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- Title
Mental Health Consequences of the COVID‐19 Outbreak Among Emergency Department Healthcare Workers.
- Authors
Douplat, Marion; Subtil, Fabien; Termoz, Anne; Jacquin, Laurent; Verbois, Frédéric; Potinet, Veronique; Hernu, Romain; Landel, Verena; Mazza, Stéphanie; Berthiller, Julien; Haesebaert, Julie; Tazarourte, Karim; Raggi, Alberto
- Abstract
Study Objective: The present study is aimed at providing an assessment of the changes in burnout, job strain, isostrain, sleepiness, and fatigue levels over time and identifying factors associated with these symptoms among healthcare workers in French emergency departments (EDs). Method: We conducted a prospective, multicenter study in four EDs and an emergency medical service. Participants completed questionnaires at inclusion and at 90 days to assess burnout, job strain, isostrain, sleepiness, and fatigue. Results: A total of 211 respondents (43.5%) completed the questionnaires at inclusion. At the beginning of the study, 84 (40.8%) participants presented symptoms of burnout, 86 (43.2%) had symptoms of job strain, and 58 (29.4%) of isostrain. Forty‐two (20.1%) healthcare workers presented symptoms of sleepiness, and 8 (3.8%) had symptoms of fatigue. We found that symptoms of burnout were more frequent for healthcare workers with a previous psychiatric history (55.3% vs. 39.1%, p = 0.02) and were lower among participants who had at least one dependent child (33.1% vs. 48.3%, p = 0.013). Symptoms of job strain were higher among administrative staff compared to physicians (55.6% vs. 28.7%, p = 0.01) and among healthcare workers with managerial responsibilities compared to those without (45.6% vs. 28.8%, p = 0.015). Symptoms of isostrain were higher among administrative staff (42.3%) compared to paramedics (34.1%) and physicians (19.8%, p = 0.026). Conclusion: We identified that potential factors associated with the emergence of symptoms of burnout and job strain are suggested, underlining several areas of improvement for the prevention against mental health disorders in the specific population of ED healthcare workers. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04383886.
- Subjects
FRANCE; RISK assessment; MEDICAL personnel; PSYCHOLOGICAL burnout; RESEARCH funding; FATIGUE (Physiology); QUESTIONNAIRES; MENTAL illness; EMERGENCY medical technicians; HOSPITAL emergency services; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LONGITUDINAL method; JOB stress; RESEARCH; DROWSINESS; COMPARATIVE studies; PHYSICIANS; COVID-19 pandemic; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
- Publication
BioMed Research International, 2024, Vol 2024, p1
- ISSN
2314-6133
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2024/8871959