Emotional burnout health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 153-159
Author(s):  
R. Kerimbayeva ◽  
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U. Zhamirova ◽  
A. Abdrakhmanova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
The Impact

Article about the state of experiencing the syndrome of «emotional burnout» in the non-standard mode of work of medical workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. The issue of the impact of many negative factors on the professional activity of doctors, in connection with the Declaration of an emergency situation in Kazakhstan, an outbreak of coronavirus infection, is being considered. In the treatment of coronavirus infection, external and internal psychological causes of burnout syndrome in medical workers were identified. It is characterized by manifestations of emotional burnout, which are manifested in professional communication with feelings of fatigue, emotions, weakness, indifference, and anxiety. The issues of reducing the psychological state of medical workers in the conditions of coronavirus, their stress resistance, high anxiety, emotional will, features of self-control and management were considered. In the context of a pandemic, it is proposed to provide psychological assistance to medical workers, and state support for their work is recommended.

The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Mental Health of Health Care Workers (Literature Review)

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (9) ◽  
pp. 627-632
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Ostryakova ◽  
Sergey A. Babanov ◽  
Denis V. Vinnikov ◽  
Olga V. Sazonova ◽  
Mikhail Y. Gavryushin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
English Language ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Epidemic Threshold ◽  
High Workload ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Emotional Burnout

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a serious psychological impact on healthcare workers. There is an operational restructuring of medical institutions, the working conditions practically correspond to an emergency situation. Every day, medical workers receive a huge amount of new information in the form of orders, guidelines. This creates an additional load in the form of continuous "information noise". The problem of emotional burnout of doctors was acute even before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to numerous studies in different countries, almost half of doctors have high rates of emotional burnout, which is two times higher than those of the population employed in other areas of professional activity. The aim of the study is to review the theoretical and methodological foundations of the formation and development of emotional burnout in medical personnel during an increased epidemic threshold for a new coronavirus infection. The paper provides an analysis of literary sources devoted to the problem of burnout syndrome in medical workers presented in the Scientific electronic library eLibrary, as well as in the English-language textual database of medical and biological publications PubMed. The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with many reasons that can adversely affect the formation and development of emotional burnout in medical personnel during an increased epidemic threshold for a new coronavirus infection. The provoking factors of the burnout syndrome (professional burnout) are the organizational factor (high workload, lack and shortage of PPE, insufficient (at the first stage) accumulated knowledge about the new coronavirus infection COVID-19); feeling of safety, threat and risk of infection; social isolation.

BURNOUT SYNDROME. HOW THE PANDEMIC OF A NEW CORONAVIRUS INFECTION AFFECTS MENTAL HEALTH

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Kuzmina ◽  
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R.V. Garipova
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Biological Factor ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Biological Aspect ◽  
The World ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: In May 2019, the WHO General Assembly approved the 11th version of the ICD, in which emotional burnout is designated as an independent condition due to professional activity. In March 2020, the world was declared a pandemic of CAVID-19, a disease that can be considered as an occupational disease when infecting medical workers in the workplace. Coronavirus in occupational medicine is considered as a new biological factor, the influence of which on all body systems is constantly being studied and updated with new data. Not only the biological aspect of the impact of SARS-CoV-2 is relevant for the health of medical workers, but also the impact on mental health of the situation caused by the pandemic.

scholarly journals ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЕ И ПРАКТИЧЕСКИЕ ПОДХОДЫ К ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЮ ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ПОМОЩИ ЖЕНАМ ПОГИБШИХ ПРАВООХРАНИТЕЛЕЙ ПРИ УТРАТЕ

World Science ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 71-79
Author(s):  
Рыбык Л. А.
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Psychological Support ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
General Level ◽  
Scientific Heritage ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
The Impact

The preambule gives the reasons for the relevance of the problem of experiencing the loss and grief of the perished law enforcers` wives in Ukraine, providing them with psychological counseling and the necessary psychological assistance based on the modern scientific heritage, world and local practical experience. The aim of the study is to examine the theoretical and practical approaches of providing psychological assistance to widows, as well as to analyze the impact of psychological assistance on the overall level of adaptive grieving.The main part reveals the main theoretical and practical approaches to the definition of varieties, structure and content of systemic psychological support based on extreme psychology and crisis intervention. It was noted the necessity of providing emotional support and psychological assistance at the early stages of experiencing grief and loss. It presents the brief description of the factors influencing psychological state of the person, who is in an emergency situation - the sudden death of a loved one.The concept of adaptive and non-adaptive ways of responding to stress factors, based on a study by E. Lindemann, is considered. Psychological reactions are described that correspond to different phases of a crisis state after a traumatic event, accordingly to the studies of D. Aguilera and J. Messick. The results of a comparative experimental psychological examination of the perished law enforcers` wives are set out in order to determine the significance of individual factors of socio-psychological adaptation for the formation of effective psych correctional programs. Statistically reliable data on the impact of psychological support on the general level of socio-psychological adaptation are obtained. In conclusion, it is stated the reasonability of providing the psychological assistance in case of loss, taking into account the hierarchy of personal problems. Experimentally proven that, when providing systemic psychological assistance, there is a tendency towards to of adaptability and emotional comfort indicators, decrease of level and moving away from problem situations avoidance.

The pandemic of the new coronavirus infection SARS-CoV2 and the burnout syndrome in medical workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
N. A. Ostryakova ◽  
S. A. Babanov
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Emergency Situation ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Professional Burnout ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
Medical Institutions ◽  
New Information ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Coronavirus Infection

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a serious psychological impact on health care workers. There is an operational restructuring of medical institutions, working conditions almost correspond to the emergency situation. Every day, medical workers receive a huge amount of new information in the form of orders and methodological recommendations. This creates an additional load in the form of continuous «information noise». The problem of professional burnout of doctors was acute even before the COVID-19 pandemic. According to numerous studies in different countries, almost half of doctors have high rates of professional burnout, which is twice as high as the same indicators in the population engaged in other areas of professional activity.

New coronavirus infection as an occupational disease: complex expert cases

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 720-725
Author(s):  
Railya V. Garipova ◽  
Leonid A. Strizhakov ◽  
Yuri Yu. Gorblyansky ◽  
Sergey A. Babanov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Healthcare Workers ◽  
Occupational Diseases ◽  
The State ◽  
Production Factor ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. The professional activity of medical workers (MW) is in close contact with daily contact with various factors of the production environment: physical, chemical, biological, and labor processes. Until 2020, tuberculosis and viral hepatitis prevailed in the structure of occupational diseases (OD) of the medical workers in the Russian Federation. According to the State report "On the state of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the population in the Russian Federation in 2020," the first ranking the second place in the structure of occupational diseases, depending on the impact of harmful production factor took the illnesses associated with the action of biological factors - 20,19%, while the main reason for the growth in the incidence of healthcare workers in coronavirus infection COVID-19 (further COVID-19). The study aims were to identify problematic aspects in the establishment of the COVID-19 work from MW. Materials and methods. We have given descriptions of clinical cases, as well as a retrospective analysis of issues of OD according to the patient registers of the following medical institutions: the Center of Occupational Pathology of Sechenov University, the Republican Center of Occupational Pathology of the Ministry of Health, Republic of Tatarstan, the Regional Center of Occupational Pathology of the Samara Region. Results. In 2020, COVID-19 was the most common OD with fatal outcomes and complications in healthcare workers. Today, difficulties in determining the connection of COVID-19 with the profession arise when assessing the epidemiological history, the consequences after a coronavirus infection, and the formulation of the diagnosis. Conclusions. For a qualitative examination of the connection of COVID-19 with the profession, it is necessary to develop a list of clinical conditions with the definition of the timing of complications.

scholarly journals Psychological impact of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in health workers in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dandan Sun ◽  
Dongliang Yang ◽  
Yafen Li ◽  
Jie Zhou ◽  
Wenqing Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Workers ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Median Score ◽  
Impact Of Event Scale ◽  
Event Scale ◽  
High Arousal ◽  
First Case ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The first case of 2019-nCoV pneumonia infection occurred in Wuhan, Hubei Province, South China Seafood Market in December 2019. As a group with a high probability of infection, health workers are faced with a certain degree of psychological challenges in the process of facing the epidemic. This study attempts to evaluate the impact of 2019-nCoV outbreak on the psychological state of Chinese health workers and to explore the influencing factors. During the period from 31 January 2020 to 4 February 2020, the ‘Questionnaire Star’ electronic questionnaire system was used to collect data. The 2019-nCoV impact questionnaire and The Impact of Event Scale (IES) were used to check the psychological status of health workers in China. A total of 442 valid data were collected in this study. Seventy-four (16.7%) male and 368 (83.3%) female individuals participated in this study. The average score of high arousal dimension was 5.15 (s.d. = 4.71), and the median score was 4.0 (IQR 2.0, 7.0). The average score of IES was 15.26 (s.d. = 11.23), and the median score was 13.5 (IQR 7.0, 21.0). Multiple regression analysis showed that there were critical statistical differences in high arousal scores among different gender groups (male 3.0 vs. female 5.0, P = 0.075). Whether being quarantined had significant statistical differences of IES scores (being quarantined 16.0 vs. not being quarantined 13.0, P = 0.021). The overall impact of the 2019-nCoV outbreak on health workers is at a mild level. Chinese health workers have good psychological coping ability in the face of public health emergencies.

scholarly journals Psychological features of professional stress of teachers

2020 ◽  
pp. 48-53
Author(s):  
Iryna Savenkova ◽  
Viktoriia Kosenchuk
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Organizational Stress ◽  
Psychological State ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Individual Response ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Professional Stress ◽  
The Social ◽  
Psychological Features ◽  
The Impact

The article analyzes the key approaches to the phenomenon of stress in the teacher's professional activity. The views of scientists on its nature, the factors that give rise to its appearance and deployment are presented. The concepts of "work stress", "organizational stress", "professional stress" are distinguished. Professional stress among teachers is viewed through the prism of an individual's individual response to the impact of a difficult situation (psychological approach). The teacher's reaction to the increased demands of the social environment for his activities is investigated (social approach). The psychological state of the teacher, determined by the powerful action of factors associated with the implementation of professional tasks (professionally oriented approach) is described. The importance of an integrated approach to the study of psychological characteristics of professional stress of teachers is emphasized. Currently, there is an acute lack of personal resources for the effective solution of current pedagogical problems, which leads to stress. The author has characterized the types of professional stress by the nature of the impact on the personality of the teacher and his/her activities. The factors determining the transformation of situational stress into chronic occupational stress have been determined. The features of informational, emotional and communicative stress in the teacher's professional activity are described. The types of stressors in pedagogical activity are highlighted. Particular attention is paid to objective and subjective stressors, in particular to interpersonal, mid-personal and motivational. General and special occupational stressors are described in detail. The differences from stressors that are controlled and not amenable to control in the conditions of pedagogical activity are determined. Attention is focused on the fact that professional stress among teachers can become a serious threat to the successful deployment of professional activity and lead to professional burnout. Cases in which professional stress becomes a stimulus prompting a teacher to develop and improve are identified.

scholarly journals On revealing risk groups regarding emotional burn-out syndrome among medical workers during the covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 162-172
Author(s):  
T.A. Platonova ◽  
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A.A. Golubkova ◽  
S.S. Smirnova ◽  
E.V. Dyachenko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Potential Risk ◽  
Population Group ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Stress Factors ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Destabilizing Factors ◽  
Psychoemotional State ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
Emotional Burnout Syndrome

Medical workers have become a most affected population group during the pandemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). They were the first to start fighting against an unknown infection and at that stage their psychoemotional state determined not only correct evaluations of a situation but also relevant planning regarding control over it. Our research aim was to reveal risk groups among medical workers regarding developing emotional burnout syndrome and peculiarities of reacting to stress in an emergency epidemic situation. We applied our own author’s anonymous online poll available at Google platform to examine psychoemotional state of medical workers. The poll had a built-in “Scale of perceived stress-10” that included two sub-scales; one of them measured a subjectively perceived level of the situation strain and the other, the amounts of efforts made by medical workers to overcome it. The poll was performed in November–December 2020; overall, 638 medical workers took part in it. They were of different age and sex and had different positions and working experience. We established great variability in individual levels of overstrain as per the stress perception sub-scale (Ех < 0; Ех = –0.59) with more “low” than “high” values as per this sub-scale (Аs > 0; Аs = 5.66). Having analyzed variability of values as per the stress overcoming sub-scale, we revealed that they were homogenous (Ех > 0; Ех = 3.98) with prevailing “high” values (Аs < 0; Аs = –6.97). Medical workers with their working experience being shorter than 5 years turned out to be a risk group with the most destructive reactions to long-term affecting stress factors at work and at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Apart from them, high mental risks were also detected for workers who treated patients with COVID-19 as well as those who had previously had the coronavirus infection. The research allowed obtaining actual data on psychoemotional state of medical workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and determining potential risk groups regarding developing emotional burnout syndrome. We substantiated the necessity to constantly provide psychological trainings for medical workers with their focus on peculiarities of their reacting during the first meeting with destabilizing factors and with further adjustment of educational programs provided for potential risk groups.

scholarly journals PERSONAL PREREQUISITES FOR THE SYNDROME OF PHYSICIANS’ EMOTIONAL BURNOUT

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
E.A. Bratukhina ◽  
A.G. Bratukhin ◽  
V.G. Demchenko
Keyword(s):  
Time Perspective ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Professional Affiliation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
Goals And Objectives ◽  
Emotional Burnout Syndrome

A prerequisite for the occurrence of physicians’ burnout syndrome may be their professional activity, which acts as a professional affiliation in the context of their whole life activity. The personal factor of physician manifests itself in that how consciously professional activity are carried out including a whole life taking into account individual characteristics, personal goals and objectives outlined in a time perspective. Personal characteristics associated with the manifestations of emotional burnout syndrome: anxiety, introversion, spontaneity, rigidity have been identified in physicians of clinical bases of the Urals and Siberia. We revealed the prevalence of symptoms indicating emotional burnout: the experience of psycho-traumatic circumstances, the expansion of the sphere of saving emotions, psychosomatic and psycho-vegetative disorders. Diagnostic method of emotional burnout level allowed us to diagnose the leading symptoms of emotional burnout and determine which phase of the syndrome development they are related to «tension», «resistance» or «exhaustion». Keywords: emotional burnout syndrome, physician, the individual typological

scholarly journals Features of emotional burnout in neurological and mental health workers

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-20
Author(s):  
Natalia Maruta ◽  
Oleg Chaban
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Burnout Syndrome ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Emotional Burnout ◽  
Increased Activity ◽  
Emotional Burnout Syndrome

We examined 196 people from all regions in Ukraine who worked in the field of neurological and mental health (128 neurologists and 68 psychiatrists). Among the surveyed women prevailed (157 women and 39 men), whose average age was (48.6 ± 2.8) years. Studies have shown that signs of emotional burnout syndrome (EBS) of varying severity were identified in 68.4 % of the surveyed. Only 31.6 % of the individuals did not find any signs of EBS. During the analysis of the EBS structure, it was found that the stage of stress was found in 30.6 % of the examined, the stage of resistance — in 20.4 % and the stage of depletion — in 17.3 %. The effectiveness of MemoProve in persons with EBS includes regression of asthenia (physical and mental), increased activity and motivation, as well as an improvement in the processes of concentration and working capacity, that is, it allows to eliminate manifestations of EBS.

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