Death anxiety among emergency care workers

Brady, Mike

doi:10.7748/en.23.4.32.e1448

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“…The ndings are similar to the literature. In studies conducted, higher levels of burnout of HCWs providing emergency health services were speci ed (10,18,27,(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). Also, especially in ES and other HCWs, the intensive workload, the necessity of continuing work life during the pandemic increases the stress and burnout related to the risks taken during the care and treatment processes of COVID-19 patients.…”

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Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and burnout levels in emergency healthcare workers: a questionnaire study

Şahin

Aslaner

Eker

et al. 2020

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BackgroundDuring the COVID19 pandemic, an increase in anxiety and burnout levels may occur unwittingly due to the increased workload and intense stress experienced by emergency healthcare workers dealing with potential or suspected COVID-19 and other emergency patients. In our study, it is aimed to investigate whether there is an increase of anxiety and burnout levels of the healthcare workers working in ES and pandemic fields fighting against the outbreak of COVID-19 in Turkey, compared to other healthcare workers.MethodsThe study was carried out between April 1 to May 15, 2020, with the online questionnaire method with the participation of 920 healthcare workers that are working actively in pandemic hospitals, emergency call ambulances, primary healthcare institutions and dental hospitals across the country. In the questionnaire, the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants were questioned, and Beck anxiety scale (BAI) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) were applied. ResultsThe median age of the participants was 35.00 (minimum 20, maximum: 65), 59.2% were female and 40.8% were male. 22.3% of the personnel were working in the ES, 20.9% in the ambulance, 12.2% in the pandemic polyclinics. The pandemic area and the intensive care workers' BAI score are similar to those in the emergency service and ambulance (p = 0.05). The MBI-desensitization score of those working in the field of ED, ICUs and pandemics was higher than other places (p <0.05). The MBI-emotional score of the emergency and ambulance workers was higher (p = 0.001), and the MBI-personal accomplishment score was lower than radiology, laboratory and office personnel (p=0.049).ConclusionsThe COVID-19 outbreak may create stress in healthcare workers, leading to various psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, and burnout syndrome. Early recognition, prevention and coping methods of burnout and anxiety in healthcare workers play a key role in during the pandemic period.

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Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and burnout levels in emergency healthcare workers: a questionnaire study

Şahin

Aslaner

Eker

et al. 2020

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“…In regard to lifestyle, there seems to be a consensus among researchers that continuously witnessing pain and suffering requires great mental balance and a full life outside of work. Some studies have researched this relationship [51]. Furthermore, as indicated by numerous authors, factors related to the individual's personality should be taken into consideration when explaining burnout [52].…”

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Insufficiently studied factors related to burnout in nursing: Results from an e-Delphi study

García

Ayala

2017

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to identify potentially important factors in explaining burnout in nursing that have been insufficiently studied or ignored.MethodsA three-round Delphi study via e-mail correspondence was conducted, with a group of 40 European experts. The e-Delphi questionnaire consisted of 52 factors identified from a literature review. Experts rated and scored the importance of factors in the occurrence of burnout and the degree of attention given by researchers to each of the variables listed, on a six-point Likert scale. We used the agreement percentage (>80%) to measure the level of consensus between experts. Furthermore, to confirm the level of consensus, we also calculated mean scores and modes. Regardless of the degree of consensus reached by the experts, we have calculated the mean of the stability of the answers for each expert (individual's qualitative stability) and the mean of the stability percentages of the experts (qualitative group stability).ResultsThe response rate in the three rounds was 93.02% (n = 40). Eight new factors were suggested in the first round. After modified, the e-Delphi questionnaire in the second and third rounds had 60 factors. All the factors reached the third round with a consensus level above 80% in terms of the attention that researchers gave them in their studies. Moreover, the data show a total mean qualitative group stability of 96.21%. In the third round 9 factors were classified by experts as ‘studied very little’, 17 as ‘studied little’ and 34 as 'well studied'ConclusionFindings show that not all the factors that may influence nursing burnout have received the same attention from researchers. The panel of experts has identified factors that, although important in explaining burnout, have been poorly studied or even forgotten. Our results suggest that further study into factors such as a lack of recognition of part of the tasks that nurses perform, feminine stereotype or excessive bureaucracy is needed for a better understanding of this syndrome and improve the quality of life in nurses.

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“…To this aim, we administered an online battery including a questionnaire about the direct experience, the opinions and the worries relative to the COVID-19, and some questionnaires evaluating the psychological distress state. To evaluate the distress level of participants, we administered questionnaires measuring perceived stress, anxiety, and death anxiety as they usually increased in general population (Brooks et al, 2020) and in healthcare workers (Brady, 2015;Kang et al, 2020) during emergency situation. As the social-health situation in Italy was evolving continuously in the beginning of March, we limited the data collection in the days 10-12 March 2020.…”

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Differences between health workers and general population in risk perception, behaviors, and psychological distress related to COVID-19 spread in Italy.

Simione¹,

Gnagnarella²

2020

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In this study, we investigated the perception of risk and the worries about COVID-19 infection in both healthcare workers and general population in Italy. We studied the difference in risk perception in these two groups, and how this related to demographic variables and psychological factors such as stress, anxiety, and death anxiety. To this aim, we administered an online questionnaire about COVID-19 together with other questionnaires assessing the psychological condition of participants. First, we found that the exposition to infection risk, due to living area or job, increased the perceived stress and anxiety (i.e. medical staff in North Italy was more stressed and anxious respect to both medical- and non-medical participants from Center and South Italy). Then, we conducted hierarchical logistic regression models on our data to assess the response odds ratio relatively to each predictor on each dependent variable. We found that health workers reported higher risk perception, level of worry, and knowledge as related to COVID-19 infection compared to general population. Also psychological state, gender, and living area were important predictors of these factors. Instead, judgments about behaviors and containment rules were more linked to demographics, such as gender and alcohol consumption. We discussed these results in the light of risk factors for psychological distress and possible interventions to meet the psychological needs of healthcare workers.

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Death anxiety among emergency care workers

Cited by 34 publications

References 11 publications

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and burnout levels in emergency healthcare workers: a questionnaire study

Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and burnout levels in emergency healthcare workers: a questionnaire study

Insufficiently studied factors related to burnout in nursing: Results from an e-Delphi study

Differences between health workers and general population in risk perception, behaviors, and psychological distress related to COVID-19 spread in Italy.

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