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Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: With the shift of strategy in fighting COVID-19, the post-pandemic era is approaching. However, the “hard times” for healthcare systems worldwide are not yet ending. Healthcare professionals suffer negative impacts caused by the epidemic, which may seriously threaten their work motivatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10413104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575106 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1173117 |
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author | Wang, Yiya Tang, Li Li, Lezhi |
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description | BACKGROUND: With the shift of strategy in fighting COVID-19, the post-pandemic era is approaching. However, the “hard times” for healthcare systems worldwide are not yet ending. Healthcare professionals suffer negative impacts caused by the epidemic, which may seriously threaten their work motivation, concentration, and patient safety. OBJECTIVE: Investigating the status and factors associated with Chinese healthcare professionals’ work engagement in the post-pandemic era. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate healthcare professionals from 10 hospitals in Hunan Province. Data were collected using demographic characteristics, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, Patient Heath Qstionaire-2, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Work-Related Basic Need Satisfaction Scale, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index, and self-compassion scale. Descriptive and multiple linear regression analyses explored the factors associated with work engagement. RESULTS: A total of 1,037 eligible healthcare professionals participated in this study, including 46.4% of physicians, 47.8% of nurses, and 5.8% of others. The total mean score of work engagement was 3.36 ± 1.14. The main predictor variables of work engagement were gender (p = 0.007), years of work experience (p < 0.001), whether currently suffering challenges in the care of patients with COVID-19 (p = 0.003), depression (p < 0.001), work-related basic need satisfaction (p < 0.001), and mindfulness (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Healthcare professionals have a medium level of work engagement. Managers need to pay attention to the physical and psychological health of healthcare professionals, provide adequate support, help them overcome challenges, and acknowledge their contribution and value to improve their work engagement, enhance the quality of care and ensure patient safety. |
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spelling | pubmed-104131042023-08-11 Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study Wang, Yiya Tang, Li Li, Lezhi Front Public Health Public Health BACKGROUND: With the shift of strategy in fighting COVID-19, the post-pandemic era is approaching. However, the “hard times” for healthcare systems worldwide are not yet ending. Healthcare professionals suffer negative impacts caused by the epidemic, which may seriously threaten their work motivation, concentration, and patient safety. OBJECTIVE: Investigating the status and factors associated with Chinese healthcare professionals’ work engagement in the post-pandemic era. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate healthcare professionals from 10 hospitals in Hunan Province. Data were collected using demographic characteristics, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, Patient Heath Qstionaire-2, Utrecht Work Engagement Scale, Work-Related Basic Need Satisfaction Scale, National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Task Load Index, and self-compassion scale. Descriptive and multiple linear regression analyses explored the factors associated with work engagement. RESULTS: A total of 1,037 eligible healthcare professionals participated in this study, including 46.4% of physicians, 47.8% of nurses, and 5.8% of others. The total mean score of work engagement was 3.36 ± 1.14. The main predictor variables of work engagement were gender (p = 0.007), years of work experience (p < 0.001), whether currently suffering challenges in the care of patients with COVID-19 (p = 0.003), depression (p < 0.001), work-related basic need satisfaction (p < 0.001), and mindfulness (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Healthcare professionals have a medium level of work engagement. Managers need to pay attention to the physical and psychological health of healthcare professionals, provide adequate support, help them overcome challenges, and acknowledge their contribution and value to improve their work engagement, enhance the quality of care and ensure patient safety. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10413104/ /pubmed/37575106 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1173117 Text en Copyright © 2023 Wang, Tang and Li. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Public Health Wang, Yiya Tang, Li Li, Lezhi Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study |
title | Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | work engagement and associated factors among healthcare professionals in the post-pandemic era: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Public Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10413104/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37575106 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1173117 |
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