Professional quality of life and resilience in emergency department healthcare professionals during COVID‐19 in Hong Kong: A cross‐sectional study

Wong, Cho Lee; Young, Bun; Lui, Berachah Sze Chung; Leung, Alice W.Y.; So, Jerome L.T.

doi:10.1177/10249079211049128

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“…Whilst the effectiveness of the territory-wide vaccination programme is yet to be determined, social distancing remained the first line of prevention and control measures [ 3 ]. Although these measures have shown promise in controlling the spread of COVID-19, they can also induce a wide range of psychosocial impacts on different populations [ 4 – 7 ]. A systematic review of studies conducted before June 2020 found a high prevalence of symptoms of anxiety (6–51%), depression (15–48%), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (7–54%), psychological distress (34–38%) and stress (8–82%) amongst the general population in eight countries including China, Spain, Italy, Iran, the United States, Turkey, Nepal and Denmark [ 8 ].…”

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Psychological Wellbeing and Associated Factors Among Ethnic Minorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wong

Leung

Chan

et al. 2022

J Immigrant Minority Health

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This study assessed the psychological wellbeing and its associated factors amongst ethnic minorities during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. A total of 310 Hong Kong South Asians aged 41.3 (SD 13.7) years completed an anonymous online survey between July 2020 and February 2021. The results showed an overall moderate level of stress and high levels of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms amongst South Asian minorities. Multivariable regression analyses suggested that being single/divorced, following Hinduism or other non-Muslim religions, having lower perceived knowledge of COVID-19 and having worried about losing job were significant predictors of higher levels of depression, anxiety and/or stress; additionally, being male, having a low monthly household income, having worried about losing job and healthcare collapse were significant predictors of a higher level of PTSD symptoms. The findings suggest an urgent need to alleviate the psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on ethnic minorities, specifically for those most vulnerable to these impacts.

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Psychological Wellbeing and Associated Factors Among Ethnic Minorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wong

Leung

Chan

et al. 2022

J Immigrant Minority Health

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“…Huffman, et al, 25 found, in a sample of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, that individuals with higher resilience and grit experienced lower stress, anxiety, fatigue, and sleep disturbances. Wong et al, 26 found that higher levels of compassion satisfaction and lower levels of stress and burn-out, were reported by those who experience higher levels of resilience.…”

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Fear of COVID 19 and the relation to resilience, meaning in life and subjective well being - Comparison between American and Israeli health care workers

Armstrong,

Hawley,

et al. 2022

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While COVID-19 has had a detrimental impact on most of the world's population, it has especially affected health care workers (HCWs) who are on the front lines fighting the virus. How HCWs cope with the pandemic have recently been explored. Differences across cultural and health care system settings related to fear of COVID 19 and measures of wellbeing may provide further insight to the coping mechanisms and experiences of HCWs during this worldwide pandemic. The overall subjective well-being and meaning in life scores are noticeably higher for the American participants whereas the fear of COVID and resilience scores are close in both studies, with slightly higher resilience and lower fear in the Israeli HCWs. Age, ethnicity and lower resilience were found to be significantly associated with higher fear of COVID-19 in both cohorts. In the Israeli participants, education level and life satisfaction were also associated with lower fear of COVID19 whereas in the American cohort, gender and relationship were also associated. These results suggest that albeit the cultural differences, similar mechanisms namely age and resilience, are important in coping with fear of the COVID-19 pandemic among both cohorts of HCWs. Therefore, it is important to enhance resilience in order to reduce the psychological burden of the pandemic among HCWs. This study was conducted prior to the availability of a vaccine.

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“…Thus, Stamm et al integrated both of them into a broader concept, quality of work life (ProQoL), with compassion satisfaction (CS) which refers to the positive feelings about people’s ability to help others [ 7 , 14 ]. In fact, professional quality of life is about emotions that an individual encounters in his/her job as a helper, it incorporates a combination of positive (compassion satisfaction) and negative aspects (secondary traumatic stress and burnout) [ 15 , 16 ].…”

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“…Analyzing the prevalence of CF, conceptualized in burnout and secondary traumatic stress leads us to explore a critical term “resilience” which is a dynamic process of positive coping despite experiencing traumatic events and exhaustion [ 16 , 17 ]. In fact, it has been recognized as a key protective factor against the effects of CF among HCWs in numerous studies worldwide [ 18 ].…”

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Compassion fatigue among frontline healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in Tunisia

Omri

Ezzi²,

Ammar³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Background Healthcare workers (HCWs) are highly vulnerable to compassion fatigue (CF), which not only leads to decreased mental and physical health, but also to deterioration in the safety of care delivered. Our study aims to measure compassion satisfaction (CS), CF levels and their predictors among Tunisian HCWs. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study among HCWs caring for confirmed and suspected Covid-19 patients, staff at two university hospitals in Sousse, Tunisia during the 4thwave of coronavirus through a self-administrated Questionnaire, using the French version of the Professional Quality of Life scale ProQol, version 5. Results A total of 274 professionals were recruited with a mean age of 32.87±8.35 years. HCWs tend to have an overall moderate levels of compassion satisfaction, secondary traumatic stress and burnout with mean scores 35.09±7.08, 29.72±7.62, 28.54±5.44 respectively. Self-reported resilience (β = 0.14, p = 10−3), work engagement (β = 0.39, p = 10−3) and burnout (β = -0.32, p = 10−3) were the predictors of compassion satisfaction in the linear regression analysis (adjusted r2 = 0.45). Similarly, limited work experience, compassion satisfaction and secondary traumatic sub-scores were the determinants of burnout (β = -0.1, p = 0.04; β = -0.54, p = 10−3; β = 0.35, p = 10−3 respectively); (adjusted r2 = 0.48). Regarding STS, female professionals (β = 0.20, p = 10−3), being married (β = 0.19, p = 10−3), the fear of transmitting the infection (β = 0.11, p = 0.03) and burnout (β = 0.39, p = 10−3) were the predictors for the occurrence of secondary traumatic stress (adjusted r2 = 0.48). Conclusion More resilience promoting interventions and more coping skills programs must be implemented to fulfill HCWs’ psychological well-being needs.

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Professional quality of life and resilience in emergency department healthcare professionals during COVID‐19 in Hong Kong: A cross‐sectional study

Cited by 28 publications

References 29 publications

Psychological Wellbeing and Associated Factors Among Ethnic Minorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Psychological Wellbeing and Associated Factors Among Ethnic Minorities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Fear of COVID 19 and the relation to resilience, meaning in life and subjective well being - Comparison between American and Israeli health care workers

Compassion fatigue among frontline healthcare workers during the covid-19 pandemic in Tunisia

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