satisfaction being the most potent predictor. The regression model explained 59.2% of the variance. Nurses with high job satisfaction, high compassion satisfaction, and low secondary traumatic stress tend to experience less burnout than their counterparts. Nurse managers should recognize that strategies to enhance job and compassion satisfaction and decrease secondary traumatic stress are required to decrease burnout among nurses in trauma centers.


Heliyon ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. e08570
Author(s):  
Saeideh Motahedi ◽  
Nasrin Fadaee Aghdam ◽  
Mahboobeh Khajeh ◽  
Robabe Baha ◽  
Roqayeh Aliyari ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Sofia Pappa ◽  
Nikolaos Athanasiou ◽  
Nikolaos Sakkas ◽  
Stavros Patrinos ◽  
Elpitha Sakka ◽  
...  

COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to adversely affect the mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs). The public healthcare system in Greece was already facing serious challenges at the outset of the outbreak following years of austerity and an escalating refugee crisis. The multi-center, cross-sectional study aims to assess the levels and associated risk factors of anxiety, depression, traumatic stress and burnout of frontline staff in Greece. A total of 464 HCWs in six reference hospitals completed a self-administered questionnaire comprising of sociodemographic and work-related information and psychometric scales. The proportion of HCWs with symptoms of moderate/severe depression, anxiety and traumatic stress were 30%, 25% and 33% respectively. Burnout levels were particularly high with 65% of respondents scoring moderate/severe in Emotional Exhaustion, 92% severe in Depersonalization and 51% low/moderate in Personal Accomplishment. Predictive factors of adverse psychological outcomes included fear, perceived stress, risk of infection, lack of protective equipment and low social support. The psychological burden associated with Covid-19 in healthcare professionals in Greece is considerable with more than half experiencing at least mild mental health difficulties. Findings signal the need for immediate organizational and individually tailored interventions to enhance resilience and support wellbeing under pandemic conditions.


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