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Mental Burden of Hospital Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Quanti-Qualitative Analysis
- Source :
- Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Frontiers, 2021, 12, pp.622098. ⟨10.3389/fpsyt.2021.622098⟩, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 12 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
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Abstract
- Context: This study is a quanti-qualitative analysis of all contacts to a helpline service for hospital workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Our aim was to describe the nature of mental burden in hospital workers and factors subjectively associated to this burden from the workers' perspective.Methods: We included all 50 contacts from 25 different workers and 10 different professions over the course of 1 month. We described the corpus and reported the computerized qualitative analysis of summary of contacts. We performed a descendant hierarchical analysis and analyzed specificities of classes of age with a correspondence factor analysis.Results: The corpus was composed of three classes: (1) distress specific to the COVID-19 situation, (2) help provided, and (3) pre-existing psychological vulnerability. Factors subjectively responsible for mental distress were: (a) the contamination risk, (b) confinement, and (c) the rapidly evolving situation and changing instructions. Lack of “COVID-free time” seemed to increase negative emotions. Reassignment to a high viral density unit was a stressor, especially in older workers. Young workers mentioned pre-existing vulnerability more than others. Fear of death was shared by all classes of age, regardless of the objective risk of contamination.Discussion: Hospital workers experience mental distress factors both in common with the general population and specific to the hospital environment. Preserving and organizing support for the mental health of all hospital workers is a critical challenge, including those with poorly recognized professions. Leads for institutions to avoid additional stressors for hospital workers are presented. Young workers with pre-existing vulnerability seem particularly impacted.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Mental burden
[SDV.MHEP.PSM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Psychiatrics and mental health
Population
RC435-571
Vulnerability
Context (language use)
Hospital workers
COVID−19
Unit (housing)
03 medical and health sciences
Mental distress
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Psychiatry
Original Research
Volonteers
education.field_of_study
Stressor
Mental health
Distress
Psychiatry and Mental health
[SDV.SPEE] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
[SDV.MHEP.PSM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Psychiatrics and mental health
[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie
Qualitative–quantitative analysis
Psychology
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16640640
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2c14c179ab2ec3372950190884e4278a
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.622098