scholarly journals Disease Perception and Coping with Emotional Distress During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey Among Medical Staff

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
pp. 4899 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milena Adina Man ◽  
Claudia Toma ◽  
Nicoleta Stefania Motoc ◽  
Octavia Luiza Necrelescu ◽  
Cosmina Ioana Bondor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Medical Staff ◽  
Illness Perception ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
World Health ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
And Coping

The novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is a highly contagious infectious disease declared by the World Health Organization to be a pandemic and a global public health emergency. During outbreaks, health care workers are submitted to an enormous emotional burden as they must balance the fundamental “duty to treat” with their parallel duties to family and loved ones. The aims of our study were to evaluate disease perceptions, levels of stress, emotional distress, and coping strategies among medical staff (COVID-19 versus non-COVID-19 departments) in a tertiary pulmonology teaching hospital in the first month after the outbreak of COVID-19. One hundred and fifteen health care workers completed four validated questionnaires (the brief illness perception questionnaire, perceived stress scale, the profile of emotional distress emotional, and the cognitive coping evaluation questionnaire) that were afterwards interpreted by one psychologist. There was a high level of stress and psychological distress among health care workers in the first month after the pandemic outbreak. Interestingly, there were no differences between persons that worked in COVID-19 departments versus those working in non-COVID-19 departments. Disease perceptions and coping mechanisms were similar in the two groups. As coping mechanisms, refocusing on planning and positive reappraisal were used more than in the general population. There is no difference in disease perceptions, levels of stress, emotional distress, and coping strategies in medical staff handling COVID-19 patients versus those staff who were not handling COVID-19 patients in the first month after the pandemic outbreak.

scholarly journals ANXIETY, RESILIENCE AND COPING STRATEGIES AMONG THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 147-150
Author(s):  
Varsha S ◽  
Smitha Ruckmani
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Coping Strategy ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Brief Cope ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
And Coping

Background:The covid-19 pandemic has proved to be the most difficult period of everyone's life,as it brings with it the fear of infection, fatality, physical difficulties, lack of certainty around people's life, However it is considerably challenging for the health care workers, for their nature of work makes them more vulnerable to get infected than the normal population,It is common for the health care workers to experience anxiety in the face of current pandemic.thus the present study focuses on the anxiety levels and coping strategies among health care workers during pandemic .The objective of this study is to assess levels of anxiety,resilience and ways of coping among health care workers.A total of 40 samples shall be taken for the present study,The standardized tools to be used in the study are a) Covid-19 anxiety scale (Lee, S.A 2020) b) Brief Cope Inventory (Carver 1997) c) Brief Resilience scale (smith and colleagues 2008) The hypotheses of the current study states that 1)There is a significant level of anxiety among health care workers 2) There is a significant relationship between the levels of anxiety and coping strategy 3) There is a significant relationship between resilience and levels of anxiety, 4) There is a significant difference between gender and level of anxiety 5) There is a significant difference between gender and coping strategy. The present study shall be insightful in terms of understanding the prevalence of anxiety among health care workers,and the role of coping strategy plays in elevating or ameliorating anxiety,It can be helpful in planning the interventions for future studies.The present study shall be helpful in understanding the level of anxiety among health care workers and what kind of coping strategy are predominantly used by the health care workers, and how adaptive/ maladaptive coping strategy influence the levels of anxiety,thus it can be helpful in planning the appropriate interventions for the target population in the future studies.

Occupational stresses and coping mechanisms of therapy radiographers – a qualitative approach

2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. French
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Coping Mechanisms ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Insight Into

It is believed that health care workers are particularly susceptible to developing stress-related illness because of the nature of their work. The purpose of this research was to identify occupational stresses that may or may not be unique to therapy radiographers, identify the coping mechanisms that are used to combat work-related stress and gain insight into the lived experiences of this group of therapy radiographers. A phenomenological (qualitative) approach was used to identify the radiographers' perception of occupational stresses and coping mechanisms. Data collection was through in-depth interviews that were transcribed and analysed using Colaizzi methodology. The results identified stresses within the following categories: personal performance, patient contact, working environment, communication, management, professional behaviour and departmental working. These results support the stresses identified through other research studies on health care workers. Coping mechanisms identified include Social Support, Confrontive Coping, Escape-Avoidance, Self-Controlling, Distancing and Positive Reappraisal. The most frequently used coping mechanisms were social support, confrontive coping and escape-avoidance. This research has also identified a new stress; the stress associated with the ‘potential to make errors’ i.e. the acute awareness of the damaging effects of high energy X-rays if a mistake is made.This research has attempted to provide insight into the working world of the therapy radiographer and to discover the meaning and information specific to their ‘lived experience’. It is hoped that this research provides the reader with a deeper understanding of the nature and meaning of the experience.

scholarly journals CHALLENGES AND COPING STRATEGIES FOR CORONA WARRIORS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendra Kumar ◽  
Shweta Talati ◽  
Pankaj Arora ◽  
Mukhtiar Gill
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Contact Tracing ◽  
Psychological Burden ◽  
Difficult Time ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Regular Training

Background: The Corona Virus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic is indubitably one of the deadliest events recorded in the 21st century. By the beginning of the year, 2020 the COVID-19 virus has taken the world by surprise and posed a huge challenge to one and all. This pandemic has revealed the existing state of our health care system along with the condition of health care workers (HCWs) with respect to preparedness for such crisis time. During this pandemic, healthcare workers are playing a crucial role in the early detection of cases, contact tracing, and treatment of patients. Methods and Material: Literature search was done regarding challenges faced by healthcare institutions and health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic from multiple databases. The studies published between June 2020 to January 2021 were considered. The articles were selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: COVID-19 pandemic as uncovered our preparations to handle pandemic. Health care workers have gone through a difficult time including experiencing stigma, physical and psychological burden. The healthcare institutions had faced shortages of personal protective equipment (PPEs), trained human resource and basic facilities. Conclusion: This review underlines the current discussion about the challenges faced by HCW during the COVID-19 pandemic and their coping strategies. An effective, coordinated, and sincere effort towards helping HCWs by developing congenial environment, provision of regular training, psychological support is pivotal to motivate them to work during such crisis. Keywords: COVID-19; Health Care Workers; Stigma; Pandemic; PPEs

scholarly journals Stressors and Coping Strategies During the Outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Hospital Staff: A Case Study in Iran

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-163
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Mohammadzadeh ◽  
◽  
Ali Delshad Noghabi ◽  
Javad Bazeli ◽  
Hamidreza Karimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Stress Intensity ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Maladaptive Coping ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
High Level ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Sports Activities

Aims: The emergence of COVID-19 disease has created significant stress and anxiety for health care workers. This study aimed to investigate the stressors and coping strategies in the staff of Allameh Bohlool Hospital in Gonabad City, Iran, during the outbreak of the COVID-19 disease. Methods & Materials: This cross-sectional study was performed on 252 employees of Allameh Bohlool Hospital in Gonabad from March 2020 to April 2020. Study tools included a brief form of coping styles (Brief-COPE) and a researcher-made questionnaire of stressors due to the emergence of COVID-19 among health care workers. The obtained data were analyzed using linear regression and ordinal regression models at the significance level of 0.05. Findings: About 74.2%, 69.4%, 52.7%, 52.7%, and 99.2% of the hospital staff had moderate to high stress in the domains of internal, family-social, workplace-related, infection control, and government measures, respectively. The degree of using adaptive and maladaptive coping styles used by staff were 52.0% and 23.8% at the moderate to the high level, respectively. Maladaptive coping styles had a positive and significant relationship with stress intensity so that for each unit increase in maladaptive coping score, the odds of experiencing higher levels of stress increased 1.24 to 1.45 times (P<0.001). Also, the odds of experiencing higher levels of stress in those who had sports activities was 24% to 76% lower (P=0.003). Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicated a high level of stress among hospital staff. Also, the use of maladaptive coping styles and sports activities had a significant positive and negative relationship with stress intensity, respectively. Therefore, designing effective interventions focusing on reducing maladaptive coping patterns among hospital staff and encouraging people to engage in sports activities can help manage stress as much as possible due to the outbreak of COVID-19 disease.

scholarly journals Factors for late initiation of antenatal care in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A qualitative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saidi Mgata ◽  
Stephen Oswald Maluka
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Antenatal Care ◽  
Health System ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Care Workers

Abstract Background Antenatal care (ANC) provided by a trained health care provider is important for monitoring pregnancy thereby reducing potential risks for the mother and child during pregnancy and delivery. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at least four ANC visits to all pregnant women. While the proportion of women who attend at least one ANC in low-income countries is high, most pregnant women start their first ANC attendance very late. In Tanzania only 24% of pregnant women start their first ANC attendance before the fourth month of pregnancy. While factors for the utilization of antenatal care in general have been widely studied, there is paucity of studies on the factors affecting timing of the first ANC attendance. This study aimed to understand individual, community, and health system factors that lead to the delay in seeking ANC services among pregnant women in Ilala Municipal in Dar es Salaam region, Tanzania. Methods A qualitative exploratory study, using in-depth interviews with 20 pregnant women and five health care workers was conducted in three different health facilities in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. Thematic analysis approach was used to analyse the data. Results Individual perceptions of antenatal care, past experience with pregnancy, fear of pregnancy disclosure, and socio-cultural beliefs were the key individual and social factors for late ANC attendance. Shortage of trained health care workers, lack of spouse’s escort and health providers’ disrespect to pregnant women were the main health system barriers to early ANC attendance. Conclusions This study concludes that community members should be sensitized about the importance of early ANC attendance. Additionally, while spouse’s escort policy is important for promoting PMTCT, the interpretation of the policy should not solely be left to the health providers. District and regional health officials should provide correct interpretation of this policy.

scholarly journals A super-spreader of SARS-CoV-2 in incubation period among health-care workers

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaojie Wei ◽  
Yufeng Yuan ◽  
Zhenshun Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Incubation Period ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
World Health ◽  
Doctor Who ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
Health Organization

AbstractSince the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China in December 2019, it has been characterized as a pandemic by World Health Organization (WHO). It was reported that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We present an outbreak among health-care workers incited by a doctor who cared a patient with COVID-19 in a Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei, China, which indicates existence of super-spreader even during incubation period.

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