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A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived working environment, including the possibility to recover, among psychiatric healthcare workers (PHCWs) in comparison with pre-pandemic measures. Method: A link to an anonymous, web-based CO...

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Autores principales: Alexiou, Eirini, Steingrimsson, Steinn, Akerstrom, Magnus, Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H., Ahlstrom, Linda, Finizia, Caterina, Wijk, Helle, Degl'Innocenti, Alessio
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8666504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34912253
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.770955
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author Alexiou, Eirini
Steingrimsson, Steinn
Akerstrom, Magnus
Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H.
Ahlstrom, Linda
Finizia, Caterina
Wijk, Helle
Degl'Innocenti, Alessio
author_facet Alexiou, Eirini
Steingrimsson, Steinn
Akerstrom, Magnus
Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H.
Ahlstrom, Linda
Finizia, Caterina
Wijk, Helle
Degl'Innocenti, Alessio
author_sort Alexiou, Eirini
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description Objective: This study aimed to investigate the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived working environment, including the possibility to recover, among psychiatric healthcare workers (PHCWs) in comparison with pre-pandemic measures. Method: A link to an anonymous, web-based COVID-19 related survey was sent via email to all PHCWs at a university hospital in Sweden (n = 1,618) in September 2020. The response rate was 38% (566 of 1,507 eligible participants). Working environment survey responses collected in 2019 were used as pre-pandemic comparators. Statistical analyses were performed to assess overall impact over time on work demands, support, motivation, and recovery, stratified by professional role, and considering variables such as access to personal protective equipment. Results: The percentage of individuals responding negatively to statements about working environment increased significantly for most items after the first wave. Similarly, the increase of five of the investigated factors indicated a more negative perception of recovery during the pandemic. Registered nurses reported a greater negative impact of the pandemic on perceived working conditions and ability to recover than other professional groups. PHCWs working with patients with COVID-19 (35%) who reported being worried about becoming infected (12%) or infecting others (17%), or lacking adequate personal protective equipment (22%) were more negatively impacted regarding work environment-related items than those who did not. Conclusions: PHCWs' working environment and possibility for recovery were impacted by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses being most affected. Although psychiatric services do not directly care for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, the results from this study suggests that mental health services should also prepare for future pandemics.
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spelling pubmed-86665042021-12-14 A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden Alexiou, Eirini Steingrimsson, Steinn Akerstrom, Magnus Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H. Ahlstrom, Linda Finizia, Caterina Wijk, Helle Degl'Innocenti, Alessio Front Psychiatry Psychiatry Objective: This study aimed to investigate the impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on perceived working environment, including the possibility to recover, among psychiatric healthcare workers (PHCWs) in comparison with pre-pandemic measures. Method: A link to an anonymous, web-based COVID-19 related survey was sent via email to all PHCWs at a university hospital in Sweden (n = 1,618) in September 2020. The response rate was 38% (566 of 1,507 eligible participants). Working environment survey responses collected in 2019 were used as pre-pandemic comparators. Statistical analyses were performed to assess overall impact over time on work demands, support, motivation, and recovery, stratified by professional role, and considering variables such as access to personal protective equipment. Results: The percentage of individuals responding negatively to statements about working environment increased significantly for most items after the first wave. Similarly, the increase of five of the investigated factors indicated a more negative perception of recovery during the pandemic. Registered nurses reported a greater negative impact of the pandemic on perceived working conditions and ability to recover than other professional groups. PHCWs working with patients with COVID-19 (35%) who reported being worried about becoming infected (12%) or infecting others (17%), or lacking adequate personal protective equipment (22%) were more negatively impacted regarding work environment-related items than those who did not. Conclusions: PHCWs' working environment and possibility for recovery were impacted by the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses being most affected. Although psychiatric services do not directly care for patients with severe COVID-19 infection, the results from this study suggests that mental health services should also prepare for future pandemics. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8666504/ /pubmed/34912253 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.770955 Text en Copyright © 2021 Alexiou, Steingrimsson, Akerstrom, Jonsdottir, Ahlstrom, Finizia, Wijk and Degl'Innocenti. 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 Psychiatry
Alexiou, Eirini
Steingrimsson, Steinn
Akerstrom, Magnus
Jonsdottir, Ingibjörg H.
Ahlstrom, Linda
Finizia, Caterina
Wijk, Helle
Degl'Innocenti, Alessio
A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden
title A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden
title_full A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden
title_fullStr A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden
title_full_unstemmed A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden
title_short A Survey of Psychiatric Healthcare Workers' Perception of Working Environment and Possibility to Recover Before and After the First Wave of COVID-19 in Sweden
title_sort survey of psychiatric healthcare workers' perception of working environment and possibility to recover before and after the first wave of covid-19 in sweden
topic Psychiatry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8666504/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34912253
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.770955
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