Apparently We Cannot Live, We are like Infectious Zombies: A Qualitative Research on Personal and Familial Experiences of Health Workers in the Filiation Teams in Turkey during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Karataş, Mustafa; Pak, Merve Deniz; Duyan, Veli

doi:10.1080/19371918.2022.2084196

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“…For example, in addition to their regular work-related stress, home healthcare workers (HHCWs) often assume a large portion of irregular working hours, therefore their family and childcare responsibilities may be more likely to spill over into their work. Spillover of stress due to working conditions has been well documented, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic ( Soubelet-Fagoaga et al , 2021 ; Uddin, 2021 ; Gerding and Wang, 2022 ; Karataş et al , 2022 ). Regarding WFH populations, stress and burnout would further negatively impact those who may already be experiencing physical discomfort due to ergonomic problems, which have proven to be an issue since the onset of the pandemic ( Gerding et al , 2021 ).…”

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An Investigation into Occupational Related Stress of At-Risk Workers During COVID-19

Gerding

Davis

Wang

2022

Annals of Work Exposures and Health

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Objectives Nearly all workers and industry sectors have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in some form since March 2020. However, the pandemic-related stressors experienced in the workplace may vary from industry to industry and may have disproportionally affected some workers. This study investigates increased stress levels, stressor events, and other perceptions of stress from at-risk workers during COVID-19. Methods An in-depth work-related stress survey that incorporated many aspects of work, life, work-life balance, and the health of employer-employee relationships was developed with a focus on COVID-19-related stressors. The cross-sectional survey was distributed online through professional networks from October to November 2021. The survey results were statically analyzed using Kruskal–Wallis one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) after grouping the industry sectors into the four groups to determine trends within these groupings. Results The survey was completed by 670 workers in sectors such as manual labor, business/office service, healthcare, and education. A variety of trends were determined between the occurrence of COVID-19 and work stress which had, in some cases, affected some industry sectors to a larger degree than others. More than 50% of the participants reported experiencing an increased workload since the onset of the pandemic with some sectors, like healthcare, reporting an increased workload more frequently at 80%. Around 55% of respondents believed they could be exposed to COVID-19 in their workplace, ranging from 52% of business/office service workers to 77% of healthcare workers. Conclusions As workplaces navigate past the pandemic, occupational stress should be addressed head-on through workplaces providing expanded resources so as to assure work stress associated with future pandemics are mitigated appropriately. Whether the stressor is associated with irregular shift work or psychosocial aspects (i.e. relying on coworkers), many of these stressors have the possibility to become exacerbated by external factors such as pandemics.

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