Paving the way to reduce work-stress in rehabilitation nurses: Promising results from a pilot study

Healthcare worker burnout during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Italy: experiences from an intensive neurological rehabilitation unit

“…Global evidence points to the need for evidence-based multipronged approaches to addressing pandemicrelated burnout, which may include raising awareness of work-related burnout and stress, promoting awareness and self-care practices to promote mental well-being, ensuring optimal mental health services, using digital technologies to address workplace stress and deliver mental health interventions, and improving organizational policies and practices focused on burnout among HCWs. [44][45][46][47][48][49] 50 Counselling and interventions that use digital platforms like mobile phones, apps or internet-enabled devices are an alternative option. 51 These potential strategies include improving workflow management, organizing services that focus on reducing workload, enhancing interoperability, arranging discussions and exchanges of opinions, improving communication skills, providing adequate rest and exercise facilities, organizing workshops on coping skills, and devising policies and practices for reducing burnout among HCWs during the pandemic.…”

“…Global evidence points to the need for evidence-based multipronged approaches to addressing pandemic-related burnout, which may include raising awareness of work-related burnout and stress, promoting awareness and self-care practices to promote mental well-being, ensuring optimal mental health services, using digital technologies to address workplace stress and deliver mental health interventions, and improving organizational policies and practices focused on burnout among HCWs. 44 – 49 Despite the considerable literature on interventions that alleviate social isolation or loneliness, many interventions may not be compatible with shielding or social distancing. Potential strategies to improve access to mental health services include involving mental health experts in multidisciplinary COVID-19 teams, who can provide support services or refer HCWs with burnout symptoms to appropriate resources.…”

“…In fact, our findings indicate that professionals working in INRUs are at higher risk of stress, 42 , 44 – 45 burnout and other behavioral symptoms, which may be exacerbated during pandemics. 46 Burnout was a major concern for HCWs since before the COVID-19 pandemic, 47 and this issue should be addressed to reduce mental health problems in this population. Health policymakers and practitioners should implement interventions and develop context-specific approaches to promote healthy workplaces, address ethical issues and prevent burnout among HCWs during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

Mental Health of Nurses Working in a Judicial Psychiatry Hospital during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: An Online Survey

“…In our sample, in fact, we found a medium-high level of stress also in the pre-pandemic phase, which greatly increased in the COVID-19 period leading to burnout. This issue is very important because burnout and secondary traumatic stress can lead to medical/caring errors and affect patient standards of care, particularly compromising compassionate care [ 14 , 22 , 30 ]. Indeed, according to Cooper and Marshall, burnout may cause individual and organizational diseases, such as serious accidents, inefficiency, and frequent absences [ 31 ].…”

“…Burnout is a syndrome that causes suffering and physical, mental, psychological, and/or social dysfunctions, which occur when the demands coming from the job are not adequate to the skills, resources, or needs of the worker [ 11 ]. Burnout is often found in demanding, high-contact work environments with people such as teachers and healthcare professionals [ 12 , 13 , 14 ]. According to Maslach and Jackson [ 15 ], it is characterized by (i) emotional exhaustion, i.e., the feeling of being emotionally emptied and drained from the relationship with others; (ii) depersonalization, with negative and cynical attitudes toward users; and (iii) reduced personal fulfillment, as a feeling of inadequacy and low professional self-esteem.…”