Emotional Distress and Coping Strategies of Health Care Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic

Rus, María Florencia; Matei, Raluca; Sandu, Mihaela Luminița; Delcea, Cristian; Siserman, Costel Vasile

doi:10.4323/rjlm.2020.442

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“…Among the symptoms of emotional distress, Kandola (2020) lists feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, difficulties of remembering or thinking, relying on substance consumption, isolation, anger and irritability, fatigue and even difficulties in keeping up with daily tasks. Thus, emotional distress is a source of danger for self-esteem, self-efficacy, and psychological well-being (Rus, Matei, Sandu, Delcea & Siserman, 2020), also being related to both various clinical disorders and adaptive coping strategies (Costea-Bărlutiu, Rosan & Matei, 2021). Studies show numerous evidence linking stress to emotional disturbances like anxiety (Besharart, Khadem, Zarei & Momtaz, 2020), boredom (Yan, Gan, Ding, Wu & Duan, 2021), criticism and exclusion (Dooley & Fitzgerald, 2013), internet addiction (Hamami, Galand Abdul Aziz & Sa'id, 2022), increased vulnerability (Hamaideh, Al-Modallal, Tanash & Hamdan-Mansour, 2021), fear, sadness, anger, or nervousness (Brooks, Webster, Smith, Woodland, Wessly, Greenberg & Rubin, 2020), mood swings, irritability, depression, and burnout (Brickham, Yaghmaian, Morrison, Bowes, Rosenthal & Tang, 2022).…”

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“…Stress is perceived as a current problem with multiple implications, almost unavoidable, with which most people must confront daily (Rus et al, 2020), that affects both emotional and mental state. A stressful situation puts the whole body in a state of alert, causing discomfort that interferes with human activities (Valdez López, Marentes Patrón, Correa Valenzuela, Hernández Pedroza, Enríquez Quintero & Quintana Zavala, 2022), affecting health, productivity, interpersonal relations, and causing accidents (Jha, Bhoi, Saha, Singh, Mukherjee, Sharma & Jayarani, 2022).…”

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Coping Mechanisms and Emotional Distress for Young People and Adults in Pandemic Context

Sălceanu

2022

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The COVID-19 pandemic context put to test all adaptive skills of human beings around the world. In this disruptive context, a sample of 401 respondents (173 male and 228 female), aged between 19 and 65 years old, were assessed using the Unconditional Self-Acceptance Questionnaire (USAQ), the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ), the Emotional Distress Profile (PDE) and the Autonomy Questionnaire, from Cognitrom Assessment System. The main objectives of the study aimed at identifying the significant differences in emotional distress, coping mechanisms, autonomy and self-acceptance based on gender and age as grouping variables, and the significant relationships between all these variables. Statistics show differences in behavioural and emotional autonomy between male and female, differences related to catastrophizing and blaming others as resilience mechanisms between male and female, differences in self-acceptance and positive assessment (as coping mechanism) between young people and adults, and significant negative correlations between emotional distress and all types of autonomy (value, cognitive, behavioural and emotional), significant positive correlation with coping mechanisms like blaming others, catastrophizing, self-blame and acceptance, and significant negative correlation with positive assessment and refocusing on planning. All results are discussed in the context of the disruption caused by the pandemic context and in relationship with the necessity of supporting people to maintain their mental health and well-being, now more than ever, with the new turning back to the previous way of life caused by the lifting of the state of alert by the authorities.

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Coping Mechanisms and Emotional Distress for Young People and Adults in Pandemic Context

Sălceanu

2022

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“…Given the severe impact of COVID-19 on HCWs, a line of research has focused on the investigation of their possible coping strategies [23][24][25], suggesting that HCWs with higher levels of anxiety and stress tend to more frequently adopt dysfunctional coping mechanisms (such as avoiding behaviors, self-blaming, rumination), which might worsen the course of the clinical picture.…”

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Emotions, Stress and Coping among Healthcare Workers in a Reproductive Medicine Unit during the First and Second COVID-19 Lockdowns

Paterlini

Neri

Nicoli

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IJERPH

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global healthcare workers’ (HCWs) mental health has been well documented in the last two years; however, little is known regarding HCWs working in specific healthcare fields. During two subsequent periods of national lockdown in Italy (June–July 2020, T1, and November–December 2020, T2), a total sample of 47 HCWs working in a reproductive medicine hospital unit completed an ad hoc questionnaire for assessing emotional reactions to the pandemic, stress symptoms, and ways of coping. Moderate–high levels of anger and sadness were experienced by 65.9% and 68.1% of the HCWs, respectively, while moderate–high levels of anxiety and fear were experienced by 51.1% and 56.8%, respectively. Higher stress symptoms experienced by HCWs were hypervigilance, avoidance of thoughts and memories, and tiredness/low energy. At T2, levels of hypervigilance, irritability, intrusive thoughts, and detachment were higher than at T1, while avoidance of external triggers decreased. Moderate–high levels of anxiety resulted significantly associated with several symptoms of stress: irritability/fearfulness, depression/hopelessness, tiredness/low energy, problems with concentration, and intrusive thoughts. Regarding coping strategies, HCWs tended to adopt more problem-focused coping (e.g., contributing to improving a situation) and this tendency was higher at T2. Overall findings suggest a risk for the persistence of stress symptoms and, therefore, a risk for a chronic course, which might interfere with the global quality of mental health at work and the care provided to patients. Clinical implications highlight the relevance of implementing support programs for this category of HCWs focused on the elaboration of negative emotions and on fostering adaptive coping strategies.

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“…The study revealed that, the widely seen coping strategy was that of acceptance (Chakraborty & Chadha, 2020). Rus et al (2020), conducted a study on "Emotional Distress and Coping Strategies of Health Care Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic." In this study, the focus was on the stress level, the emotional distress level, and the methods of coping these problems.…”

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“…Managing their medical work professionally was one of the major ways by which these health care workers managed themselves. The stress is further increased by the fear of getting infected, seeing the patients in critical conditions and sleep deprivations (Rus et al, 2020). Rahman et al (2020), studied on "Financial coping strategies of household during COVID-19: Induced lockdown."…”

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COVID-19 and Coping Strategies: A Study Among the Salaried Employees in Kerala

Kumar¹,

Bhagavathi²

2022

Jindal Journal of Business Research

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COVID-19 has become of the most fatal pandemics in the century. It has widely spread among different countries in the world. Also, the pandemic has affected different sections of the society. It has psychologically and financially affected the individuals also. In this scenario, it is important to analyze the feeding and income coping strategies of the salaried class employees. For this, a questionnaire was developed using Google Form and was sent across different salaried class employees of Kerala. A total of 100 samples were taken and the analysis was done. The findings of the study indicated that most of them did stock up food during COVID-19, and those who did not preferred home deliveries from supermarkets. When financial strategies are considered, a higher strain and a lower emergency saving was witnessed among those of the lower income group. The palliative measures by the Government were equally welcomed by all the income groups except the medical facility.

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Emotional Distress and Coping Strategies of Health Care Workers During Covid-19 Pandemic

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Coping Mechanisms and Emotional Distress for Young People and Adults in Pandemic Context

Coping Mechanisms and Emotional Distress for Young People and Adults in Pandemic Context

Emotions, Stress and Coping among Healthcare Workers in a Reproductive Medicine Unit during the First and Second COVID-19 Lockdowns

COVID-19 and Coping Strategies: A Study Among the Salaried Employees in Kerala

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