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A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed health workers to a diverse set of hazards impacting their physical, psychological and social wellbeing. This review aims to provide an overview of the categories of the psychosocial risk factors and hazards affecting HCWs during the Covid-19 pandemic and the recomm...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33801517 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052453 |
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description | The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed health workers to a diverse set of hazards impacting their physical, psychological and social wellbeing. This review aims to provide an overview of the categories of the psychosocial risk factors and hazards affecting HCWs during the Covid-19 pandemic and the recommendations for prevention. We used the scoping review methodology to collate categories of psychosocial risks, the related health outcomes, interventions, and data gaps. The review was conducted on global peer-reviewed academic and authoritative grey literature, published between 1. January–26. October 2020; in total, 220 articles were included into the review and the subsequent analysis. Analysis of the extracted data found PSRs related to four sources: personal protective equipment (PPE), job content, work organisation, and social context. is. Women health workers and nurses reported worst health outcomes. Majority of the research to date concerns health workers in secondary care, while data on psychosocial risks at primary and community-based settings are scarce. However, the emerging research implies that the pandemic creates psychosocial risks also to non-clinical health workers. The intervention and mitigation measures address individual and organisational levels. Preventative and mitigating measures for social and societal risks—such as staff shortages, intersecting inequalities, and financial stressors require further research. |
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spelling | pubmed-79675762021-03-18 A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic Franklin, Paula Gkiouleka, Anna Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed health workers to a diverse set of hazards impacting their physical, psychological and social wellbeing. This review aims to provide an overview of the categories of the psychosocial risk factors and hazards affecting HCWs during the Covid-19 pandemic and the recommendations for prevention. We used the scoping review methodology to collate categories of psychosocial risks, the related health outcomes, interventions, and data gaps. The review was conducted on global peer-reviewed academic and authoritative grey literature, published between 1. January–26. October 2020; in total, 220 articles were included into the review and the subsequent analysis. Analysis of the extracted data found PSRs related to four sources: personal protective equipment (PPE), job content, work organisation, and social context. is. Women health workers and nurses reported worst health outcomes. Majority of the research to date concerns health workers in secondary care, while data on psychosocial risks at primary and community-based settings are scarce. However, the emerging research implies that the pandemic creates psychosocial risks also to non-clinical health workers. The intervention and mitigation measures address individual and organisational levels. Preventative and mitigating measures for social and societal risks—such as staff shortages, intersecting inequalities, and financial stressors require further research. MDPI 2021-03-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7967576/ /pubmed/33801517 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052453 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Franklin, Paula Gkiouleka, Anna A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic |
title | A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic |
title_full | A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic |
title_short | A Scoping Review of Psychosocial Risks to Health Workers during the Covid-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | scoping review of psychosocial risks to health workers during the covid-19 pandemic |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7967576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33801517 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052453 |
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